Oriental Rivoli Hotel, Sharm El Shiekh

Advantages: Weather, diving, friendliness, hotel stds and price
Disadvantages: Adjusting to Arab culture and being pestered

...threat later though) Anyway here goes................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHERE IS NAAMA BAY - SHARM EL SHIEKH Sharm el Shiekh is placed very close to the peninsula of an area called Sinai in Egypt but is actually a triangular strip of desert between the mainland Egypt and Israel/Jordan and Saudi Arabia (see map below). It is on the coast of the Red Sea. Sharm el shiekh old town is actually on a cliff top, the main beach area here is Naama Bay which is at cliff base level and slightly further up the coast. There is a 10 min drive between Namma Bay and Sharm el Sheikh (old town). Naama bay sea front has many fine hotels all along the front. The first morning/evening you will see is why it is called the Red Sea, it is surrounded by hills/mountains that have... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Fantastic Location, Weather and everything you need
Disadvantages: Mazey Corridors

...OMG...where do we start, well at the beginning is a logical place. OK this was our second trip to Egypt, all beit our first to Sharm El Sheikh, our first to Taba last year. The first impressions I must admit are scary, the hotel complex is massive. After jumping the queue to book in (VIP's apparantly) we were told our room number and that the bell boys would be bringing our cases so off for a beer whilst we waited. So one (or two) beers later off we trudged through the maze to find our room (20 mins later arrived). That for us was the ONLY down side of this holiday. I cant believe some of the moans that people have made (the sea is too shallow!!!!!!!! what? how can a hotel improve that?). Food is good enough to eat and there is plenty of it, neither of us were bad, yes one or two people did get extremely drunk (but that happens... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Location - short stroll into Na'ama Bay. Good swimming pools
Disadvantages: Poor service, expensive food and drink

...We stayed at the Hilton Sharm Dreams in Sharm el Sheik in September 07 for 7 nights. Overall the stay was pleasant, but I think that if I returned to Sharm el Sheik then I would try a different hotel (we have stayed at the Hilton in Dahab and the Intercontinental in Hurghada, both of which I preferred to this hotel) On arrival at the hotel, check in was relatively painless. The rooms themselves were fine, although not as luxurious as some other 5 star Egyptian hotels I have stayed in. They were quite large and we had a terrace with a table and chairs and also a table and chairs inside the room. The bathroom was adequate and quite clean, although again, not fantastic. After using up the toiletries within the room, we had to wait a number of days for these to be refreshed and even then we didn't get a full selection (which I... Read review

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