Tropicana Grand Azure Resort, Sharm El Sheikh
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The Grand Azure five stars hotel lies like a mirage direct on the seacoast, 6 km North of Sharm El Sheikh International Airport and 18 km from the famous Naama Bay. At Nabq, there is the biggest mangrove forest in Sinai and the most Northern one of the whole Red Sea-Indian Ocean Region. Grand Azure Resort is a set of extensive landscape ground overlooking the panorama view of Tirana Island and The Sinai Desert and mountain and the main building is grouped around the swimming pool. loading...
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Tropicana Grand Azure Resort Reviews
" the best "
Submitted By: hondas
this hotel is like paradice. nine of us went, 4 adults and 5 children ranging from 15 to 9 yrs old in september 2008. once you have been here you wont want to go any where else. when you first arrive you are greeted by very friendly staff in a magnificent reception area which takes your breath away. you are then shown to your room by a member of staff who tells you all about the hotel.your luggage is brought to your room within a half hour. the rooms are a nice size and very clean with air con [much needed]. the main resteraunt is always very busy thats because the food was very nice with differant themes every night. their is also an italian, chinese and a fish resteraunt within the hotel, although we didnt go to these we herd they were excellant. during the day you have 3 fair sized pools, which unlike most places ive been, the water is warm. [so is the sea]. you also dont need to pack any towels as they supply them at the pool for you. their is always a lot going on during the day, with volley ball, water arobics,and water polo. at night their is lots of entertainment in 3 different areas. we did a boat trip which is highly recommended which included snorkelling, we also went on the quad safari in to the dessert and camel ride (a must). a truely fantastic holiday with excellant staff and service highly recommended we will definately be returning again next year.
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1 reader found this review helpful
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:First Choice
" First Class in all respects "
Submitted By: monastry
Arrived back on 2nd January after 2 weeks.I have no complaints what so ever,except for the rude arrogant Russians.The hotel is cleaner than some hospitals in the UK.The staff are so helpful and friendly its unbelievable.Food is really really good and there is sure to be some thing for everyones palet.If you want a holiday thats relaxing or full of pace go to this hotel you will find it here.Listen to the reps talk and prices,then find the Jasmine Centre,left out of the hotel and only 5 minutes walk.You will find St. Georges Bar see pete or Holly and see the prices they can do the same trips for!!!! If you want diving or snorkeling see Pete or Usama in the shop below the bar or visit www.butterfly-egypt.com and compare the prices.
Advice: Go see a different way of life
Activities: The Italian and Oriental restaurants are superb.
Good for: Beach
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2 readers found this review helpful
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- Date of Holiday:Dec 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomson
" Ok... "
Submitted By: woof
I went on this holiday with my husband and child. When we first arrived we were shown to the lobby it is very big and amazing architecture. We were shown to our room but it took quite along time for them to deliver our suitcases. The next day we just relaxed and wandered around the resort the day after we went snorkelling. We saw a puffer fish and a lot of different coloured fish. On Christmas day we went into the Sinai desert and went on some quad bikes but it is better to go on the electric sand buggies. I also rose a camel. Then we went with the bedouins and watched some dancing and had a meal. The next day I woke up and had an ear ache, stomach ache, and cramps all over and was physically sick twice. I had this for 5 days and have still got it now. This has put me off going to Egypt ever again.
Advice: You should try and stay inside your resort because the shops overchargde you for everything.
Activities: Snorkelling
Good for: Beach
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- Date of Holiday:Dec 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomson
" Holiday to die for "
Submitted By: lacetop
Having never been to Eygpt and having never investigated it before going we didn`t know quite what to expect.
Well, what a fantastic surprise that was about to unfold.
This is a secret resort and destination that will take off in the near future like Turkey has in 2008.
The Resort is large and the accomodation is built around a number of large pools, which are good sized tasteful and spotlessly clean.
Having its own private beach front and jetty which extends 900 meters into the Red sea
where the coral shelf falls into the abyss .:The marine fish are swimming all around the snorkelling holidaymakers. Its like falling into a massive fish tank and finding another world, breath taking.
The beach , was clean tidy equipped and looked after every evening, helpful waiters and beach staff tending all your needs.
The main food hall was spotless and fully furnished with room to manoevre It had a super choice of food and drink on any night of the week staffed with pleasant well mannered and friendly waiters who catered for all needs.A shame the Russians did not show a little appreciation but we bow to the superior race.
The staff at the hotel , from receptionist to chefs and waiters to cleaners and beach / towel lads were without doubt the most polite ,helpful people we have ever encountered on a foreign holiday, most speaking several languages
Yes we did have a little tummy trouble whilst there, but not due to dirty conditions or unhygenic kitchens, more to do with the nature of going abroad eating different food and a complete change of food and spices.
The childrens club was every evening for an hour , our little girl thoroughly enjoyed it.
To conclude I feel that you would travel to many places in the world in many countries to find a holiday resort with guaranteed sun, hospitality and cleanliness to compare with this in every way, and even though there were a few to many Russians at times, at this time of the year it wasn`t full of rude English people who ruin everything they go near, the ones we did meet were nice people with the same views of the Hotel as ours.
9 out of 10, we will be going back without doubt
Only one small point the pools are quite cool and would benefit from heating at this time of the year
Well, what a fantastic surprise that was about to unfold.
This is a secret resort and destination that will take off in the near future like Turkey has in 2008.
The Resort is large and the accomodation is built around a number of large pools, which are good sized tasteful and spotlessly clean.
Having its own private beach front and jetty which extends 900 meters into the Red sea
where the coral shelf falls into the abyss .:The marine fish are swimming all around the snorkelling holidaymakers. Its like falling into a massive fish tank and finding another world, breath taking.
The beach , was clean tidy equipped and looked after every evening, helpful waiters and beach staff tending all your needs.
The main food hall was spotless and fully furnished with room to manoevre It had a super choice of food and drink on any night of the week staffed with pleasant well mannered and friendly waiters who catered for all needs.A shame the Russians did not show a little appreciation but we bow to the superior race.
The staff at the hotel , from receptionist to chefs and waiters to cleaners and beach / towel lads were without doubt the most polite ,helpful people we have ever encountered on a foreign holiday, most speaking several languages
Yes we did have a little tummy trouble whilst there, but not due to dirty conditions or unhygenic kitchens, more to do with the nature of going abroad eating different food and a complete change of food and spices.
The childrens club was every evening for an hour , our little girl thoroughly enjoyed it.
To conclude I feel that you would travel to many places in the world in many countries to find a holiday resort with guaranteed sun, hospitality and cleanliness to compare with this in every way, and even though there were a few to many Russians at times, at this time of the year it wasn`t full of rude English people who ruin everything they go near, the ones we did meet were nice people with the same views of the Hotel as ours.
9 out of 10, we will be going back without doubt
Only one small point the pools are quite cool and would benefit from heating at this time of the year
Advice: Enjoy any easy sun filled holiday and let the hotel staff pamper you.
Activities: The chinese and italian restraurants in the Hotel
Good for: Beach
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2 readers found this review helpful
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- Date of Holiday:Dec 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Booked Independently
" Just got back 22/12/08 "
Submitted By: aussie94
Hi All,
My wife & I have just got back form this wonderful resort,It does have the "Wow factor" as soon as you arrive at the resort.The whole vacation was worth every penny great value for money, I have also read many comments on this website, and I have to say what the hell are you complaining about, from the moment we walked in we were treated with the the most wonderful respect, the quality of the whole staff cant do enough for you, it is a FIVE STAR resort, the room was large, clean, not what you get on any other resort, the food,and I mean the food on offer,had so much to choose from, my wife is a chef and I am a catering manager, we could not find any fault with the food selection on offer, there is enough choice to choose from, the presentation is also wonderful. Then there is the grounds of the resort, wonderful; so clean and the set up is great also, we checked out a few of the hotels along the beach front and there wasn't any other up to parr to the Grand Azure.
The weather was to die for - very sunny and warm every day,although I expect it would be too hot for us in the summer,we shall be going back for sure( but not peak season),I would recomend this resort to all my family and friends
The alacarte restaurants need to be booked in advanced, however; you can go as many times as you like (not like the others) although the main restaurant is great also, the staff are very helpful
The negative comments......hmmmmm; your'e a born complaineror you expect to much.
WE HAD A GREAT VACTION,and we will be going back for sure
My wife & I have just got back form this wonderful resort,It does have the "Wow factor" as soon as you arrive at the resort.The whole vacation was worth every penny great value for money, I have also read many comments on this website, and I have to say what the hell are you complaining about, from the moment we walked in we were treated with the the most wonderful respect, the quality of the whole staff cant do enough for you, it is a FIVE STAR resort, the room was large, clean, not what you get on any other resort, the food,and I mean the food on offer,had so much to choose from, my wife is a chef and I am a catering manager, we could not find any fault with the food selection on offer, there is enough choice to choose from, the presentation is also wonderful. Then there is the grounds of the resort, wonderful; so clean and the set up is great also, we checked out a few of the hotels along the beach front and there wasn't any other up to parr to the Grand Azure.
The weather was to die for - very sunny and warm every day,although I expect it would be too hot for us in the summer,we shall be going back for sure( but not peak season),I would recomend this resort to all my family and friends
The alacarte restaurants need to be booked in advanced, however; you can go as many times as you like (not like the others) although the main restaurant is great also, the staff are very helpful
The negative comments......hmmmmm; your'e a born complaineror you expect to much.
WE HAD A GREAT VACTION,and we will be going back for sure
Good for: Beach
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- Date of Holiday:Dec 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:First Choice
" best holiday i have ever had "
Submitted By: shell_bennett
i have just arrived back from the grand azure, i dont usually bother with reviews but i feel this one needs a mention. It is fantastic, in fact that is an understatement it is out of this world!! The food is gorgeous with a wide selection varying from italian to german to english u name it theyve got it the pools and surrounding areas are beautifully made up with people out all the time making sure they stay that way the staff will bend over backwards side ways and any other way to help u out. if u need it they'll do it they are so helpful and friendly. It is well situated as you come out of the hotel there is a few shops take time to go in and have a look they are fantastic people in there and i have even kept in touch with a few people adam who owns the papirus shop and tito who owns the medicine shop dr tito as i called him as he sorted me out a treat when ever i felt a little poorly if you go a bit furter down the road to the jasmine centre there is an english bar upstairs st georges if you want to book any trips do it here they are half the price as the hotels and are exactly the same they are fully insured we got 5 trips for £300 where as booking the same trips through the hotel would av cost nearly £600 ask for pete or holly there an english father and daughter and will again bend over backwards to help you all in all i cant wait to go back i am goin today to book another holiday with the same hotel please do not listen to ANY negative reviews they are people that moan for the sake of moaning go and make up your own mind IT IS FANTASTIC BEST HOLIDAY I HAVE EVER HAD AND NO DOUBT EVER WILL HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Date of Holiday:Nov 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
" Brilliant Holiday "
Submitted By: jonesy755
After reading some of the reviews we were abit anxious but this place is absoltely brilliant. On arrival at the htel you are met by staff who look after your luggage whilst you check in. There were fiveof us in our group. My mum and dad, my 15 yr od brother, my grlfriend and myself. Checking in ws straight forward and we were taken to our rooms by a member of staff who explained where everything was on the way. The lobby is unreal its so big. There is a plan of the complex inside te lobby aswel. We arrived at our rooms in block six next to the main restaurant. The rooms were spacious, very clean and not long after our luggage arrived at our rooms. We tipped the guy 2 english pound. After we had settled in we went for a few drinks. We tipped our waiter and every night he would look after us throughout the whole holiday. The first morning we went down to the activity pool but it was busy and we were unable to get 5 sunbeds. We asked the pool guy and within ten minutes he had 5 for us. We tipped him 50 egyptian about 7 pound and everyday there were five sunbeds waiting for us. There are 3 pools but we are an active bunch so spent everyday at the activity pool. There is so much going on run by the animation team. These guys work really hard and we really got on with them. The dont hassle you the just tryto get you involved. I played water polo twice a day and beach football. There is also darts, bocha bowls step arobics, stretching water gymnastics break dancing lessons, beach volleyball. The restaurants we thaught were very nice. Unless your extremely fussy you will enjoy the food. The food always tasted fresh. Dont for get they are catering for thausands of people and differe nationalilities. The saff are friendly and we had a waiter that looked after us the whole trip and everyday had a table ready for us. We also ate in the chineese italian and arabian reataurants which we found very nice. You do have to book these a day in advance. We went back to the chineese the last night as that was our favourate. There is also afish restaurant but we didnt fit that in. Down by the beach there is a tropicana restaurant thatdo fresh pizza. This is a must. They are delicious. The night entertainment by the animation team to be fair i s good but the other entertainment is repetaive. They have a band up by the lobby which is good but is everynight and a singer down at another bar. There is a billiard bar with 3 pool tables which is open till 2am. There bars in the lobby are open 24/7. You can upgrade to a suite but its 30 euro each per night. you do get a private restaurant and daily papers but thats about it. The health suite i s fantastic. We used the gym and alsohad a full body massage. The gym manager is called ahmed. Remeber this because this guy is great. At night he works as a taxi driver.He gave us a good deal to naama bay. But he also walked us and showed us around the shops. He is built like a machine so noboy hassled us and he got us good deals on gifts when we went shopping. We went to eat in hard rock cafe which was lovely and ahmed met us again after. We gave him a good tip and he looked after us to. Everyday he would come to see us at the pool to see if we were ok. He got us xtra towels and even gave my girlfriend free cream as she got a few bites on her legs. We needed to get scarfs for the quad trip. When I asked how much it was 150 egyptian for 1. Ahmed managed to go somewhere else and got all 5 for 120 egyptian. We went on three trips the quad bikes which was brilliant. Be carefull who you book with. If your like us and you want to go fast then you can book your own private trip. I did meet people who booked through their rep and got stuck with a group of abot 30 people. We did this trip in the afternoon. You go into the dessert, visit a bedwin camp. tried egyptian tea. Had a camel ride. that cost about 20 pound to do this trip. We also did two boat trips called Ros Mahammed and Tiran island. I did four scuba dives which were out of tis world. We booked these through the red sea rangeres who walk around the hotel complex. They will spkea to you but if you dont want to go then just tell them and they are fine. There is a camera man on the trips and he's always in ya fce but again if ya dont want the dvd just tell him. This didnt botherus. We had the dvds and they were good to watch. Just outside the hotel turn right and about 400 metres there is a mcdonalds and kfc. There is also an englishbar call st georges. There are laot of russians and polish who do come across abit rude but I think its a case of thats how they re. They didnt bother us. I played alot of sport with them and they were fine. To clear up all this egyptian bug. Its rubbish. IF you dont wash yor hands or keep hydrated then you will be ill. the food is fine to eat. Keep your room ata goot temp. If you put it too cold then you may get ill as your going from it being hot to very cold. Meand my brother had a slight tummy upset but we were not ill. This I think is from how much beer we drank. Dont forget if your drinking alot it has to come from somewhere. The beach is nice and yes the jetty is a long wak but its nice. People who moan are just lazy. Its a nice walk out and fantastic snorkelling. This is without a doubt in our opinion 5 star. I would definately go back. My mum and dad are already looking at booking to go back next year. Everybody has their own opinion so the bad reviews you read. Dont listen. Make your own mind up. The best holiday ive been on. And Ive been on many.Make the right choice and go.
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- Date of Holiday:Nov 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Booked Independently
" Just returned from the wonderful LTI... "
Submitted By: hairyharry191
Just returned from the wonderful LTI Grand Azure, my family and I had a two week stay there and we throughly enjoyed our stay.
There was 7 of us in our party, so we had two rooms that joined into onewhich we found very convienent, the rooms we really spacious and as i am one for not liking to sleep in a different bed other than my own the beds were suprisingly comfortable the cleaner was very good we did tip him but by doing so he didn't leave us alone not hassling us for more money just being friendly did get a little annoying with his endless questions about England other than that our room was spotless everyday and we had endless supply of drinks in our fridge was great.
The swimming pools were exceptional very very very clean and big enough you could get lost plus very refreshing after a hour sunbathing, the pool guys were great we did tip them after they got us 7 sunbeds when there were none to been seen, we did tip them for this and from that day on there was always 7 sunbeds there for us not because we tipped them to do so, just because we tipped them for their help.
The food was good not amazing but good, i would say the pizza's were really nice freshly made too which before in all inclusive we have had pizza's ready made that had been there for ages and were horrible but at the grand azure they are cooked to order, saying that although the food inside was basic, just outside the hotel Churchills is a must not its English run but its overpriced, all ready made, and most of it re-heated so it was disgusting in my honest opinion just eat inside the hotel it doesn't cost you anything because your all inclusive and its actually quite nice.
Med-Hotels talk a total load of rubbish and they say that if you don't book your trips with them you will not be insured this is rubbish and a ploy to get you to book with them, so much so they offer you a sunset boat trip which is after 6pm is not insured if you dont believe me read up on it, we were actually advised to go to St Georges Bar and see Pete the owner as he books trips fully insured and at low low low prices, with Med-Hotels we were told that quad biking for the sunset drive wpuld be 35english pounds per person, with Pete we got it for 16english pounds per person, Med-Hotels quoted us 40english pounds per person for a snorkeling trip around the three reefs, again Pete smashed that to pieces and we went Snorkeling to Tiran Island for 26english pound per person, he is well worth a visit for trips a honest straight down the line bloke, the four men in our party spent most of their time in Pete's bar St Georges watching all the football and competeing in many silly pub games they have going on over there, i most probably would of spent more time of there but theres no air conditoning so gets a little hot, although if you are a good drinker and can handle your alcohol the beer is ice ice cold.
All in all great holiday would definetly re-visit the Grand Azure, few things that did annoy me was my daughter being hounded by one of the Turkish photographers he wouldn't leave her alone and we did have to report him to the manager and with 5days to go of our holiday he was removed as my daughter was very unhappy with the way he harrassed her, the other thing worth noting that we found frustrating was the shops inside the hotel for silly little things like pepsi and stuff to take back to your room was like 1english pound for a can of pop, where if you went to the supermarket near St Georges bar it was 10p a can so big difference, Plus the shops inside the hotel that sell you shisha pipes and other stuff were really expensive and we actually bought our sourveniers for home at the Jasmine Center were things were a whole lot cheaper.
If your going to this hotel i think you will really enjoy it but just be careful with certain things and certain people.
There was 7 of us in our party, so we had two rooms that joined into onewhich we found very convienent, the rooms we really spacious and as i am one for not liking to sleep in a different bed other than my own the beds were suprisingly comfortable the cleaner was very good we did tip him but by doing so he didn't leave us alone not hassling us for more money just being friendly did get a little annoying with his endless questions about England other than that our room was spotless everyday and we had endless supply of drinks in our fridge was great.
The swimming pools were exceptional very very very clean and big enough you could get lost plus very refreshing after a hour sunbathing, the pool guys were great we did tip them after they got us 7 sunbeds when there were none to been seen, we did tip them for this and from that day on there was always 7 sunbeds there for us not because we tipped them to do so, just because we tipped them for their help.
The food was good not amazing but good, i would say the pizza's were really nice freshly made too which before in all inclusive we have had pizza's ready made that had been there for ages and were horrible but at the grand azure they are cooked to order, saying that although the food inside was basic, just outside the hotel Churchills is a must not its English run but its overpriced, all ready made, and most of it re-heated so it was disgusting in my honest opinion just eat inside the hotel it doesn't cost you anything because your all inclusive and its actually quite nice.
Med-Hotels talk a total load of rubbish and they say that if you don't book your trips with them you will not be insured this is rubbish and a ploy to get you to book with them, so much so they offer you a sunset boat trip which is after 6pm is not insured if you dont believe me read up on it, we were actually advised to go to St Georges Bar and see Pete the owner as he books trips fully insured and at low low low prices, with Med-Hotels we were told that quad biking for the sunset drive wpuld be 35english pounds per person, with Pete we got it for 16english pounds per person, Med-Hotels quoted us 40english pounds per person for a snorkeling trip around the three reefs, again Pete smashed that to pieces and we went Snorkeling to Tiran Island for 26english pound per person, he is well worth a visit for trips a honest straight down the line bloke, the four men in our party spent most of their time in Pete's bar St Georges watching all the football and competeing in many silly pub games they have going on over there, i most probably would of spent more time of there but theres no air conditoning so gets a little hot, although if you are a good drinker and can handle your alcohol the beer is ice ice cold.
All in all great holiday would definetly re-visit the Grand Azure, few things that did annoy me was my daughter being hounded by one of the Turkish photographers he wouldn't leave her alone and we did have to report him to the manager and with 5days to go of our holiday he was removed as my daughter was very unhappy with the way he harrassed her, the other thing worth noting that we found frustrating was the shops inside the hotel for silly little things like pepsi and stuff to take back to your room was like 1english pound for a can of pop, where if you went to the supermarket near St Georges bar it was 10p a can so big difference, Plus the shops inside the hotel that sell you shisha pipes and other stuff were really expensive and we actually bought our sourveniers for home at the Jasmine Center were things were a whole lot cheaper.
If your going to this hotel i think you will really enjoy it but just be careful with certain things and certain people.
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
" The Hotel facillities and food were... "
Submitted By: Mrs A Sanderson
The Hotel facillities and food were of a very high standard. The accommodation and service in this hotel was excellant. The only downside to the hotel was the beach area which has a jetty of approx half a mile to walk before you can get into water deep enough to swim in. This would have a bearing on me coming back again.
The staff and entertainment at the hotel along with the food was superb better than we have had on our two previous visits to another hotel.
We were unfortunate enough to be booked with Med hotels and our rep Ossy was the most arrogant intimidating person I have ever met. He was advising people if they did not book the trip through him then their would not be insured.
As this is our third visit to Egypt and we have never booked with the Rep's always with the hotel or outside travel sites, we were surprised by his comments.
He overheard us booking the breakfast box for a trip to Cairo and took it upon himself to advise we would not be getting our breakfast boxes and he wanted to know the name of the person we booked the trip with and he would have him arrested. If you do book with Med hotels and this is the rep onsite at the hotel do not take any notice of his comments and use him as little as possible. There is an English girl called Michelle who works at the hotel and she is very helpful as are all of the staff on the front desk, they will give you all the advice you need.
The staff and entertainment at the hotel along with the food was superb better than we have had on our two previous visits to another hotel.
We were unfortunate enough to be booked with Med hotels and our rep Ossy was the most arrogant intimidating person I have ever met. He was advising people if they did not book the trip through him then their would not be insured.
As this is our third visit to Egypt and we have never booked with the Rep's always with the hotel or outside travel sites, we were surprised by his comments.
He overheard us booking the breakfast box for a trip to Cairo and took it upon himself to advise we would not be getting our breakfast boxes and he wanted to know the name of the person we booked the trip with and he would have him arrested. If you do book with Med hotels and this is the rep onsite at the hotel do not take any notice of his comments and use him as little as possible. There is an English girl called Michelle who works at the hotel and she is very helpful as are all of the staff on the front desk, they will give you all the advice you need.
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Med HotelsFlight with Thompsons Booked with Hays Travel
" This was our second time at the Grand... "
Submitted By: jaqr
This was our second time at the Grand Azure, thought hotel was fab last year but was even better this year. Read my review on trio advisor to get the full sp on it. The only downside to this holiday was the Med Hotels rep, he was the most aragont and intimedatng man I have ever met. Have put a compaint into Med Hotel direct. If your Hotel is booked with Thomas Cook, First Choice or Thomsons you'll have no probplems. As far as it been Ramadam we had no problems what so ever. The staff were 1st class. What you have go to remember they cannot even drink anything in the 40+ heat, I'd like to see us try and not do that!!!
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Med HotelsFlight with First Choice
" Just got back 26/09/2008 from egypt... "
Submitted By: Mr D Howse
Just got back 26/09/2008 from egypt great hotel great pools but thats about it, SOME of the staff where rude and smelly i see a least 2 chefs going for number 2`s and never washed there hands it made me sick a did`nt eat in the hotel again all of are party where ill i with tummy problems for 5-6 days of the holiday. Me and my brother in law went quad biking which was good but you see that the egyptions seem to use the desert as one large landfill site this is maybe why so many people get ill.
all in all good hotel and pools, food crap (could even be reused), some rude staff who want tips all the time (reminds me of cuba) beach is crap but we where expecting that. we wont be going back to egypt and i would`nt recommend it to any one, go to the domincan republic that beats the pants of egypt hands down..
all in all good hotel and pools, food crap (could even be reused), some rude staff who want tips all the time (reminds me of cuba) beach is crap but we where expecting that. we wont be going back to egypt and i would`nt recommend it to any one, go to the domincan republic that beats the pants of egypt hands down..
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:First Choice
" We have just got home from this... "
Submitted By: Mrs D Ransley
We have just got home from this hotel, befor we went we read the reviews and there was some that where bad.We had a great time as a family of 13 went the only down side was RAMADAM all i can say is what a load of moody staff to hot,to hungry .The red coat waiters always want tipping and IF YOU DONT THEY DONT COME BACK AND SERVE YOU THEY ARE RUDE.Whilst away my sister become very ill and lost a total of 4 days of her holiday and cost her £106.00 FOR A COUPLE OF TABLETS AND A SHOT IN THE BUM.But apart from that the pool staff are lovly and if you dont get that dreeded bugg you will have a wonder full holiday
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:First Choice
" 100% great hotel. Can say nothing... "
Submitted By: Other CC Roberts
100% great hotel. Can say nothing else. Pay extra for a juniour suite to recieve the VIP treament, your own reteraunt, VIP lounge with daily paers chocolate and TV, 24 hr free room service and mini bar.
On the other hand to clear a mith about the stomach bugs.
This bug is due to dehydration and not due to bad food hygeine, bad hygeine or quality of food. If you stick to advice drink at least 5 litres of bottled water a day, and wash your hands after the toilet like you would at home and you should be finr. If you are succepitable to upset stomachs visit a local pharmacy when tou arrive and buy there preventative medication which you take daily on holiday to prevent thisbug.
On the other hand to clear a mith about the stomach bugs.
This bug is due to dehydration and not due to bad food hygeine, bad hygeine or quality of food. If you stick to advice drink at least 5 litres of bottled water a day, and wash your hands after the toilet like you would at home and you should be finr. If you are succepitable to upset stomachs visit a local pharmacy when tou arrive and buy there preventative medication which you take daily on holiday to prevent thisbug.
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:First Choice
" just returned from the grand azure... "
Submitted By: Miss K Langton
just returned from the grand azure and what a fab holiday we had. Apart from us nearly missing our flight going because we stupidly overslept everythin else was great.
Arrived at our hotel at around 8pm we were checked in very quickly and shown to our rooms and how to work the air con etc. Our luggage was brought to our room for us also. Our room was massive we had a junior suite with a great view. We had 2 showers in our bathroom 2 double beds a singe bed large sofa chairs and still enough room to do cartwheels.
Room was really clean and had more than enough wardrobe space. We then ventured for somthing to eat and the food was great like every all inclusive hotel ive been to before the food is very repetitive but i suppose it has to be because they have to be realistic and cater for all the differant nationalitys. Resteraunt was clean and air conditioned which made it a nice place to eat. There were also other resteraunts chinese, italian, sea food and arabic we only tried te chinese one and it was lovely a nice change from the main resteraunt. There are snack bars dotted around the complex and the pizza bar on the beach was lovely ive never had a pizza which tasted so fresh.
The resort itself is lovely very clean lovely gardens always claners and gradeners working on it. There is also a little train which will take you down to the beach free of charge from the front of the hotel. The bars are great and good cocktails as well especially the casa blanca one but beware there not stingy on the amount of alcohol the put in as i found out!!!!
Entertainment is ok we didnt see much of the animation team as we didnt go there shows or anything to do with it but they work very hard and are really friendly from what we saw of them. Why you are there you have to go snorkling at the end of the jetty its amazing snorkels are about 8 quid over there so if u can get one cheaper before you go then do.
There are shops about 5 min walk to the left out the hotel we didnt go to these as we only noticed them when we went to naama bay on our last night. There are also few shops inside the hotel and also directly outside the hotel but these are quite expensive. There is a supermarket outside the hotel to the right and a large one to the left where the shops are 5 mins down the road. There is also a kfc and mcD's to the right out of the hotel if you fancy a taste of home which is about 5 mins walk aswell.
There is a free shuttle bus which you book once day before which takes you to naama bay. This is an experiance in itself very daunting as they do nothing but mither you to go into there shops. Its a good experiance and one which can't be missed. We had our tea at Hard Rock cafe which was good we had burger and chips each (burgers are huge) and 2 cokes and it came to about £11.00 which was very reasonable lots of bargains to be had round naama bay.
All in all had a great holiday couldnt fault anything weather was great lowest we had was 40 deg most days was about 50 deg.
I would defiantly recomend this holiday to any one. Oh and if you are going to egypt expect to get a bad tummy and dont moan about getting one hand gell comes in usefull. If you do get a bad tum our imodium doesnt work and you need to get some antinall its in a yellow box about 2.50 from a pharmacy it works wonders. I will definately be going back here as its such a beautifull hotel.
Arrived at our hotel at around 8pm we were checked in very quickly and shown to our rooms and how to work the air con etc. Our luggage was brought to our room for us also. Our room was massive we had a junior suite with a great view. We had 2 showers in our bathroom 2 double beds a singe bed large sofa chairs and still enough room to do cartwheels.
Room was really clean and had more than enough wardrobe space. We then ventured for somthing to eat and the food was great like every all inclusive hotel ive been to before the food is very repetitive but i suppose it has to be because they have to be realistic and cater for all the differant nationalitys. Resteraunt was clean and air conditioned which made it a nice place to eat. There were also other resteraunts chinese, italian, sea food and arabic we only tried te chinese one and it was lovely a nice change from the main resteraunt. There are snack bars dotted around the complex and the pizza bar on the beach was lovely ive never had a pizza which tasted so fresh.
The resort itself is lovely very clean lovely gardens always claners and gradeners working on it. There is also a little train which will take you down to the beach free of charge from the front of the hotel. The bars are great and good cocktails as well especially the casa blanca one but beware there not stingy on the amount of alcohol the put in as i found out!!!!
Entertainment is ok we didnt see much of the animation team as we didnt go there shows or anything to do with it but they work very hard and are really friendly from what we saw of them. Why you are there you have to go snorkling at the end of the jetty its amazing snorkels are about 8 quid over there so if u can get one cheaper before you go then do.
There are shops about 5 min walk to the left out the hotel we didnt go to these as we only noticed them when we went to naama bay on our last night. There are also few shops inside the hotel and also directly outside the hotel but these are quite expensive. There is a supermarket outside the hotel to the right and a large one to the left where the shops are 5 mins down the road. There is also a kfc and mcD's to the right out of the hotel if you fancy a taste of home which is about 5 mins walk aswell.
There is a free shuttle bus which you book once day before which takes you to naama bay. This is an experiance in itself very daunting as they do nothing but mither you to go into there shops. Its a good experiance and one which can't be missed. We had our tea at Hard Rock cafe which was good we had burger and chips each (burgers are huge) and 2 cokes and it came to about £11.00 which was very reasonable lots of bargains to be had round naama bay.
All in all had a great holiday couldnt fault anything weather was great lowest we had was 40 deg most days was about 50 deg.
I would defiantly recomend this holiday to any one. Oh and if you are going to egypt expect to get a bad tummy and dont moan about getting one hand gell comes in usefull. If you do get a bad tum our imodium doesnt work and you need to get some antinall its in a yellow box about 2.50 from a pharmacy it works wonders. I will definately be going back here as its such a beautifull hotel.
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- Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
- Board Basis:All Inclusive
- Tour Operator:Thomas Cook
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nobody mentions in the reviews to take ENGLISH MONEY! rather than exchanging it all to egyption money, as our rates for exchange in this country are ridiculously low, you get much more for your money in english pounds!! there exchange rate over there for the egyptions is 10 egyptions to the pound, where as we get about 5,6 or if your lucky 7.. so thats almost double the ammount! also, the shops start prices high... you can usualy get them down to 1/4 of the original price!! 1 flash of your cash and they will fold =) and i must say, egypt has THEE best replica handbags i have EVER seeen! =) so make sure you leave some space in your suitcase adies, i ended up taking about 6 bags home =)
Me and my boyfriend went to grand azure in december, a week before xmas, it was our 1st holiday abroad together, we are both 19 and i must say, this holiday tops anything ive been on before!
usualy i go to typical brit holidays, spain, greece etc, but thought we would try something new! (and i am soooo glad we did!)
the hotel is stunning, you could eat off the floor. staff couldnt do enough, the italian resturant staff were great (as were the chinese!!) buffet was a bit plain (but we were picky eaters!) we used to go for something light in the buffet around 6pm then book in to the resturants every night for 9pm for a great steak meal! =)
the beach wasnt as nice as i thought, you had to wear flip flops or the sand hurt your feet.. same with the sea, very rocks so you needed some form of footwear in the sea!
the pool is a bit on the nippy side but very clean, fish and chips on the beach bar is a must before you leave! delicious!
entertainment was very poor (perhaps it was just the time of year) but we met another couple and spent most nights playing cards and having a good laugh - you need to make your own entertainment really!
anyway to some up... best holiday ever and i think we definatly picked the best hotel! =)
Advice: TAKE ENGLISH MONEY!!
Activities: ITALIAN RESTURANT IS A MUST .. BEST FAKE HANDBAGS EVER IN EGYPT!!
Good for: Beach