Marsa Alam hotellia

Plussat: We came here as a first destination for our honeymoon and we are beyond happy with everything. First and foremost is the professional staff who are nothing short of spectacular. Everyone is smiling, polite and respectful. Everyday there is a new event in the morning and at night, the activation team actually do a pretty good job. Prices for food and drink are quite reasonable with the only comment that alcohol is local and of average quality. I don't really like open buffet but I loved this one, new options everyday and you probably won't have the belly to try half the options, 9/10 on food! Room cleanliness is 10/10, design and facilities also excellent. I'm just going to keep going on how special the hotel made our stay for us, but that would be ruining the surprise. If you are looking for a special getaway for your significant other. Trust me a stay at Steigenberger Coraya should be on your itinerary!

Miinukset: Prices were very reasonable except for water being overpriced in general. We also felt some facilities were missing (a supermarket)

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

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

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

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

Plussat: Excellent food, nice rooms

Miinukset: The free internet sucks - you need to login every time you connect - often after a few minutes of inactivity. And when you do, you need to provide 4 lines of data each time! Not state of the art! Also, on our second day, the shady areas were flooded with music, so no way to stay there and quietly think.

Plussat: Beautiful architecture and flowers. Relaxing atmosphere and excellent breakfasts. Should be even more focus on relaxation and harmony.

Miinukset: The only negative is that the live singing some evenings by the pool is to late/loud (23.30) so you cant sleep.

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

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

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

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

Plussat: Location and the pool

Miinukset: Food

Plussat: the pool .

Miinukset: Food.

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

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

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

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

Plussat: Everything was excellent , I will come again soon

Miinukset: My room view

Plussat: Everything

Miinukset: NA

Plussat: Located in Abu Dabbab, perfect spot for snorkeling! Staff friendly, room clean and comfortable.

Miinukset: My only remark:The drinks and wine from the all inclusive were not of a very good quality.. Food not so tasty in the italian restaurant.

Plussat: The view

Miinukset: Distance to airport

Plussat: The staff is so friendly and helpful , the beach is gorgeous .

Miinukset: Food variety and quality , WiFi and network in the rooms , night shows , beach is too far from the hotel , value for money .

Plussat: Great staff, food is very good, excellent animation team and wonderful view

Plussat: Food quality and presentation was excellent.

Miinukset: The very slow check-in, and the room change (s) at the discretion of the hotel despite the rooms being booked 10 months in advance and all payments finalized. Also, their idea of a "complimentary" hard bar is nothing more than 4 pops and 2 small cans of beer??? Where was the liquor and a full-size beer? What did we end up saving....$10.00 US dollars?

Plussat: The service and hospitality is amazing. One of the best hotels I ever stayed in in terms of hospitality. Big thank you for all the staff.

Miinukset: The rooms are about 7-10 minutes walking to the beach but the shuttle bus every 10-15 minutes till sunset overcome this problem

Miinukset: Animation them was not that active and the place for the mini disco was a little small on a high stage

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

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

Plussat: Location, food, staff

Miinukset: Nothing

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

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

Miinukset: Check in process took like 3 hours

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

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

Plussat: Every thing

Miinukset: Food,

Plussat: Animation team's activity, especially the volleyball and the mini-disco for kids. Food was okay, in most cases there is something for you choose from. Some of the staff were friendly.

Miinukset: Snacks were poor. Staff on the swimming pool bar needs to pay more attention. Food quality and variety can be better. Staff in the restaurant needs to be more helpful.

Plussat: Staff are super helpful , starting from the front-desk to the beach guard. Location is central and easy access to Abo Dahbab turtles beach

Miinukset: Mobile networks very bad in this location

Plussat: Its good only for coupls to relax Staff and food acceptable

Miinukset: Its small hotel Nothing to do only eat and relax Prices for any trip or outing more than crazy prices.

Plussat: Very nice place and good even more than I thought

Miinukset: Nothing except the shopping center shops specially drugs store & the one who sell sun dresses Except that: everything was pretty good

Plussat: Everything great service great location just and amazing place to stay

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Every thing location , weather , staff , food I adore this place

Miinukset: It far away from my home

Plussat: Everything the place was wonderful The staff was very helpful starting from the front desk to the kitchen to the people who clean the rooms very polite very nice very professional specially saad in the front desk he was very helpful and answered all our questions Also the place itself is wonderful more than wonderful Thank you so much Concorde team you are the best.

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

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

Plussat: A small guest house just in the centre of Marsa Alam. The owner is a great guy who can help with truly everything you need. It is a nice and quiet place to stay :)

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

Miinukset: Nothing!

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

Miinukset: WiFi didn't always work.

Plussat: was good

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

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

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

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

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

Plussat: Room, food, sea, reef, location, friendly staff

Miinukset: No key for the second guest. An oversition service for the delivery of luggage

Plussat: Nothing

Miinukset: Everything

Plussat: The location of this resort is perfect for those wishing to experience Wadi El Gamel National Park. If you need assistance for a trip into the park as you can not drive yourself then we can stop by the ranger station right beside the property and they can assist you arrange a guide or take you themselves which we had arranged which was a wonderful experience. The red sea experience is fantastic with great snokelling right off the property private beach. Bring your own equipment.

Miinukset: The property is an all inclusive resort catering for European family travelers. The only food option is buffet for all meals with limited vegetarian options. Expect limited if any staff service and warm beer.

Plussat: I like most the charming nature of the place.

Miinukset: They need to increase the pillows and enhance the beds to be more comfortable.

Plussat: Everything

Plussat: The beach location is an amazing spot for extraordinary sea creatures (big turtles) Food is tasty and there are multiple choices

Miinukset: None

Miinukset: Rooms outdated so are airconditioners. Barfridges not working. Drinks not cold. Entertainment poor. No coffee or tee facilities in rooms.

Plussat: Beach and nature

Miinukset: It doesn't desrve that much money, cost is too high

Plussat: Very nice ressort, we had a very good price, it was clean and all. Nice pools, private beach, good food.

Miinukset: The staff at the reception is SOOO BAD, dismissive and arrogant, and very not helpful as when we asked for a bus, they gave us a number and told us to call by ourself (people of the company only spoke arabic!!) very slow for everything also. Other staff is very good. The location is not so good as well because you are entirely dependant of the hotel and their prices so they charge you a lot on the small shop inside the ressort and in the restaurant if you are not all inclusive.

Plussat: *Very good view , sea is awesome you can see a lot of coral leaves and you will swim beside the fishes * Rooms are clean and big * Good animation team and they do their best

Miinukset: *This is my first visit to Marsa alam , I choose Aurora bay as per the reviews but it’s all from foreigners and I would like to say that “ we are Egyptians” so they treated us in a very terrible way !! First they choose for us w very awful room , like no one live in it for a long time at the end of the hotel beside the hill ! And they refused to change it , not that’s it . * They also didn’t put the amenities like a kettle , coffee , tea , soap, shampoo or shower gel * Very Poor food and no variety * You have to exchange money to EURO as there is no EGP * Take care as beach is at the other side of the road so you have to cross the road to reach the beach , and it’s between 2 hills * No wifi and if you need it , you will pay for using it.

Plussat: Nice place to relax. The beach is in the bay across the street, there is always special man to help you cross the highway. There is shade all way down to the beach, so it’s nice walk. We enjoyed snorkeling, sea life is rich, you can see a lot of colorful fish and corals. Staff was friendly, especially reception guy Ramada. Food and beverage are good.

Miinukset: We booked superior room, reality was far different than the pictures. Room was big, but quite outdated, needs renovation. Room was not properly clean. Wifi is ridiculously expensive, in 4star hotel should be free at least in lobby. Value for money, but ended to be the worst hotel in the whole Red Sea area we visited.

Plussat: Nice room. Good facilities

Miinukset: Need to extract information from the staff 5 minutes wait according to the staff become 1 hour If not paying for the full service, every thing is very expensive. For example, 1 day of wifi: 30 USD! Needed to discuss 15 minutes on the phone to get them accepting laundry (the document in the room was saying it was perfectly fine)

Plussat: View, Sea, Staff, Animation Team, Great Experience

Plussat: Sijainti ja kokonaispalvelut. Hyvä ruokavalikoima ja ohjelma tarjonta.

Miinukset: Ensimmäistä tarjottua huonetta emme ottaneet vastaan, koska oli pimeä/ varjoisa ja lähellä allasta jossa kovalla musiikki. Suihkujen lattiat alkaneet haista ja mädäntyä.

Plussat: Staff normal Good room service

Miinukset: Food is very bad and poor Without different choices Restaurant is not conditioned good Dangerous road cross to beach

Plussat: Awesome snorkeling and good food.

Plussat: - quite large space on the beach - friendly staff - good animations - quite various meals

Miinukset: - many anoying harassers - far away from the city

Plussat: - frequent and attractive animations - varied food - close to the beach - very far to the city

Miinukset: - very loud air conditioning - many gags trying to sell camel rides, professional sessions, quad trips etc.

Plussat: Nice property , room was clean not so far from the beach , nice view

Miinukset: Not professional staff, after checking in they slipped a paper under the door that we should contact the front desk immediately, turns out that they made a mistake when they checked us in and gave us the blue bracelet ( for all inclusive) we were full board but not all inclusive???? Meaning we have the meals but not the tea and coffee all day long , well I work for Marriott for long time now and when you happen to make a mistake and upgrade your guest you are not allowed to contact him and ask him to give back the upgrades he just got ..,didn’t like the fact there were no manager to get some information or to talk to , all I have found is a very poor trained staff , I am not recommending this place to others

Plussat: The cleanliness of the facility The food quality was great The room view and the cleanliness of the room Also room service personnel was so kind and loyal and Trustworthy

Miinukset: Water is good but the beach sand need a little bit of purifying Receptionists not helpful. But good overall..... I enjoyed

Plussat: The staff is so friendly

Plussat: Very quit place and good to relax and excellent place to spend a comfortable time away from noise and harassment View is beautiful, the sea and nature are wonderful

Miinukset: Room service is very poor they only cleaned the room when I asked them The place is not safe and full of piets and there are no pesticides for grass and insects There is no activities to do it at night and night club always closed

Plussat: Very good hotel, professional and friendly staff, rooms are clean , animation team is perfect, strongly recommend❤️

Plussat: The stuff, every one was so nice and helpful, especially the restaurant and the bar , they were soooo nice and smiley and funny