Hilton Sharm Waterfalls Resort

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This place is very beautiful, has great food, great staff and a really great view. Plus, you can walk outside the hotel and go to tons of markets that are near by - El Mercato and El Fayla Wa Layla. The beach isn't the perfect beach because there is no option for shoreline snorkling. It is located on a great coral reef, which you must walk out to on a floating dock and jump in. For young children or people who don't know how to swim it might be kind of dangerous, that's why its better to have a shoreline walk in option for those types of people.

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The only thing going for Sharm is the weather.This is not a 5* hotel about 3 1/2.
The rooms are badly in need of a refirb. No slippers bathrobes etc. Threadbare towels.
Dirty bathroom with hairs on the floor belonging to last guest at least.
The pools were clean and attractive.
Old Sharm is filthy not old and quaint just like an explosion of junk in the street.
Taxi drivers are rude no seatbelts and drive like lunatics even with small children in the back. Use hotel shuttle better service for same price and they do pick you up when they say they will.
what about the shop thats called 911 gifts person working in the shop said "He not own it". This was in Macado shopping centre.
Place full of rude Russians and food catering was geared towards them, would not go back, why go on holiday to be worse off than you are at home.

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Myself and 3 other female friends have just returned from a weeks stay at the Hilton Waterfalls Resort Sharm, I have to say this was the best holiday we have been on as a group, feels like a dream.
The resort is amazing all the staff reception, waiters, barmen, chefs, liftboys, cleaners etc.... were all friendly and always smiling, and all extremely helpful. They went out there way to ensure we had a pleasant say.
We opted for bed and breakfast, breakfast selection is excellent and keeps you full right up until dinner! Going AI and half board works out more expensive overall, it is much cheaper without this option. The hotel has some excellent restaurants I recommend Verdi's food is one of the best I've tasted and service is great, Zahle zu Mehr is also good you can choose your own fresh fish caught that day. There is a great restaurant sugar hut on the opposite side of the road to the hotel, food is cheap and tasty. For traditional Egyptian food I would recommend El Mesrien in the old market about a 5-10min taxi ride from the Hilton and costs 20LE (£2). The old market is also good for shopping as you can really barter the prices here.
Depending on what type of holiday you are after Naama Bay is about 10-15mins drive away and costs 30LE by cab, the hotel offers a shuttle service which is 10LE each way. Naama Bay is much livelier than Hadaba (Where resort is) and it has all the known nightclubs, lots of restaurants/cafes and shops. We went to Naama Bay twice and found ourselves missing the Hilton resort and came back early. The resort has everything for those of you who are after pure relaxation, some days we didnt leave the resort!!! Shish Bish and Chillax are great for relaxing, the resort has plenty of bars, restaurants, a disco, shops, health spa, choice of pools, diving centre, plenty of activites throughout the day. There is a market place on the opposite side of the road and on the same side 2mins walk away is a pharmacy and supermarket.
I would thouroughly recommend the quad bike super safari, one of the best experiences Ive had and only costs approx £28. Its approx 4-5hours and involves quad biking through the Sinai desert, watching the sunset, camel riding, and bedouin dinner under the stars in the desert. We also tried the parasailing and for the price is worth it. We booked all our excursions through Poisedon which is based at the resort right next to the turtle bar. Sameh the manager is the best person to speak to, he will advise you on the best excursion to suit your needs and what you want to get out of the experience. The hotel has an excellent diving centre and snorkelling is a must. For those of you who are not strong swimmers you can see plenty of tropical fish from the jetti's.
I cant find a bad thing to say about the resort, only thing I will say is be prepared for the mosquitos!! The hotel sprays the entire resort each night but its best to be extra prepared so do take repellent.
Overall I must say this is fantastic place to stay, rooms are spacious and the cleaners do a great job each day. Weather was fantastic between 33 - 37 degrees while we were there, the view is fantastic the sunrise and sunset is a must see, great view from the balcony. Food and staff service is great and facilities is excellent! The resort is suitable for groups of friends, couples, families and honeymooners. I would highly recommend it and I would definately stay here again.
A1 holiday!!

I visited this hotel in August 2006 and had a great time! On arrival we were given our key and our luggage was brought to our room rather promtply.
Staff were really friendly, particularly the guy in the lift who thought he looked like Eddie Murphy, and Mohammed who worked at the bar in the Chillax pool.
The pools were great, one really large one by the beach and if you wanted something more peaceful, then there is one at the top.
There were plenty of sunbeds, although a few more parasols would be the only improvement I could make, but you don't have to be there at 8am to get one, we arrived approx 10-11 ever morning and the pool guy always got our towels ready for us on the sunloungers we liked, which was nice. Its not the kind of place you can sunbath out all day, with 46 degree heat!!!! The pool bar (seats i nthe water) is a refreshing change especially with a Stella, Luxor, Sakara, all great ..... Egyptian wine is ok after a few glasses, and anything outside of Europe can be expensive.
We were there on a B&B basis and the food was fine, we also ate at the fish restaurant and the Italian and again food was fine, really nice in the fish restaurant. We even got to pick our fish!
I would reccomend this hotel to anyone, friends, families, couples etc, everyone was welcomed!

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the service was fantastic, catered for every whim, really really clean, safe enviroment, we had 3 teenager's they just loved it, were actually thinking of going back.
we had a barman called muktar by our poolside, he really made us feel at home, he spoke a number of languages, he could relate to his guest's, his english was great, we felt we made a really good friend, a friend for life, he is a genuine person, he got married yesterday,we wish all the best and good luck in his future.
the resort is fantastic, snorking, diving, shopping, clubbing, etc, it's all there...................... and the tourist police are just everywhere!!!

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We've just had a brilliant holiday here. The hotel is about 20 mins from the airport and is in a quiet setting not far from the Old Market.
We found everyone at this hotel very friendly and accommodating in a genuine way. They all seemed to adore our children.
The setting is great, the gardens are beautiful, and the hotel is all lit up at night and looks stunning. There are 8 pools in total, including adult only pools and two heated pools (good for young children). I enjoyed watching the Aqua Gym - especially the eye candy instructor!
We had a seaview room overlooking the main pool, but we tended to use the heated pools with our boys.
For 5 stars, our room was a bit tired. The bathroom was very dated, and the corridor behind our room resembled a car park.
We were a little disappointed with the kids club. It was really more of a creche, and other than drawing & painting, TV there weren't many activities nor many toys. It was very clean, and well presented though.
If you've got small children, I'd ask for a room on level 3 overlooking the small pool. It will be easier with buggies etc to get to the kids club and heated pool.
The main restaurant was OK - typical hotel buffet food really. A bit weak on salads / fruit, but great if you like puddings! We often had to wait for a table.
All in all, this hotel is great. We will be going back to Egypt, but next time will probably stay at one of the newer hotels.

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I and my other half who are both in our mid 20 stayed at the Hilton Waterfalls last year and absolutely loved it.
The hotel was gorgeous, the room very large and clean and the food fantastic. We especially liked the Italian restaurant but the buffet breakfast was also very good with a huge choice.
The staff were friendly and polite and the maids made various decorations, such as swans and hearts, out of towels which were left on our bed for when we returned from the beach or pool each day.
The only thing I didn’t enjoy so much was the hair-raising driving of the local taxi drivers! My tip is the use the hotel 'limousine' service as this is actually just a more modern car (with seatbelts!) and costs the same as the local taxis.
Snorkelling is fantastic and I recommend the lazy day boat trip which is so relaxing. We also went to Cairo by road and stayed overnight, exhausting but well worth seeing.
Riding through the very silent desert on a camel for a late night, camp fire dinner under millions of stars was an experience we will never forget.
The same goes for the climb to the top of Mount Sinai through the middle of the night to watch the sunrise at the top, absolutely exhausting but totally amazing.
Egypt is unforgettable and we loved every minute.
We will be going back and when we do it will definitely be to stay at the Hilton Sharm Waterfalls.

I traveled to Sharm only a short time after the bombings and found a town in shock but moving forward, rebuilding, cleaning up and returning to the norm of giving the scuba diving tourist a holiday of a lifetime.
The convenience of the Hilton on Peace Rd Naama Bay, was marred by it sitting next to the Ghazarla gardens and across the road from the Movenpick, so the tragedy was never far from your thoughts, but the sheer joy of diving in Ras Mohammed and Straits of Tiran made the beauty of the town and its coast the silver lining to the tragedy, Good Service, decent rooms and a lovely pool could be found at the hotel, and guaranteed weather, what more could you ask for?

My family, including 2 teenagers, have just returned from a weeks stay.
The hotel is great, our rooms were in the 24xx sequence which we would also recommend (see last reviewer).
All staff, indeed it would seem all Egyptians, are incredibly friendly and helpful.
We went for the snorkelling and were not disappointed but more of that anon... The swimming pools were lovely, the lower ones unheated but beautiful. The upper heated pools are small but fine if you need them.
We went on B&B basis which is our recommendation. We were offered HB for US$23pp/night which didn't make sense since the buffet dinner only cost GBP11 per night.
We actually ate out some evenings, buffet others and room service for the remainder. Everything is very reasonably priced.
A good Room Service, pizza was less than GBP4. Our only constructive criticisms would be: the buffet food is rather samey - they have different themes but the content doesn't seem to differ that much, the other problem we had was getting used to this tipping lark.
It is quite clear that every service received may warrant a tip but it gets more complicated if the bill includes a 10% service charge - which many do.
A note of caution - don't bother with the so called "Old Market" or "souq". Its rubbish.
It is not actually old, obviously, because everything has been built post the 67 war. To make matters worse it has all the run down dirty elements of a dump with none of the local charm.
I would normally not recommend tourist attractions such as the Naama Bay shopping but in reality it is no less original than the old market and at least it has a pleasant atmosphere.
Now to the most important thing - the snorkelling. It is simply stunning. Just jump in off the floating pontoon at the hotel and you encounter the coral wall going north and south.
In fact you can see a huge variety of fish etc. through the crystal clear water from the surface.
My son, something of a fanatic, saw about 50 different species just from the hotel pontoon and the list climbed to 80 including Ras Mohamed and Tiran Island.
We took underwater camera gear and have some fantastic photos. I am far from a marine life freak but I was overwhelmed.
Two warnings - PLEASE PLEASE don't touch the coral - it is not going to be there for my grandchildren at this rate.
Secondly, the place simply heaves with Russians and I have never come across such a rude bunch of people - well actually there were a few from the UK on our trip to Tiran Island that I would have preferred avoiding but nothing like the Russians.
Yes we would go back to this hotel and Sharm!

Location: The hotel is located a few miles down the road from Naama Bay, the main tourist resort.
This location was ideal for us as it felt that you were in a much more secluded and quiet area, but the main town was only a short taxi ride away if needed.
Regarding Naama bay itself, we only visited it a couple of time. It was pretty much your typical tourist trap town.
Lots of souvenir shops, restaurants, bars etc. Personally this wasn't our thing, we were away for 7 days to pretty much relax on the beach, by the pool and do a bit of scuba diving, for which the hotel was perfect.
Room: I think most of the rooms have a sea view. They were spacious, clean had massive king size beds, TV with several channels, room service that cost about the same as the restaurant prices, mini bar, big bathroom with bath/shower, small digital safe, balcony. Not sure what more you could ask for really!
Staff: Excellent, friendly in the main, very helpful without being intrusive, and, contrary to one of the comments above, we found they didn't expect a tip for every little service performed.
Most spoke more than a little English. The housekeeping staff get a special mention as they often left our new towels made into the shape of animals on the bed (think large scale origami with towels!), which we thought was a nice touch. Kids would have loved it no doubt.
Restaurants/Bars: The hotel had 5 main restaurants, an Italian, a Mexican/Latin American, a Lebanese, a seafood restaurant by the pools, and a buffet/all inclusive type affair.
We didn't ever go for the buffet option (except for breakfast which was very good), but regularly used the other 3 and thought the standard of food was great, particularly the Lebanese.
There were several other outdoor snack bar areas by the pool and the beach that served adequate lunch options (burgers, pizzas etc).
Evening meals for the 2 of us generally cost around £25-30 incl tips and drinks. Perhaps slightly more expensive than eating in the main town. Lunches were around £10-15.
The Mexican bar showed premiership football on LCD widescreen TV's for those, like me, who can't go without their fix even whilst away.
On a Saturday they usually showed 3 games. The beach bars closed at sunset as it got a little colder in the evenings this time of year (but I understand they are open late if you go in the summer when it’s a lot hotter).
Facilities: I think there were about 5 pools in total, the heated one at the top was our preferred choice as the others were a little on the cold side.
There were 2 private beach areas, one with a floating jetty that took you out past the coral shelf to allow great swimming and snorkelling. The sea was a lot warmer than the pools!
There was a very good dive shop that offered dive training, dive trips and also hired snorkel equipment. There was also a volley ball pitch that seemed to be dominated by the Russian guests mainly.
Overall: Absolutely loved this place. My girlfriend and I booked it last minute for a very reasonable price and couldn't believe our luck when we arrived!
We would definitely go back again. It was superb value for money.