AA Grand Oasis Resort

We have just returned from a brilliant holiday at the Tropicana Grand Oasis, Sharks Bay.
After reading several reviews on other sites I was a little worried as to what I might find there. However the hotel was spotless, there were staff cleaning, polishing and gardening at all hours of the day. The bar staff (especially at the pool bar were very friendly) They appreciate manners which get you served first too...
The food was typical All Inclusive, but they did live cooking on the balcony on an evening where there were always BBQ meats. (Lamb, chicken & kebabs) It was easy to book into the A 'la carte restaurants. The Oriental served Egyptian food, which was like a BBQ at your table. Drinks service in here was excellent. The fish restaurant was good too, although we aren’t big fish eaters.
We went into Naama Bay on the free hotel shuttle (book in advance at reception). We found several English bars to watch the football. We ate out a few times in town too, about £5 for a steak. The Hard Rock Cafe was also cheap around £3.50 for a huge burger.
We went on 2 trips during our stay, both booked through the rep. We flew to Cairo £185. This involved a very early start, 4.30am but was well worth it. Went to see the Pyramids and Sphinx, and also went to the Egyptian Museum and saw some Mummies. The market was a little intimidating but you just have to stand your ground if you don’t want to go into their shops.
We also went on JMC Arabian Nights. We paid around £35 for this and got to see the exact same dance group as we could for free in the hotel, and eat the same food we could in the Oriental restaurant also for free. We did have a camel ride there which we had to pay for, but it was an all right night when you got over being a bit ripped off!!! That is my only whinge.
We are going to return to Sharm El Sheikh next year for our holiday, and would not hesitate to stay here again.

My husband and myself have just returned with two other couples from a weeks stay at the Tropicana Grand Oasis Hotel. I can honestly say it is the best holiday we have had. We cannot praise the staff within the hotel highly enough for their magnificent customer service and friendliness - nothing was a problem for them. The food was above standard in comparison to other all inclusive stays and if you are unable to find something amongst their daily menu’s then I can only say All Inclusive is not for you. You can also book at the fish, oriental or Italian restaurant within the hotel. The rooms were spotlessly clean, towel and bedding changed daily and no need to pack your towels for by the pool, as they are also readily available.
Neema Bay is incredibly cheap about £3 - £3.50 for a meal in the Hard Rock Cafe, other restaurants much the same. Taxi’s cost £5 for a good 10-15 minute ride and that was for all six of us. We went on an all day boat/snorkelling trip (lunch included) £24.00 from the hotel - a great day, also treated ourselves to a massage around £10 for half an hour. It was extremely hot, although a nice breeze around 104 degrees so ensure you pack your high factor cream. We really can’t wait to go back but will bring our kettle for our morning cup of tea in our room

We have just landed from an excellent holiday at the Grand Oasis. We had a great time, the hotel is very clean and tidy, as are the pools and beach. Overall the staff are fantastic it’s worth tipping if you get good service, they will look after you like royalty. You don’t need to tip much 10 LE is about £1 and is more that enough. The only thing I would advise against is using the hotel phones. One family had lots of trouble settling a big phone bill when we left.
Snorkelling is a must do it’s like swimming in a tropical fish tank you cant miss the amazing diversity of beautiful fish. Take care not to harm the coral though. The hotels private beach has a floating jetty that extends past the coral, but this makes the water quite deep as soon as you enter. Don’t worry the water is very salty which helps with floatation and it’s well worth the effort.
Trips
We visited Cairo (by flight) to see the pyramids & Museum it was expensive £180 GBP each, but well worth the effort and from others experience would not recommend going by coach some spent as long as 16 hours travelling too and fro.
We visited St Katherine’s monastery & walked up Moses Mountain (4 mile hike in the dark) to see the sunrise. This trip is worth the effort but is VERY hard work. It’s freezing cold at the top of the mountain so take some layers and the ground is rocky so take good footwear. We left our hotel at 11pm and didn’t return until 1:30pm the next day. I would only recommend this trip for the healthy fit and religious.
We also did two Snorkelling boat trips Ras Mohamed & Tiran £30 GBP each we never actually got to Tiran. Although we did see some great coral and fish we didn’t feel the boat trips were great value for money.
Also check out the Quad biking. It was great fun and we felt very safe. We booked this trip from the guys at the beach.

Just returned from 2 weeks at the Tropicana grand oasis hotel Sharm, I can tell you that this hotel is really nice don’t be put off by any other comments, the hotel is just 2 years old, the room we had was excellent, even a phone in the loo!!!! Beds were changed every day, the room was cleaned daily, all clothes that were left on the backs of chairs etc were folded and placed neatly on the bed etc. The food was very well presented although the taste of most of it was not to our liking but hey your in Egypt so enjoy, you can get Italian food freshly cooked and is really nice. The swimming pool is a welcome relief from the heat, it is very hot here so just use common sense with the UV rays. Only disappointment was the beach and jetty, the beach is man made and goes down to the sea in stages, the jetty is plastic which is about 6ft wide and 20ft long, so when you get lots of people on it can be quite dangerous so hold tight, when snorkelling from the jetty people will just jump in the water so be careful that they don’t jump on you. These comments I have made are not me moaning just things to remember, we had a fantastic time and would go back in a heart beat.
Now for tips to remember:
First of all Get up at 6.45 and get your sun bed around the pool or the beach and get the towel man to put your towel on them or you won’t get a bed.
Next if you tip the towel man, the waiters, the room boy, etc they will look after you, you don’t have to give much,,10 Egyptian pounds= £1,,,,,their wages = £30 a month so what you give is very very welcome to them, they are very friendly people.
Next. A few just a few people got the 2 bob bits, to coin a phrase, I was fine thankfully, so remember, don’t drink the water, there is oceans of bottled water for you, the salads look just wonderful but I kept away from them (my choice), ice in your drinks is a no no but its up to you!!!
This is a big Hotel and must have been built for the Italians 2 years ago, nothing wrong with Italians, the Hotel is 75% Italian,10%Russian, 10%German, 5%Brits, but having said that the day we left there were a lot more Brits arriving so I think the tour companies are investing in this Hotel.
Do go to Namma Bay it is vibrant and very clean, but make sure you go at night time as during the day not many people are there so you will get a lot of hassle asking you to sign their history book, and come with me to my apartment etc, just say laa, his means NO in Egyptian, so go at night.
Old Sharm is a real eye opener well worth a visit. If you want to buy anything, make sure you haggle they love it and you will too. This is for the women, the Egyptian men will talk to your breast’s not your face and stare for quite a while at them you might even get the odd one that looks at your eyes, but hey.
Last but not least, and you will love this, when you leave to come home, make sure you take some toilet paper with you for the airport, as when you go for a wee or a poo at the airport,, there is no toilet paper in the toilets, BUT there is a woman in the toilets who will charge you for 3 sheets of toilet paper, could be an expensive poo or wee, if you forget it.
After all that you have a fantastic time there is so much to do and see out there, try the quad biking in the desert, FANTASTIC
Enjoy your holiday and have a great time, we did any spelling mistakes I will put down to travelling times.
Anyway, have a great time.

We enjoyed our visit to this part of Egypt and found the hotel to be very enjoyable. The staff were helpful and our tour rep was very knowledgeable about the places to see and what was worth visiting. The hotel was spotlessly clean and rooms were cleaned every day and fresh towels daily. The pools were the best I have ever swam in and my partner always commented how clean they were. The beach was a two minute walk and breathtaking. We went snorkelling and it cost five pounds to hire the equipment and was amazing. The sea life was unbelievable with the coral and different species of fish. We visited Ras Mohammed and went snorkelling and saw a turtle and some white tip sharks which made the holiday.
Overall would go back. Not suitable if you are a picky eater but if you like fish, chicken, veal, beef, salads and vegetables. Potatoes and lots of pastries and cake then you will be fine. Also there was always the Italian restaurant serving chips and pizza. The weather was really hot so take plenty of high protection cream. Didn’t get bit once and no dickey stomach. Namma Bay is worth seeing and taxi are so cheap around four pound but got really busy in the evening so we used to go in about 4.Anyway an enjoyable holiday and cant wait to return.

My husband and I stayed a week all-inclusive at Tropicana Grand Oasis. The Hotel in the brochure looks immaculate but when you enter after the huge Chandelier that's were it ends, everything is quite shabby including the rooms where the rugs were all dirty and the safety deposit box was not attached to the wall so if an intruder entered your room they could just pick up the small safety deposit box with your treasured belongings.
The food was awful, the Hotel is only about 10% English guests so does not cater for us, we had omelette every morning and ended up going out the last half of holiday as couldn't stand the food anymore. Another English couple that were staying for 2 weeks asked to be transferred late on 1st week as couldn't stand the food.
It's very difficult to get into the sea as you have to walk on a floating jetty with steps at the end that are very slippy, a guest actually broke their leg on our stay. You have to be a confident swimmer as you can't touch the bottom because of the beautiful coral even though some stupid guests kept doing so.
I would stay in the Tropicana self-catering but PLEASE PLEASE don't go all-inclusive as it's not worth it, you can get a taxi (£2) to NAMA Bay which has great restaurants, really cheap, £5 each for 3 course meal, if you like Chinese the Peking is great Restaurant with good views (if sitting outside). My husband and I love snorkelling so the Hotel was great for that as I said earlier the coral and fish are amazing. The Hotel is a bit shabby but as our rep said it's Egypt and that's what you expect but if the Brochure states 4* that's what it should be!