In a fabulously beautiful place, the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel was built. El Gouna is a tourist resort of the Red Sea, where this hotel complex is located, often appears in the press as “Venice in the Sands” or “the pearl of the Red Sea”.
El Gouna is a fairly closed city, clean, without garbage dumps. No passersby are visible here. Among the local population of the resort there are many Arabs - Christians. They can be distinguished by tattooed crosses on their wrists. Wonderfully equipped promenade. The city is green. There are plenty of local shops where shopping enthusiasts have a place to turn around. There are no cops here. Their functions are performed by hotel security services.
The mentioned hotel is the most economical in this paradise. Holidays in it are well organized and fully consistent with its category. Of the tourists, the hotel complex is most often visited by residents of Germany. The cost of the tour for a couple of adults with accommodation in the Standard room of the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel (Egypt) at the current time is 1150 US dollars plus $ 40 fuel surcharge.
About Venice in the Sands ...
Where did such a romantic name come from? There is something in common in the architecture created by the Egyptians with Venice, although the climate here is tropical, deserted - there is practically no rain in the summer, but there is a lot of sand. Therefore, the resort, the construction of which, at the request of the Egyptian billionaire Sami Saviris, many venerable architects had a hand in, is called "Venice in the Sands." Many Arab and European billionaires built their villas here. This place has long been chosen by artists, photographers and people of other creative professions.
Some of the resort's hotels are located on islets that connect canals and bridges. Shuttle ships cruise between these islands. Water communication from the hotel Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * (Egypt, El Gouna) is systematic, constant and regular. Minibuses are transported to the infrastructure of tourists on the islets themselves. Since the entire resort is the property of Orascom Development, owned by Sami Saviris, all regular transport links for tourists are free. To the delight of guests throughout the resort, the Dinner Round service is available. Its meaning is that if during dinner the tourist is not in his hotel, then he can dine in the restaurant of any other El Gouna hotel closest to him.
Numerous passenger motor scooters equipped with cabins serve as an alternative to regular flights. The fare to any corner of El Gouna is 5 pounds (35 rubles).
There are two marinas, a brewery. Wine is also bottled in El Gouna. We recommend that you take a walk in the Abutik Marina port - this is the place where luxury yachts moor. There is something to see here, sitting down at a table in a restaurant on the promenade with a cup of coffee. On the island of Zeytuna there is a free aquarium, a golf club, a go-kart track, an El Arena disco, restaurants.
Hotel near Hurghada
The Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna hotel complex itself, thirty kilometers away from the bustling resort of Hurghada, has a reputation as a place for an inexpensive and solid relaxing family vacation.
At the same time, economical accommodation and transport links with relatively expensive hotels in Hurghada (the center of the Red Sea province) makes the hotel in El-Gouna considered by us attractive for young people.
You can get to Hurghada in half an hour by bus, visit the many restaurants of the city's waterfront, the chic New Marina Marina entertainment and water sports center, the Disneyland’s eastern counterpart, One Thousand and One Nights, which gives theatrical performances of Ancient Egypt every night.
Perhaps, due to the proximity to the center of the province, sometimes in tourist guides it is indicated that the location of the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel is Hurghada. In fact, he is in El Gouna.
About the hotel complex
It has been working since 2004. The hotel was built on the shore of a picturesque lagoon on the first line, from it to the water's edge of the beach - less than two hundred meters. Not far from the hotel is the center of El Gouna - Down Town. For eleven years of tourist service, the hotel has earned a good and stable reputation. Among the guests, the hotel complex is famous as an updated first-generation hotel, which provides cost-effective leisure services. This is a complex consisting of the main one-story building, where the reception is located exclusively, as well as buildings for guests: five- and three-story buildings, one-story comfortable bungalows. Overhaul was carried out in 2012, in subsequent years, individual buildings and cases were selectively repaired.
Hotel reviews Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna
The guests appreciate the comfort and tranquility, and the staff treats this with understanding. Vacationers here are not bothered by a noisy and intrusive animation. However, the staff in every possible way contributes to the wishes of the guests, willingly organizes entertainment, provides equipment for playing volleyball and water polo. In addition, an evening show is organized every other day, turning into a disco.
In general, the quality of services at Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * is quite consistent with the level of four stars. Guest reviews often contain thanks to the administration and staff, many rate their stay “good”. However, there are those who speak out negatively and talk about the shortcomings in the hotel organization of leisure. True, in fact, there are not so many minuses. Just some visitors want a five-star service by paying for a four-star hotel.
Guests mention a remarkably furnished area, good organization of leisure on the beach and by the pools, interesting for the beach goers of the Red Sea, the responsiveness of the staff. These are undoubted advantages of the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel. Negative reviews are often left by guests who lived in building number 1. According to them, some rooms were not overhauled. Furniture with a noticeable degree of wear is not replaced ... However, the rooms are adequately serviced, household appliances are serviceable, and if any problems arise, then when contacting the administration, the malfunctions are resolved promptly. We hope that the hotel administration will respond to the comments of the guests and will modernize building No. 1.
Hotel Room Features
In total, the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna hotel complex has 166 comfortable guest rooms. Most of them (124) are located in four hotel buildings and have a standard format with an area of 40 square meters. These apartments are designed for 2 (+2) people. There are also standard rooms in resort bungalows and apartments with a living room and two bedrooms in family bungalows.
According to the architecture of residential buildings, some hotel rooms have a balcony, others have a terrace for relaxation. In general, they are equipped with an adequate four-star level. The rooms have a bathroom with shower and washbasin, as well as a bathroom. In the buildings of the hotel complex, as in the bungalow, ceramic flooring. The rooms are sufficiently furnished for relaxation and leisure, there is a free safe. Hotel guests also have a minibar in their rooms, but it is paid. Most of the guests use it (after all, in a desert climate, cool moisture is a blessing). If necessary, then at the request of guests the staff of the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel additionally brings a crib.
A set of household appliances is sufficient for a comfortable stay: air conditioning, satellite TV, telephone, hairdryer. The rooms have international telephony and reception. There is free Wi-Fi in the reception area and in the lobby bar, however, according to holidaymakers, the Internet is extremely slow.
Beaches
Of course, readers of the article are interested in how comfortable the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel offers its guests. There are two of them, and both are free.
The nearest Lagoon Beach, sandy, equipped with sun loungers and umbrellas, with a smooth entry into the water, is ideal for families with children. By the way, beach towels are issued here to vacationers, too, for free.
The transport facilities of El Gouna allow guests of the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna to swim among coral and fish. They leave by shuttle boat (which runs every hour) to the beach, located on the island of Zeytuna. The shuttle saves there in five minutes. However, this beach can be reached on foot in about fifteen minutes.
Using the beach on the island of Zeytuna, as well as delivery to it, are free. On the island beach, guests of the hotel complex use sun loungers, umbrellas, towels. A buffet with local beer, soft drinks, and pastries, operating under the all-inclusive system, has been functioning here since 9 am.
Nutrition
The hotel's guests are served by the La Palma restaurant and three bars: in the lobby area, on Zeytuna beach, by the pool. The reviews noted the excellent taste of the dishes, the skillful work of the cooks, the friendly service of tourists.
The main dishes are prepared from chicken, fish, less often from beef. An impressive assortment of vegetable, hot dishes, as well as desserts.
Guests of the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel have breakfast from 7-00 to 10-00, lunch from 13-00 to 17-00 and have dinner from 19-00 to 22-00.
The menu of the hotel meets dishes of Oriental, Egyptian, European, Italian cuisine. In a word, the cuisine is international.
We will raise the topic of consumption of low alcohol drinks to advise potential tourists. Eating through the buffet, ie the all-inclusive system, hotel guests receive local (Egyptian) wine and beer from 10 in the morning. The wine is natural, white and red. According to reviews, these drinks are not bad. Note that on the beach of Zeytun, beer and wine are paid, and the prices are not cheap. Buying a can of beer in a minibar will cost guests 125 rubles. It is much more profitable to purchase the same drink in a small shop located a hundred meters from the Sultan Bay Hotel. Landmark - Best Way Supermarket. Look nearby, on the next house, for the oval green Heineken sign.
Half a liter of local beer will cost 40 rubles, and Heineken beer will cost 55 rubles. Moreover, none of the staff does not say anything about this store.
Resort nightlife
Where in the resort of El Gouna can a tourist have fun after a day on the beach? Experienced holidaymakers recommend spending the evening on the central island of this artificial archipelago - on Kafra. Its architecture is attractive, stylized as traditional Egyptian. Low neat buildings with domed arches and courtyards are built along wide straight alleys.
Tourists willingly visit the Italian restaurant and artistic cafe, which are popular in Kafra. Buy souvenirs in the shopping arcade Khayamia. Bargaining, of course, is necessary. However, the prices in the local shops (there are no shops in El Gouna) are not the most affordable, because the majority of vacationers in the resort are from Western Europe.
Kafra boasts resort life around the clock. El Gouna's nightlife takes place at local nightclubs, discos and bars. Guests of the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel in their reviews mention the Cin-Cin bar, Arena disco.
Pools, sports infrastructure
The hotel complex has two outdoor pools. One is for adults, the other is heated for children. To the delight of swimmers, two water slides work. There is a playground near the children's pool. Moms and dads bring the kids to the mini club, while being present there themselves. As such, there are no animators, but there is the necessary infrastructure of a mini-club. The control over their children is carried out directly by mothers or fathers - one of the parents of each child must be present. These are the rules of the hotel mini-club.
For the smallest parents can hire a nanny, but this service is paid.
Extensive sports and therapeutic infrastructure of the hotel Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna. Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * offers its guests both paid and free health promotion services. The hotel complex organizes free volleyball and table tennis championships for free. They also do not need to pay to visit the fitness center and gym.
A much wider range of paid entertainment: water sports (diving, windsurfing, water skiing, canoeing, kitesurfing, yachting, sea fishing), riding school, billiards. The therapeutic procedures of the hotel complex provided by the spa center are varied: jacuzzi, hammam, steam bath, sauna, various types of massage.
Lovers of outdoor activities engaged in this or that type of physical activity during the day, tired and impressed, fall asleep as soon as they touch the pillows in their room Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * (standard).
Excursions
From the travel agency the hotel offers various excursions in the land of Egypt. Decent price competition is provided by city travel agencies. The latter offer the same services, but twenty to thirty percent cheaper. Excursions to Cairo, Luxor, to the favorite place of Egyptian diving divers - to the beach of Abu Dabab are in the greatest demand among the guests of the hotel complex we are considering. Car enthusiasts will enjoy jeep and ATV safaris.
Tourists on excursions to Cairo have the opportunity to see the famous pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, as well as the Cairo Museum, which has the largest collection of exhibits of ancient Egyptian culture in the world.
Luxor (in ancient times - Thebes), as the ancient capital of Egypt, is famous for the Sphinx Avenue, the temple, the Valley of the kings, the Valley of the queens, funerary temples, necropolises.
However, guests of Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna enjoy sea excursions with no less enthusiasm. Responses of tourists testify to the popularity of diving excursions, visits to the “Dolphin House”, boat trips with a transparent bottom.
The famous beach of Abu Dabab, located in the bay of the same name near the city of Marsa Alam, is a favorite place for divers around the world. Here you can observe dolphins, turtles, hammerhead sharks. There are also huge slopes - manti, growing up to seven meters wide.
Conclusion
Of course, the beauty of El Gouna as a whole contributes to the attractiveness of relaxation at the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel. The photos posted in this article illustrate this. Such love of the Egyptians for their native land is admirable.
And all this beauty: islands, bridges, lagoons, bays, green areas - is man-made. As proof of the last statement, tourists can visit the unique architectural project “Desert Breath” in the vicinity of El Gouna. Here they will personally see all the stages of the labor-intensive process of creating those picturesque islands on which they are located.
Regarding the Panorama Bungalow Resort El Gouna 4 * hotel itself, the subject of this article, we consider it necessary to mention the fact that it has such a category of tourists as regular guests. The staff of the hotel complex is friendly and helpful. If you buy a tour here again, do not hesitate: you are remembered here. Not out of the ordinary for such hotel guests, certain pleasant and unexpected bonuses. For example, who bought a tour with accommodation in a family standard room, a tourist who came again, quite unexpectedly, he was lodged in a chic bungalow. Have a great vacation in the land of the pharaohs!