Marsa Alam hotels

Pros: Very comfortable, calm and great service.

Pros: I liked: Majority of staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast buffet had good variety, though it could be better, taste wise. Pool area is beautiful, though no snacks are served there like other resorts. Excellent female Thai masseuse at the spa. Ask for Tommy!

Cons: I didn't like: I booked a sea view room, and I got a garden view room with probably 2% of sea view between the palm trees! (See the photo from my room's balcony and you'll know what I mean). Some restaurants and room service staff had no idea what is in the menu and what even the items name mean! Management should do better in training staff to the standards of a 5 star resort. Some shops sell 1 year expired products, and management obviously does not even inspect what those shops are selling to guests. Beach is not pleasant, like that of Sharm el Sheikh, but that is just the geographic location of the resort.

Pros: Extremely well designed property with excellent landscaping and tasteful environment. No Kids allowed, ideal for those that want to relax. Excellent opportunity to snorkel the surrounding reefs as well as a dive shop within walking distance. Lots of daily activities for those needing to stretch their legs. Beach is mostly hard packed sand. Water temperature was very pleasant at about 85 degrees. Both pools were kept cooler for a refreshing dip. Swim up bar to make new friends. Food quality in the various on site restaurants was excellent as well as the service level. I also liked the free internet service to stay in touch with home.

Cons: My room telephone came with noise and could not be corrected. Apart from that there is nothing much not to like.

Pros: Very nice breakfast and dinner - many tasty seafoods and deserts. Sea reef is colorfull and big. Personal is very friendly!

Cons: No dancing lessons in animation programm.

Pros: Everything was marvelous including the site the services and every thing

Cons: I did not expect it to be that excellent. The staff are marvelous. They treat us and every body with enthuthiasm and happiness. Really it is unbelievable experience also they offer help without looking at the money. As a summary it was the best.

Cons: We couldn't book all inclusive via booking.com, so we payed twice as much as the other all inclusive guests (who booked via travel agency) and still had to pay for everything! Food and staff not great.

Pros: Very decent. Especially when compared to other hotels in Egypt on the Red Sea. Especially the ones that work on the all inclusive basis. Normally I hate all inclusive as a concept, but this one was more than tolerable. Great service, nicest and helpful personnel, good food, cosy beach, very quiet. The guests are mostly seniors form Germany, so if you want action, this wouldn’t be the right hotel to choose. If, however, you want a relaxed time in a beautiful place with more or less respectable crowd, Steigenberger Coraya Beach is definitely a place to go. Coral reefs are amazing. You don’t even need to leave the hotel for more or less decent snorkeling. My favorite parts of the trip: a remote and empty beach facing the open sea (as compared to the main one surrounding the bay), cosy romantic evenings in the open air bar and absolutely perfect weather in mid-October.

Cons: Very few imported wines on the menu at insane cost. But it’s generally like that overall in Egypt. Not a drinking nation

Pros: The staff are so friendly, smiling all the time and eager to help.

Cons: The facilities are a bit small for the number of guests.It can get a bit crowded.

Pros: The staff are really friendly. The animation team is really good at getting people to join their activities.

Cons: Wi-fi is not always available from the rooms. This is not a complaint, it's probably better to not offer wi-fi in the rooms to make sure customers end up actually leaving their rooms. In the public areas (lobby and pool areas), the wi-fi worked pretty well.

Pros: The spacious groomed grounds were great and uncrowded to walk and explore. The snorkeling was spectacular with the clear, uncrowded areas on the clear, coral and fish filled Red Sea. The beach lounging area was good, although crowded. It was nice to not be surrounded by other resorts so you could walk to other bays and secluded areas to snorkel or dive.

Cons: The resort needed a little upkeep and maintenance. It's easy to see the luxury that it once was. The food was also not wonderful but too much like a regular buffet restaurant. The WIFI was lacking, and only in the public areas.

Pros: Location and the pool

Cons: Food

Pros: the pool .

Cons: Food.

Pros: The staff was super kind and helpful. The reef was amazing Great location for snorkeling

Cons: The food did not meet our expectation. The buffet was poor and all-inclusive drinks were bad.

Pros: The staff is beyond amazing, the facilities and beach are superb.

Cons: The buffet wasn’t so good, and if snacks like pizza and burger are on the beach it would be perfect

Pros: Perfect room except that there is NO WIFI in the room only in the lobby. The bars and restaurants are very crowdy with a lot of guests loudly shouting. Only restaurant chez Pascal was quiet and good cuisine.

Cons: Too crowdy. Loud guests. Most restaurants regular level of food. Only Chez Pascal outstanding.

Pros: It was a great experience, lovely weather, beautiful landscape. Excellent service.. the food was good.. thanks for all team in reception and restaurant.

Pros: Reception manager Mr.Mosab was very professional, helpful and welcoming. The food at the restaurant is of good quality.

Pros: The best place i've ever seen at all , the stuff was very nice , and housekeeping was very clean, the food was very good, and special thanks for mr. Mossab Front Office manager, Aya Rabie Guest relation offecer for their help during the stay, Ibrahim Abdelnaser from Housekeeping. Special thanks to Mozamel from Axes bar. We will definitly come back!

Cons: Nothing every thing was very good

Pros: Staff were very friendly, clean place and good food

Cons: Everything was in Italian

Pros: The staff was exceptionally helpful. Help was provided when needed. The rooms are spacious and the facilities are good. The value for the money paid was great.

Cons: The sea was meh.

Pros: The food and the services of the hotel staff.

Cons: The dive shop which was a rip off

Pros: All things

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Food was definitely the only thing right

Cons: 1. No hot water 2. shower was blocked and flooded until the next day in the afternoon. No shower for the family (incl child). 3. Old bed sheets, definitely worn out over years. 4. Spare room too small, not even a window !! Basically a small square dark room. Displeasure of general quality and state of the family room, defiantly not 5 star compared to other properties in Egypt!

Pros: All meals are great

Cons: Receptionist named Abanob

Pros: Early sunset

Cons: Rest

Pros: Animation ,night show, aqua park and coral reefs.

Cons: Air condition doesn't work good on Looby and some places on the kitchen . The lock for the room door take many times to open (so nervous).

Pros: Everything was perfect and amazing

Pros: size of my room

Cons: Food was horrible breakfast and dinner, no facilities no internet no TV so basically nothing to do in the evening but to sleep

Pros: Great location, small hotel compared to the others in that area. The view is amazing and the place is beautifully designed. The atmosphere was great and so was the food. Staff were also very nice.

Cons: We found some hairs on our sheets - they didn’t change them till we told them to.

Pros: The staff is very caring and friendly, the breakfast is very tasty, the place is peaceful and calm. The room is clean and beautifully arranged. Amazing place for relaxing and enjoying the sea.

Pros: Room was nice and comfortable

Cons: There was no snorkeling whatsoever at the resort, though i expressly asked before I booked. Good only for divers. Quite expensive for service provided.

Pros: Very good location, nice scenery.

Cons: The alcohol served at the bars, are horrible. Beer is good, but is not kept cold.

Pros: Stuff is amazing

Cons: Bed sheets need to be more clean it always has cigarette smell

Pros: Perfect place for snorkeling directly from the beach or from the pontoon. Beautiful garden with a lot of trees and flowers. For sure I'll come back again.

Cons: Nothing...

Pros: Check in, Sea life, beach, clean room, thursday night show was great

Cons: Food was very well cocked and served but using cheap materials . There were problems in the room like a.c., bad smell , safe battery low and all were quickly solved but why do I have to face problems. Soft drinks were bad .

Pros: Location, nature, stuff are friendly and helpful especially reception and restaurant stuff and bar men

Cons: Aqua so bad quality, no lifeguard, animation not so good, my sight glass lost on beach and hotel didn't do anything except check camera,

Pros: Beach

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Stuff Speshialy Mr. Abdelazez & Room.& Food.& The pool

Cons: Nothing. Every thing was amazing but I suggest to offer the Turkish cofe

Pros: Location, food, staff

Cons: Nothing

Pros: • Reception very efficient • Room ready very quickly • Adequate selection of food • Beds very comfortable • Air conditioner was virtually silent • Built a special feeding area for the wild birds (wonderful!) • Animation team was very involved with guests & work really hard to ensure a festive time is had by all • Ice cream every afternoon • staff do their best to accommodate requests & deal with complaints • Very few mosquitoes

Cons: • Have to walk to the end of a 750m jetty to get to the sea where you can snorkel • First few hundred metres are great for children, as it’s very shallow, but not ideal if you want to have a ‘quick’ dip • Jetty is shared with the sister hotel next door (Royal Tulip) so the snorkelling area can get congested

Cons: Check in process took like 3 hours

Pros: Cleanliness. Staff specially mr. Mostafa from the reception. Shaban from restaurant. Mohamed from the swimming pool bar... Animation team was so good amr. And heba. Snorkeling is great. The room is perfectly cleaned and quite.. All the hotel is clean

Cons: The food was not good at all it seams the chef is reducing the cost... Lunch and dinner are poor. Also the big swimming pool is not very clean and a lot of broken bricks.

Pros: Every thing

Cons: Food,

Pros: Small Hotel with perfect services

Pros: The reef and the beach, staff, excellent room. High quality food.

Cons: Almost no real snacks.No food variations. Many extra fees services out of all inclusive.

Pros: beach

Cons: lots of extra charges

Pros: The extra we paid for our own personal family beach meal was outstanding

Pros: This is a very friendly and cosy resort. Everything was better than expected, even the coral reef, which has way more diversity of life here than in Sharm or Hurghada, and the corals are healthier. And the food was magnificent! Every dish was super-tasty - after a few days I even tried to chose something to dislike, but I couldn't find anything less than excellent. :) The internet connection is pretty OK and the rooms also have working Ethernet plugs, so if you bring your access-point, you can set up your personal WiFi-spot.

Pros: Food was very well prepared and with quality ingredients. Staff was extremely kind and professional. The beach is beautiful and the coral reef amazing. The dive center (Orca Dive) is very professional and has great equipment.

Cons: The fitness studio is really poor, with very few machines and otherwise all other spa facilities are not complimentary.

Pros: food is very good and stuff also is very nice everything was very good in total

Pros: Ibrahim is a fantastic host he is a solo traveler also so he knows what you need. the structure is comfortable and rooms quiet and clean. If you have any question ask and ibrahim will help you. From booking a tour to order food or grab a taxi. Kitties are all around.

Cons: Marsa Alam City is nothing special but the reef is astonishing

Pros: Rooms were big and comfortable in everyway. We asked for local breakfast and it was no problem for them to change from the normal bread and jams. Marsa Alam is very strange in its set-up, you have the waterfront (forget lively boardwalks or beachside entertainment areas) then a strip of desert and unfinished resort building projects. Then the road that this and a few other hotels are on, then a large strip of desert littered with more unfinished resorts and finally the town. Rihana guest house is a fair walk from the town centre, but would definitely not have wanted to stay anywhere else. Great place.

Cons: Mosquito (but repellent and also mosquito nets were provided...and they were everywhere in the town anyway)

Pros: The room was big and clean and the mosquito net was welcome, because there is a lot of mosquitoes at night (bring repellent!). The use of the refrigerator in the kitchen was nice to keep the water cold. You can even get cooked meals delivered to the guesthouse. There is a menu available for the guests. The breakfast is a typical Egyptian breakfast of warm bread, yogurt, a hard boiled egg, jam, butter and honey. Simple but filling. But it was really the owner, Ibrahim, that made my stay special. He’s very nice, super funny and is always telling you interesting stories or fun facts about all and nothing. All my love to the cats Ibrahim!

Cons: Nothing!

Pros: Ibrahim was a great host, and helped with any questions we had about Marsa Alam and any activities we wanted to do. The outdoor area in the front of the hostel was great also, such a nice area to relax and chill out after a day diving.

Cons: WiFi didn't always work.

Pros: was good

Pros: Mahmoud is a great host who will arrange taxi, trips, diving and food delivery.

Cons: Not much to do in town, but I already knew beforehand.

Pros: Relatively clean B&B with bad breakfast in a ghost town

Cons: I arrived here mid December, so it's definitely off-season, there's really not much open! The area around the B&B has nothing but half finished ghost hotels. There was exactly one café open without a menu (you just get okish fish, 80 EGP), no supermarket, no pharmacy, no other restaurant! The shore had no real beach, it's a local port, the next (bathing) beach was 5km away! It's also 15min walk to the town... The staff there (Mahmud) can barely speak English which makes it very difficult to arrange transport or breakfast. Speaking of, breakfast is very basic (flat bread, hard boiled egg, honey, yoghurt) and had no variation. Also be aware, they try to charge you 2€/day extra for Wifi which is not working in the rooms and consists of an LTE stick in the kitchen with a limited data plan. The room was relatively clean, but the pillows and mattress were very hard! After three creepy days almost alone in this B&B I moved to another place in Marsa Alam!

Pros: My stay by Ibrahim was really good. The host was really fine. He arranged everything for me. For example my dives on elphinstone. Every thing went on an easy way. The house is super confortable. The view great