one of the most notable hotels in the Middle East renowned for its intricate Arabesque interior design and collection of antiques and artwork. The reso...
Advantages: Unique experience, luxury spa, real get-away-from-it-all Disadvantages: Not cheap, long way away from anything else, could be boring?
...Introduction
The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth. The water surface of the Dead Sea is about 410m below sea level right now (it is dropping by about 1m per annum at the moment – more about that later). It is a unique place. Most of us can’t get to the highest place (the top of Everest) but we can get to the lowest – if you get the chance, do go.
There are well established hotels and resorts on the Israeli side of the Dead Sea, but this is only newly being opened as a tourist location on the Jordanian side, with facilities really only being created in the decade or so. There are other hotels very near here (the Movenpick Dead Sea and the Dead Sea Spa being two others that are already reviewed on Ciao) but this review looks at the Marriott. By the way, both a Crown Plaza and a Holiday Inn are currently under construction, so...
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Advantages: Float in the Dead Sea Disadvantages: Have to pay hotel prices as no local shops
...We stayed for 5 days at the Dead Sea resort of the Movenpick which is longer than the average tourist but we wanted to have more time to relax at the end of a hectic tour of Jordan.
The hotel is stunning and attracts a large number of tourists from the Middle east and Europe. It has a number of restaurants and some small shops and quite extensive English language library. ( I borrowed Shane Ritchies autobiography!)
It has a luxurious spa reasonable well priced and I sampled a Dead Sea Salt rub and massage which was great but not for the faint hearted. I asked for a medium strength massage and I would not have liked to have endured it had I opted for a deep massage. The salt scrub involved lying naked and having salt rubbed into your body and then being wrapped in foli and left to sweat it out. Skin felt great after. My...
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We've just come back from a week at this hotel, and I must say it was very disappointing.
The rooms were very basic, although they were well cleaned, and in good condition (we were staying in the second block at the back, which I think is relatively... more
We booked to go to the All Inclusive Pyramisa Resort in Sharm, a bargain at £1,900 for 2 adults 1 child for 2 weeks. I began to look at reviews.
Oh my god!!!! I was visiting a cross between Fawlty Towers and Hell Kitchen according to the reviews held... more
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