Reviews of Three Corners El Wekala Resort, Taba

We have just returned from the Three Corners Hotel and thought you might want to read our reviews, the weather is fantastic the sun only goes down behind the mountain at 4pm and to be honest that's it. only joking. Our twin bedded room was great and our housekeeping man 'Ali' (tip him) kept our room tidy and supplied us with fresh towels every day. The pool was great, very clean and the staff were always collecting you empty cups and rubbish. It is well worth booking your trips through MAX who is now located by the Pizza shop, very helpful and much cheaper than First Choice, would very highly recommend the sea snorkeling trip on the Sea hawk boat, the guides spoke great English and went in the sea with you and pointed out all the different fish for you, the buffet lunch was very tasty and drinks were also included at no extra charge (no beer) a very relaxing and enjoyable day. The trip to the Blue Hole where we went quad biking, camel riding and snorkeling at the Blue Hole was great, only down side it was a long journey to get to there 1 hour 15 minutes, you get lunch in Dahab but you have to pay for your drinks and starters (good fresh seafood though).

NOW the down side the hotel food is very below average and you really do struggle for choice other that beef, chicken, salad and fish, the staff are always hovering over you waiting to take your plates away (very off putting sometimes), breakfast is not too bad always freshly cooked fried eggs, we had to eat out 5 times on our second week which puts the cost of the holiday up by a considerable amount, but don't get me wrong the restaurants around the complex are good value for money ( 400 Egyptian pounds for 2 people with drinks and tip) and can recommend both the Flying Carpet and Pub Tandoori, all their staff speak good English which does help.

The animation team leave a lot to be desired if your not a young person who is into 'Rave' music all the time at the disco which never started before 11 pm and only went on for an hour. so you are stuck for something to do, there is a street festival every Friday which has a live band and dancers but it comes with a buffet meal and you have to pay extra for this unless you try and get a seat around the edge.

There are some competitions but again geared up for the younger generation and if there are no contestants the animation team don't think of anything else to get the audience involved with, unless you can belly dance because most of the music played is for that. The day time entertainment consists of always the same water polo, aqua gym in the morning and the hotel song, the afternoon is water polo, belly dance classes and darts, they need to come up with more ideas for certain to improve the daytime unless you are only there for the sunshine.

The taf taf bus takes you down to the beach is great but only runs every half an hour so if its full you end up waiting around until it comes back loosing time down the beach, you can walk it but to be honest its far to hot.

Hotel good, food poor but this is my opinion.

We recently came back from 1 weeks all inclusive at the 3 corners and I must say that, all-in-all, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.



The Detail:



We arrived very late on the first night and were treated to a luke warm dinner buffet that had clearly been saved from when the main buffet closed - not the best after travelling for so many hours, but much needed. The hotel buffet food did not improve much over the week (thank god it was only a week) and was generally luke warm and catered a lot for the Belgian guests (the hotel is Belgian owned).



The restaurants in the area were very nice, but check how much discount you get for forsaking your all inclusive first as the advertised one was only available in the Belgian restaurant. We tried the Mexican and the Thai restaurants which were both very nice if expensive! To give you an idea a mexican meal of 2 starters and 2 Mains set us back GB £30 (English prices anyone?) and that was including our 'discount'. We also ate breakfast/lunch at the Cafe/Bar at the watersports centre (can't remember the name). The food was simple yet fantastic, and much more reasonably priced.



Being a Diver myself, I spent most of my time on the Diving Boats (even treated myself to a couple of courses) and I must say all the Dive Masters/Instructors were fantastic (particularly John). They all spoke perfect english and there was never any difficulty understanding any of them. The boats themselves were brilliant quality and the diving was great. We even saw a few Rays whilst we were there. I would highly recommend the all day boat (3 dives) as not only is the diving good, but the crew cook up a lovely fresh meal whilst you are diving which you can eat whilst soaking up the rays from the front of the boat. The dive sites are much quieter than sharm and we were always the only boat there.



The Petra trip is a must if you are in to that sort of thing. When you get there the guide recommends you walk down and get the horse & carriage back but we would recommend getting it both ways as there really is not much to see until you get to the main area, and walking back in the Jordanian heat is a real killer, especially when you've been up since the early hours!



Check with Max in reception as well as the rep if you are tight on time (as we were) as they run the trips on different days and transport methods (Max does Jerusalem by plane whereas the rep did not).



The staff were great, particularly Mohammed at the pool. Peanuts bar was nice enough but the A/C broke down halfway through the week and it was just too unbearable to go in and wasn't fixed for days.



In Summary:



The food may have been bad and the restaurants expensive, but we were determined to enjoy ourselves. The Diving was great and all the staff were very friendly. Even the non-divers enjoyed themselves.



A Few Tips:



>When you arrive DO NOT upgrade to a pool view. The Mountain views are brilliant anyway and the pool DJ will only blast you with his 'ecclectic' choice of music.

>Take plenty of Toilet Paper with you to Taba Airport for the return flight. There is nothing to do and the licensed muggers in orange jumpsuits will try and charge you £1 (GBP) per sheet of toilet paper.

>It might be a good idea to take a few Egyptian Pound Notes (about 10p) with you to tip people on arrival. The orange jumpsuit men bank on you only having big notes when you arrive and try not to let you get past without a tip.

>It is advisable to always wash your hands after handling the Egyptian money as it is actually made out of fabric, not plastic or paper like most, and carries a lot of dirt and bacteria. Some people carry some alcohol gel (you can get it in Boots) and rinse their hands in that after handling cash.

>As always when in a foreign country it is advisable to avoid Rice (could have been re-heated), Fresh salad + fruit (often washed in local water). Try and stick to the boiled veg and fruit that you have to peel yourself.



Hope this helps and enjoy!

We have just got back from the Three corners El Wekala Resort and all I can say is that thank god for the lovely weather and views! To start with the food was awful and every one we spoke to said the same, even those staying at the other Three Corner Resorts. We had a party of four (2 adults and 2 children), we were given a room which slept 3, so ended up on the first night, after a 5 and a half hour flight and 40+ minute drive with very tired children , at 11 o' clock at night trying to arange an extra bed for my son. As you can gather they wanted extra money for an upgrade but I would not comply. A bed was found but with out a mattress and we were promised a mattress the next day. Two days later with no Thompson rep in site, my husband took a mattress from a room that had been vacated and was in the process of being cleaned. Others at the hotel had this done to them as well and they paid for a room upgrade but were given rooms where there is no peace from the music which is played late, I was glad I didn't upgrade. One couple and their child on their first night ended up with a room with a broken lock, they could not get out of the room and eventually had to throw the keys from the balcony to an employee to open the door from the outside. It ended up costing them an extra £80 to move rooms as one wouldnt be given free and they wouldnt fix the lock till the next day. Its anything for extra money at your comfort.

The restaurant was a free for all and with many rude guests made eating a unenjoyable experience and plus the food wasn't up to much and for the first few days all I ate was the bread as this was the only nice thing to eat, everything else after that seemed to hit mosts peoples stomachs running! The menu is the same through out each day and gets boring also not enough fruit was served. The waiting staff were lovely but towards the tail end of the holiday they kept bringing cold drinks in very hot glasses (just out of dishwasher), hot sprite or coca cola is not a nice experience where ever you are. All inclusive only extends to the resort and not to their own beach bar (that includes drinks too). One guy we spoke to had complained because the food at the beach bar was lovely (even though you had to pay) and he wanted to know why the same quality was not applied in the restaurant.

The staff were lovely and could not do enough for you, but if considering tipping them I would do it discreetly as someone tipped a memebr of staff and the management took the money off them to put in a sort of tip bank where they get the lions share, then share the rest of the tips out, after you consider how much the staff get paid a month and the fact you are tipping a certain member of staff for their service to you personally we tipped using methods of money in cigerette packets and offering them ciggie. The tipping of the sunbed staff did get annoying as there wasn't enough beds to go round so its either tip them or get up at 6.30 to save some beds.

The added extras were annoying and expensive a street festival would have cost £60 for four of us for 2 hours with buffet food, which happened to be the same food from the all inclusive restaurant. Also the Quad biking and other excursions were ridiculously priced (£160 for 2 hours), we never tried Max though in the reception, I heard he did better deals but frankly the added extras left a bitter taste.

The cleaners where great, but I would advise having a spare toilet paper roll in your bag for when using the shared toilets as these ran of paper all the time, especially aound the pool. Also take a spare roll in Taba Airport and out of Resort as especially in the airport you will have the employees sat outside them trying to sell toliet paper to you as they don't supply it. This happens at every one of the toliets in the airport and the authority staff just turn a blind eye, also I watched the same male staff wander in to the ladies loos to sell the paper, that toilet paper alone is the best tip I can give you for the airport. Taba Airport I found to be a horrendous experience I have ever been through, one I will never repeat.

There is a Gym at the resort but unfortunatly walking past this room made my stomach turn as the smell I could only describe as an incontinent old relative that hasn't changed or washed for 4 weeks and has been left out in the sun! As you can imagine I could not bring myself to do even 20 mins on the treadmill.

The beach was lovely and quiet, the snorkelling was amazing!! I could never understand why the beach was so quiet and the resort ran a free bus there and back. Route 2 down and route 1 back was the quickest altho the staff at reception wasn't helpful on this and I was just told the little white bus, which was just rubbish. The only two downfalls of the beach where that you have to pay for the food/drinks the other is the stones/rocks. The sand is quite stoney when you get there not too bad you think, until you get to the waters edge and there are big stones, small boulders for about 5 feet till you get to the sea then about 6 feet into the sea, after that its sand then later coral for snorkelling. You definatly need sandals of some kind to get into the sea. To be honest is seemed quite un-natural for that sized rocks to be at the sea edge.

The Thompson Rep we had was useless and I saw more of the first choice rep and the thompson rep from another hotel, both were alot better. When I finally saw our Rep, I thought he was a over endulgant tourist and when I asked about the departure time (as this was 12 o'clock on Tuesday, but we could stay in the room till 6pm if we paid more surprise, surprise, and we weren't leaving the hotel till 7pm) we were told there was a hospitality room for us. We assumed that meant our luggage and changing facilities etc, I should never assume! This meant leaving your luggage outside the reception in the open and you getting changed in a toilet somewhere. Also the all inclusive finishes at 3pm on day of departure so after that no food or drinks! I know many guests kept popping back to make sure their luggage was still around and some were due to see the rep about complaints on the last night and he never turned up.

The general feeling from everyone that we spoke to including ourselves was absolutely wonderful weather and views but never, never again!

Just Returned from 2 week stay at hotel ( 2 adults 2 children).

Flew from Mcr with First Choice. The flight was fine, the food was actually quite good, and the films entertained the children for most of the journey.

Taba airport is very small. The arrival hall was bunged and somewhat chaotic. Make sure you get a full visa if you want to travel outside of the sinai during your stay (ie cairo, pyramids, Israel). This costs £10 each but works out cheaper if you pay in US dollars.

The trip to the Hotel was lively to put it bluntly best advice? - lie back and think of Alton towers. ( The chap loading cases on the coach will ask for a tip for litterally throwing them into it, most people don't bother, but hey if you feel generous why not?)

Lovely welcome at El Wakela, orange juice, and a relaxing meal in the restaurant. Perfect after the white knuckle ride through the desert.

They will offer to upgrade your room to one with a view of the pool where the Egyptian DJ can torture you into the small hours with his own ecclectic choice of loud music. We were happy with the mountain view we were allocated. Small for four, with camp style beds for girls, but spotlessly clean, and the beds were made up and fresh provided towels each day.

Food was fine in the restaurant. The staple diet in Egypt is rice (ruz) and pasta (maccarona) and you will see plenty of both. There is always a beef, chicken and fish option, and some great soups and salads but alas, not a turkey twizzler in sight. Breakfast is excellent. That said any menu will get dull after 2 weeks but you can always eat out for a night. The waiters are all pleasant and helpful.

The pool attendants were great too , Mohammed (one of the many) and Amir found us sunbeds each day. No tip was asked for by any of the staff in the Hotel, but by the end of the holiday you will want to tip them all for their kind service.

We did the one day trip to Cairo with Thomson - great and well worth the money. We were even accompanied by a security guard carrying a machine gun under his coat - just in case one of the street sellers really couldn't take no thanks (la shukron) for an answer!

Trip to Dahab for shopping with Max (local company with rep in reception) was good, nice meal included in price ( though not drinks or chips!) real fun to be had haggling for goods in the shops on the one street in Dahab, even more to be had simply haggling to get back out of the shop.

All in all an enjoyable holiday, and an eye opener to life for people in Egypt. Hope you have a great time.

We had a wonderful 2 weeks at the 3 Corners hotel,which we found excellent value for money.We arrived at about 11pm and were greeted with orange juice by very friendly and efficient staff,and also the restaurant had been kept open for us.We had 2 rooms,1 for myself and my husband and 1 for the kids to share.We had a lovely sea view,(which we didn't have to pay extra for),and the rooms were next to each other ,which we hadn't thought of requesting until 5 days before the holiday,so phoned to request then.The rooms were lovely, surprisingly big and spotlessly clean - as they were throughout the holiday,with clean sheets and towels every day,and the lovely swan towel 'sculptures' sometimes.We found the pillows very flat,so asked the next morning for another 3 in each room,and they were there by the afternoon!The air conditioning was very good,considering it was on 24/7,and the fridge was useful for keeping water cold.There was also a safety deposit box in each room with no charge.

The pool was fantastic,and the pool bar service was good.Yes,lovely Mohammed was very good and saved us a sunbed every day,and we tipped him the meagre sum of 50p a day for that - not that he asked for it.We felt it was worth it,and also it was nice to get free towels every day for the sunbeds.

The beach was just a 5 minute bus ride away on the 'taf-taf 'bus which was very cool as it was open,or you could go on the hotel minibus.The beach was lovely,with free sunbeds and little windbreaks and umbrellas.The sea was warm and clear,and you can snorkel from the little jetties,which my daughter and husband did,and saw some lovely fish.

Now for the few downsides! The food isn't spectacular,but we've been to Tunisia lots of times,and it was on a par with the hotels there!It was Ok,we certainly didn't starve,but it was very 'samey',though the beef wellington was superb!.The waiters were very friendly and service was good.And water was always available from the restaurant or bars for FREE.

The only bar is the Peanuts Bar which is dark and gloomy and full of cigarette smoke!You can sit outside with a drink,but we found it too hot,as it was still about 30 degrees in the late evening.It was hot to walk around the few shops too,so we often ended up back in the room with our drinks,playing cards!There was virtually no evening entertainment,although there was a small open amphitheatre at the back of the hotel,so it was a bit boring.There are also a few restaurants,and we went to Cez Pascal one evening,where we had the most wonderful steaks and drinks for under £30 for the 4 of us!

We all had little tummy ' twinges' which we just put down to the food/heat/water change,but my husband was poorly for several days.We resorted to the little pharmacy at the back of the hotel,having decided imodium was not doing the trick,and £3.50 was well spent,as my husband was fine in 12 hours!Also,if,like me you have to get Zovirax for cold sores or blisters (£5 for weeny tube here) ,go and stock up from the pharmacy - £5 for a giant tube ! Pay for everything in English money,as we did - we only took cash,and changed a small amount into Egyptian pounds,but all the shops are happy to take English money.

Highly recommended is the Day trip to Cairo - a very long day but well worth it.We booked though ' Max' ,having read the good reports,and saved ourselves over £100 on the Thompson prices.We had our own very good driver,a lovely guide who met us in Cairo and took us round the museum,Pyramids,Sphinx and boat trip,and came with us to the restaraunt for our lunch (all this for £60 each).We had a wonderful day!

All in all we had a lovely time,and the kids (16 and 14) are already nagging to go back next year,which we're seriously considering.For people like us,on a bit of a budget,we thought it was extremely good value for money,and wish we were still there!!

I stayed here and i was fantastic food was great and the staff were lovely i have been to the caribbean before and this was the same atmosphere as the caribbean i have booked back for this next coming year. i thought with the water i would be ill but they are so kind and they look after you for whatever you need the water was fine we have free botled water and you mostley have coke or something else any way when you are on holiday!



FANSTASTIC HOTEL DO NOT LISTEN TO OTHER REVIEWS THIS IS THE PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RELAX, JUST BOOK

Good price/quality. Nice personnel (if you tip regularly, which we did?). Pool a bit crowded, food quality below average, after a week very boring. Drinks part of all inclusive, but you have to ask to frequently and they are seldom cool, sometimes some ice cubes. But what can you expect at such a bargain price? Great spot for golfing a few games (which I did) and wonderful excursions, unforgettable, though a bit chaotic and loosing time at borders and unnnecessary shop visits (papyrus nonsense 1 hour in Cairo, while waiting deperately to see the Piramids and Nile cruise. If going into the Sinai, plenty of water and a torch needed and sore feet guaranteed, take a camel (and be shaken not stirred for an hour upwards in the dark). Great memories of a very nice holiday at a bargain price anyway....

we have just returned from this so called all inclusive 3*plus hotel, to start with its not a 3* more a 2* and thats been generous, as for all inclusive i think not, weve been to plenty of all inclusive hotels around the world including differant parts of egypt and this hotel is the only one that charges for snacks during the day, drinks after midnight, food at the private beach,and depending on which waiter you see they also charge for bottled water, the tv only has 2 english channels, the mini fridge is empty, we did have a mountain view room (if we stuck our heads out of the side window)otherwise rooms were clean, beach was very stoney so you need strong beach shoes if you intend to go into the water,food was very basic and the same every night, entertainment is none existant apart from the 30mins of kiddie disco,theres only one bar open at a time so you spend plenty of time queuing for a drink, its also not very disabled/pushchair friendly as there are steps everywhere, take note as well that the all inclusive ends at 3pm on the day of departure regardless of what time you actually leave the hotel, if it wasnt for friends we met there we would have had to pay for our drinks for 4hrs which in the heat and a family would have been quite a bit extra to pay on an all inclusive holiday.

We have just returned from Egypt and our advice is if you are booked into this hotel "Change your booking now" The rooms were clean but on checking in we were told the only way we could get any sort of view was to pay extra (seems everyone is told the same) we paid and additional 1136 egyption pounds and was shown to an acceptable room overlooking the pool. That is the only positive thing I could say about this hotel.The food is poor, The tables are dirty and most are broken or chiped, the placemates advertise a 2007 competition held by three corners company. The outside seating is wooden and broken chairs were laying about through out our stayIf you want a sun bed you need to pay the attendents up front and they will reserve for you. they manage to take all the best sunbed before 7.30am every day and will come and ask you for money to reserve yours for you.The waiting staff in the resturant will always wait on those who tip up front. We wont do this and believe in tiping for service received. We were passed by on 4 nights for anything between 30 and 45mins to get any service and in the end my husband left the table and went in serch of some drinks for us.There is a small bar but as this is used by all the waiters and guests it is not the ideal place to sit and have a pre or post dinner drink. Overall the place is poorly run and very tired and in need of a major makeover.In the morning there is still sticky marks on tables and chairs and in the evening you need to check you seat cushins as most have never been cleaned and are covered in bird dropings.Even the ashtrays were broken and dangerous to touch.We stayed for 4 days so did try to make the best of it but in the end spoke to our rep and request a move. We had to pay £230.00 extra and down grade to half board but moved to the Hyatt. If anyone is in doubt about the varience in quality then take the free bus and see for yourself. We ended up with a fantastic holiday, its just a pity that the begining was spoilt. You do also need to be very persistant with your rep and the local office who do drage their heels but get there in the end

WARNING!!!!this hotel is bad

we went to 3corners in june and we have got to say go somewhere else,you have been warned.

when we arrived our room was booked for three adults we were given a room for two when we complained we were told to pay £275.00 which we refused to pay so first night had to sleep on floor the air con was blowing warm air so no sleep first night.



ROOMS..clean sheets changed daily but covers were dirty,when we asked for an extra towel as only two in room they wanted to charge us,one of the single beds was in a state of disrepair which i injured myself on "deep cut to the leg" we were finaly given a type of camp bed which was faulty so who ever slept on it had a bad back the next morning.



BAR...only one person on to serve the hotel so have to que for drinks it was easier to buy it from shop,the barman was good and fast but just to many guests for one man.



FOOD...food was ok but same thing every day and night not much change,so if you call cutting a potato in a differnt way a change of menu well!!!!and where you eat their were birds flying around which got in and no attempt to move them.



TRIPS...go see max the best their for trips.



all in all we been to other places in egypt and this is far from being good.

be aware you will be hounded for tips all the time,and women are hounded by the locals and at times even when with husbands or partners,plus if your a teenage female beaware they wont leave you alone.



SO PLEASE CHOOSE THIS ONE CAREFULLY!!!!!!!!

Just returned from a 2 week stay at the 3 Corners (17/6/08 - 01/7/08) The holiday was excellent overall and in our opinion, incredibly good value for money. We were a party of 4 - myself, my partner and our 2 daughters aged 17 and 4 years old. In the weeks leading up to our holiday, I used this site on a regular basis to read reviews etc so I thought I'd better take the time to submit my own :)



We travelled with First Choice and although the airplane seating is pretty cramped, the cabin crew were very friendly and good at their job and, along with the in-flight films etc the 5 hour flight wasnt the long drawn out drag that I thought it might have been. Processing at Taba airport was pretty quick and straightforward. The First Choice rep meets you as you emerge from the building and points you to your awaiting coach - where the coach driver will greet you with an outstretched hand and mumblings about how you must pay him so that he will load your baggage into the luggage hold area. I truly didnt have any loose change to give him but I will make sure that Ive got a loose pound coin rolling around in my pocket to give him next time - just in case this was the reason he decided to drive the 45 minute winding road down the mountain in the style of a racing driver - including overtaking races (wrong side of the road) with his fellow coach driver mates!!!!! Somebody has got to discover this guy soon and put him in a rally car because he certainly doesn't belong behind the wheel of a brand new powerful coach!!!



Anyway upon arriving at the hotel, we were very quickly checked in and given an excellent apartment. Room number 1125 Tamarin Suite. I recommend this apartment highly. It has 2 bedrooms, 2 climate control systems, large bathroom with walk-in shower, massive balcony with 2 sets of doors out onto it and 2 views! The balcony has a full sea view and the 2 large side windows overlook the mountains as well as the ampitheatre where they hold the dancing shows etc on selected evenings each week. This apartment was spotlessly cleaned everyday by the housekeeper - well worth leaving him a tip or 2 because you will return to your room to find that not only has he put the AC on full chat ready for you (a godsend) but he will also sometimes leave crocodiles / animals sculptured out of towels etc on the beds as a suprise (always seemed a shame to have to dismantle them when we needed to use a towel) This guy certainly does not have an outstretched hand for tips and he can't do enough for you - although I kept having Rodney Trotter moments everytime he called me sir - I thought perhaps there was somebody important behind me :)



The staff at this hotel really are all fantastic people and I know it has already been mentioned in other reviews but it is entirely true. Many of them also have a great sense of humour and it was only by chatting with a couple of them that I discovered the reason they prefer the English to all other nationalities. It is apparently largely down to the fact that they are able to relax and joke with us. Whereas with some other nationalities, they are expected to come when called, do their job and go away. I have to admit, I did actually witness some of this behaviour and was quite astounded but these guys seem to take it in their stride.

The staff absolutely love children, so if you are taking a toddler expect to be stopped at least 3 times a day for them to "gimme 5" etc. We also had our 17 year old daughter with us who is tall, slim and blonde but I've got to say, we experienced no leering or inappropriate behaviour by any of the staff whatsoever.



On our first day I went and found Abdo who was in charge of the towels around the pool area. Slipped him $10 dollars, had a quick chat and from that day onwards for the next 2 weeks we had our exact same 4 beds reserved for us every morning up by the kiddie pool (absolute suntrap - be careful). I know some people dont approve of this but it seems that most guests are doing it and I didnt relish the idea of one morning having to explain to 3 angry young ladies that I had got up too late to get the sunbeds in time!



We found the restaurant to be fine, the food was always hot and when the big trays / dishes were replenished, it was always done properly ie - not just putting the fresh hot food on top of the remainder of the existing stuff - they replace it entirely as soon as it is almost empty. It is quite incredible to hear people moaning about having to wait while they do this though..............but there you go. Each night of the week has a different 'theme' which puts a bit of variation in. For instance, Belgian night will include things like french fries, Italian night has things like pizza and pasta, Oriental night has noodles etc. I have to admit that towards the end of the second week we were finding the food to be a bit repetetive but this seems to be common in most AI hotels.

One thing that I would definitely like to see changed as far as the food is concerned, would be the addition of a few 'kiddie' type choices. We spent alot of time bribing our 4 year old into eating plates of rice, bread rolls, potato wedges and sauted vegetables but there were a couple of times where we ended up taking her down to the beach bar in the end and treating her to freshly cooked pizza and chips etc. You have to pay for this but it is pretty cheap and worth it for the peace of mind that they have got a full stomach. This is the only bugbear that I have and I would happily rate the hotel as 10/10 if this were to be changed.



I would also highly recommend a meal at the Flying Carpet which is behind the hotel. We ate here twice and the fillet steak is fantastic, as is the service. A two course meal including 2 lots of drinks for our party of 4 cost about £40 GBP and 3 of us had the fillet steak!! This is including a 15% discount which is far better than the Dine-Around option that the resort offers - you are allowed to use this 15% discount on the drinks aswell. Just look for a young lad walking around the vicinity of the front of the restaurant carrying the discount vouchers most afternoons / evenings, he will give you a pamphlet with a signed voucher and a friendly smile.



The beach is also excellent. We spent a few days there and even though I have never snorkled in my life, I am now absolutely hooked! Just pop into Marios supermarket (or nearly any other shop in Downtown) buy yourself a pair of cheap beach shoes and a snorkel. Then go straight over to the jetty outside the Sofitel - 2 minutes walk from the 3 Corners beach. There is a nice shallow part (armpit depth at full tide) at the steps halfway along the jetty, or a deeper part at the steps on the end of it. You will not believe the sights you will see in the crystal clear water. Within an hour, I had shot back up to Marios and bought myself an underwater camera and ended up taking some 60 photos down there!! Oh BTW, if you spend as many hours snorkelling as I did, expect your lips to shrivel up and drop off at some point. Lol. The water is incredibly salty!!!!! Unfortunately the seawater seems to instantly wash off all sun lotions. So if you do 2 hour stints at a time as I did, expect a nice flame-grilled finsh to the skin on your back - it was 46 degrees when we were there. I wore an old(ish) T shirt while snorkelling after that :)



We didnt see any mosquitos at all but there were a few pesky flies around from time to time. None of our party suffered any stomach problems but we all had a couple of 'looser' days at some point. Quite likely to be a combination of the heat and some very oily foods we were eating. They recommend to you that each person drinks at least 3 litres of water a day while the temperature is over 40 degrees and we were managing to keep this up. We took USD for spending and whenever we were given change in Egyptian Pounds we used antibacterial gel after handling the notes. Maybe why we didnt encounter tummy problems, maybe just luck???



Overall an excellent holiday and we will definitely be returning to this hotel again :)

Worst holiday we have ever been on!!! FOOD POISONING!! my son was in bed with sickness, dehydration etc for 5 days he was weak,limp, and in alot of discomfort. he had three injections from the doctor who refused to do tests as he was the hotel doctor. The rep lied to us and advised us no-one else had complained when we found out many had complained. This is not a family holiday, egypt is still developing its tourist industry and they do not have the same hygiene regs as us. We have been many times as a couple, but as a family i would not recommend. The worst time of my life, we had to starve our son for 5 days with him begging us for food. He lost alot of weight and it changed his personality completely, and to think we paid over £1000 for this to happen!!

We didnt have as good a holiday as we could have done

First the positives

The food is nice and there is a huge range of it so there is always something to eat my little boy love trying new foods and has never ate so much

The setting is so relaxing and the scenary fab from the front of the hotel

The waiters, porters, bar men all work very hard and always have a smile for you

Max at reception is fab we booked all our trips with him and he was very helpful to us when we checked out and there was a slight problem which was nothing to so with us.

You are based in the town area so not far to walk to the shops. Marios market is ace and the pharmacy is brill too

Beach is lovely and the snorkelling is fantastic I even ventured in the deeper part towards the end. I am so glad I tried it

Overall the hotel is clean and the food always kept covered up and loved the way the non smoking and smoking was kept apart

Entertainment was great for the shows we saw usually we were too tired so went to our room after our meals

Buses to the beach are regular so we never had to wait long

Room service was fab and very prompt

Now for the negatives

after reading all the reviews the kids were looking forward to crocodiles, swans etc on their beds we never got any so the were disappointed as many people who were there when we were did get them

Our room wasnt as clean as other rooms, the bedding wasnt changed and the blankets

were filthy when we arrived although they did change the pillowcases and towels just not the sheets, also my biy dropped some pringles and they were on the floor for 3 days, so I think housekeeping was neglected where we were at the very back of complex

Our view from room was awful dull grey mountains, not even some nice gardens to look at and I refused to upgrade to a sea view for an extra £100 but having said that we were in perfect view for shows and street festival so could watch from our room

My husband had an injury where in the restaurant a boy dropped a plate and the china went through my husbands leg right through to the bone, we had to pay for stitiches and he wasnt allowed to swim or hardly could walk for almost the 2 weeks we were there so not only were we down on spending money as we had to pay up front it spoilt the holiday. We asked the rep if we could change to a ground floor room as everytime he tried the stairs and walked the stitches pulled but surprisingly they were all full yet 2 days earlier they were asking us to upgrade.

So it ruined our holiday and then every little thing niggled then.



Overall though you are paying for a budget hotel so shouldnt ask for much we did stay in a 5* when we went to Cairo and although it was very clean and posh the food or the service wasnt as good

Would I go back yes but hopefully there will be no injuries, and I do want to try other parts of Egypt too

just arrived back from 2wks in taba. the 3rd time we have been and to be honest it was awful food was very dire and the service was poor. had to pay for water when we was all inclusive and no water was available for us to drink from water butts. would not recomend resort for age group 18-100 as it is very boring and the kids song will make you want to slit your wrists....

just returned from two week holiday brilliant. two weeks of sun sand and fun. accommodation good food ok always something on menu you could eat, animation team very friendly pool staff just great waiting staff very good bar staff Mohamed very good. The entertainment in the evening limited but you can join in or not.

Great place to relax and unwind either by the pool or at the beach staff there great.

Just a word of warning it was very hot and we used all high factor sun cream but soon ran out very expensive to buy out there so stock up.

Trips very good we would recommend the two day trip to Ciro and pyramids quad biking and if you are really fit mosses mountaintop see sun rise (you really do have to be fit to reach the top hard going but worth it) You can book with your rep or see max in reception.





We were a party of twelve ageing from fifty to fourteen and all had a great time thank you all at the hotel for brilliant holiday.