Advantages: Temperature, Swimming pool, gorgeous beach, cheap Disadvantages: Food, constant badgering, flight and airline
...flew from Manchester direct to Taba International which is about 30-45mins away from the resort. The flight on the way out was at 1.55pm on a Monday, which is the only day and time you can fly out there. From Manchester there is only one tour operator who provide holidays to this particular part of Egypt called \'Peltours\', and the airline is \'Astreus\', a fairly new airline, and also a very small one.
This particular airline have very small planes, ... ...When we arrived at Taba we were shown exactly where to go, the Egyptian tour operator was very helpful, but it was a mad rush at the airport, as it is very small, and the tour operators wanted you to buy a visa at the airport for those that wanted to go on trips to Cairo or to Israel. (They tell you that you have to buy these at the airport, it simply isnt true the Marriott can supply these if you need them, so need to queue for hours on end on arrival).
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Bestboots 25.10.2007
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Advantages: Beautiful, comfortable hotel, perfect for de-stressing Disadvantages: Long way to do any day trips anywhere else
...heard about the Hilton in Taba being bombed and was quite apprehensive! Actually, as I discovered, this area of Taba heights is in quite a different situation from where the Hilton is - as it is in an area set well back from the main road, and the security seemed very well organised and efficient- well as much as it can be. Vehicles arriving are all checked before entering the compound and there are a lot of security guards around. To get into the ... ...thing, and peoples bags are searched. Once you're in the hotel complex though you aren't aware of it at all so it doesn't interefere with your stay. The hotel is very comfortable, the rooms are large - some have two huge double beds in them. The bathrooms are spacious and fairly luxurious, although I can understand some reviews on other sites where people don't think it deserves its 5* status. The garden rooms are lower down in the complex and nearer ...
bedoubear67 19.05.2007 (20.05.2007)
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Egyptian style and situated between the mountains and the Red Sea coast 20 kilometres from Taba. The hotel features 394 guestrooms with traditional style decor in soft n...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...