Egiept, Tiran Island Hotel 4: reviews and photos tourists

Egypt is a beautiful and very original country with a unique past and extraordinary present. Rest for those who are here for the first time, may seem exotic. Those who are in Egypt often, it is difficult to surprise anything. They would have a better service, I eat more savory, and the beach is more decently. The Tiran Island Hotel Sharm El Sheikh (4 stars) is ideal for tourists who are not experienced in the delights of Egypt, and for the "experienced". Bribes it with numerous advantages, including a convenient location, rooms, service and, of course, the sea.

Where is, how to get there?

Tiran Island Hotel Sharm El Sheikh (4 stars) is located in the popular resort town of Sharm El Sheikh. Geographically, this is on the Sinai Peninsula, count, at the very tip of the "wedge" cutting into the Mediterranean basin, in the picturesque bay of Ras Nasrani. Sharm el-Sheikh (or Sharm-esh) means "Sheikh's Bay". This is a beautiful piece of the Red Sea coast, full of palm trees of dozens of species and fragrant all year long with flowers. The area of the city where Tiran Island Hotel (Sharm El Sheikh) is located is called Montaza. It is famous for its best coast in this resort and its proximity to the airport, which is only 7 km away. This is important, given the tiring flight, especially in the heat. All planes from Russia arrive at this airport. Get there from the hotel you need on the agreed in each round transfer. It "reaches" to the spot in just 15 minutes. I must say that not every tourist is pleased with the landscape surrounding Tiran Island Hotel. Our compatriots' comments on this point repeatedly. People do not like the views of the desert and construction sites located near the hotel. But on the other side is the sea, the Sinai mountains and the island of Tiran, whose name is worn by the hotel. For beautiful views, you can also take a stroll to Naama Bay. It is only 15 km to it.

Territory, infrastructure

Hotel Tiran Island Hotel 4 (Sharm El Sheikh) territory has a spacious enough (65 thousand squares) to accommodate on it well, a very large swimming pool, several buildings, tennis court, car park, restaurants and cafes, and between these objects lay a variety of Design of the track. All this is colorfully surrounded by green lawns, flowerbeds with unusually bright colors, palms and other evergreen vegetation. Considering the fact that rains "pamper" only a few times a year in the area, one can only wonder how under such conditions they manage to keep all this beauty alive to the employees of Tiran Island Hotel Sharm 4 *. Reviews of tourists always note that the territory is not only beautiful, but also clean. Nowhere, no mote, no grass.

The hotel infrastructure is suitable not only for recreation, but also for various events. Here you can celebrate holidays, anniversaries, any significant events, for which the hotel's employees decorate according to the theme and serve a banquet room. For business events in Tiran Island Hotel there is a large (for 660 persons) conference room equipped with modern technology and equipment.

In the lobby of the hotel at the reception you can call a taxi, book excursions, exchange currency, use postal services (requiring payment), ask for an iron, electric kettle. If necessary, they will also call a doctor (paid). Internet in the hotel is wireless. Without money, they can be used near the pool, and in the rest of the territory for paid cards.

Number of rooms

Hotel Tiran Island Hotel has the main building, where all the services are located, a spacious hall, a reception, and two three-storey residential buildings. All in all, 335 rooms are equipped. Categories are:

- "Standard" (area up to 30 squares). They are calculated on two main places plus 1-2 additional ones. There are 129 such numbers.

- "Superior". They differ from the "Standards" with the best views from the windows (190 units).

- "Suite". Two-room rooms up to 60 squares. Designed for 2 persons plus 1-2 extra beds (16 units).

Among the presented categories there are numbers:

- for the disabled (2 units);

- for non-smokers (148 units);

- Double, or family (142 units).

Views from the windows of the sea, the mountains, the pool, the garden, as well as wasteland and a nearby construction site, located near the Tiran Island Hotel 4 *. Reviews warn that for rooms with good landscapes it is necessary to pay extra (from the tourists' park - $ 10). In addition to species, there are no other differences in the rooms. All of them are spacious and moderately cozy. The furniture in them is quite benign, the whole, the plumbing and the electrician are in order. The design of the rooms is simple, no frills, but nice. Beautifully decorated walls behind the beds, the color of the blankets corresponds to the color of the curtains. There are small mats on the floor, lamps on the bedside tables. Diverse scenery and inexpensive pictures over beds.

Tiran Island Hotel 4 (Sharm El Sheikh) has TVs with Russian ("First", "Chanson" and "RTR"), Italian, Polish, English and Arabic channels, a refrigerator or mini-bar, a safe ( Without payment), air conditioning, balcony, telephone for connection with the reception. When dialing other subscribers, you need to pay extra.

The hygiene room has a washbasin, toilet, bathroom with shower, hairdryer. Bath products (toilet paper, shampoo, body gel, soap) are issued on the day of arrival and are regularly replenished.

Cleaning is done regularly, linens and towels are also changed regularly.

Food

Two types of food are provided at the Tiran Island Hotel 4. The reviews of the guests are divided at some points, for example, the menu. One suits everyone, others complain about the quality of food and its monotony. Whatever it was, you can take tours with the power system "All Inclusive" or "Halt Board". In the first case, provide breakfast, lunch, dinner (all buffet), as well as during the day drinks in the bar, snacks, ice cream (at certain hours). In the second case, they will be fed breakfast and dinner, all the rest for a surcharge. You can also order lunches in one of the restaurants (Italian, Indian), taste different types of tea and coffee in the cafe, enjoy a hookah. There are also bars by the pool, in the lobby and on the beach.

Regarding the service in Tiran Island Hotel 4 reviews almost all coincide. Tourists note the high workload of the restaurant halls (for smokers and non-smokers). During the distribution of food, there are not enough clean tables and utensils. Menu diversity is not particularly impressive, but there is always something to choose from. The most recurring products are chicken, vegetables, pasta, soy sausages, fish, squid, extravagant salads, sliced vegetables, several kinds of fruits, pastries, water, diluted juices.

Breakfast is served early, from 7am, and ends at 10am. Lunch is from 12-30 to 15-00. And dinner is from 7 to 10 pm. If the guests go on a long excursion, a dry ration is given out, but it is only necessary to book it before 7 pm. Otherwise, you will have to pay for the same.

Leisure at the hotel

A huge adult pool with an ornate shape is a miracle that the Tiran Island Hotel 4 * is proud of. The photo brightly demonstrates its impressiveness and beauty. The depth at each of its points is approximately the same and allows one to feel comfortable both as excellent swimmers and not at all able to swim. Around the pool are picturesquely arranged multiple sunbeds under palm trees or under umbrellas. Beach towels can be taken by anyone who rests, who needs them, on special cards issued on the day of arrival. The advantages of the pool are not only in size, but also in purity. The water in it with bleach does not smell, the staff cleanse this waterworks daily.

Nearby there is a small and shallow pool for toddlers.

To diversify your leisure time in the Tiran Island Hotel (4 stars), you can visit the free gym (always in sports shoes and when in the instructor's room), a tennis court with a sandy covering (play for free, and lighting for money), billiard room, sauna, Massage room, Turkish bath. All this is paid. Without money, you can play table tennis, mini football, darts, come to the disco (drinks separately), watch some entertaining programs. Sometimes the hotel hosts such shows and concerts, for which you need to pay.

Animation in the hotel is, but she does not like very much.

A pleasant feature of Tiran Island Hotel 4 * is that the administration and employees of the restaurant make gifts in the form of cake and table setting on the birthdays and anniversaries of their guests.

Sea and weather conditions

It is considered that the Tiran Island Hotel 4 * is located on the second line. Feedback to all notes that the distance to the coastline is small, only 5 to 15 minutes walk (depending on who is moving at what speed). Go to the sea you need a very picturesque shady alley. It is also possible to drive up to a free-of-charge open to all winds hotel bus, which runs back and forth several times per hour. The hotel's beach is not too big (100 meters), but well-maintained. Sun beds and umbrellas are paid, there is a lot of entertainment, a bar with an extraordinary bartender. For kids there is a small "paddling pool" with a clean bottom of the corals and a depth of water up to 1 meter. Animation on the beach is weak, but also available. Sunset in the water only on a plastic pontoon. The fact is that the coast has many corals, it is impossible to walk along them. The pontoon is long, without a shadow, very "densely populated", but from it you fall immediately to the depth. No matter how wonderful Egypt is, Tiran Island Hotel 4 stars will be remembered by every tourist thanks to a unique reef on its beach. This reef created living corals of the most fantastic species and colors. Between them scurry hundreds of fish and fishes of indescribable beauty. Where else can one look like this, without an aquarium to see the fish of Napoleon, moray, butterflies, balls, hedgehogs? Living there all colors and shades. Watching her is extraordinarily interesting. Therefore, the most popular entertainment on the beach is diving and snorkeling. A mask for scuba diving is desirable to have its own, as here it will have to be paid for. A fabulous coral reef on the beach has its own minus, which consists in a large influx of tourists (it's come to gaze from other resorts), as well as a yacht berth, which daily works in a tense mode. From the presence of these boats, many tourists noted oil stains on the water and unpleasant smells.

The weather in Sharm El Sheikh from May to October is hot. On some days in July and August, the thermometer can jump 45 degrees. On average, it holds in the region of + 35-37. From November to April, it is not hot here, but very warm. The minimum temperature recorded in the winter months was +5 degrees. On average, it does not fall below +13 and does not rise above +20. The water near the coast is also always warm, in the summer months it reaches +28, and in winter it is about +20 degrees. Precipitation at the resort is very small. The most "rainy" month here is March. For 31 days in total can fall to 1.5 mm moisture. All the summer months the sky is absolutely cloudless.

Entertainment outside the hotel walls

With regard to places of entertainment, Tiran Island Hotel 4 * is not very well located. Reviews of tourists note that in the evenings there is really nothing to do and to spend time, you need to go to Naama Bay. It is not only a bay, but also a district of the city, famous for its nightly shops, cafes, restaurants, discos and clubs. From the hotel there are daily buses.

Lazing at the hotel, you can buy tours for unique tours of Egypt (Cairo, Giza, Luxor) and outside (Israel, Jordan, the city of Petra). If such kind of rest is planned, at the airport it is necessary to buy (open) a visa worth $ 25. Without it, you can not only travel to neighboring countries, but also travel to Egypt, only within the hotel and the surrounding area.

The "local" excursions to various areas of the resort metropolis of Sharm el-Sheikh will also be fascinating. The most popular (besides Naama Bay) are Hadaba, Coral Bay and Nabq Bay, where the eponymous national reserve is located, as well as the colored canyon and the town of Bedouin Dahab.

In the hotel itself and not far from it on the beaches there are schools of diving. Here you can rent necessary equipment.

Additional Information

Different in class and level of service can offer their tourists Egypt hotels. Tiran Island Hotel is always a maximum of comfort, beauty and excellent service. The staff here, except for the reception staff, a male (this applies to cleaners in the rooms). In Russian, almost no one speaks, only in Arabic and English. The order, established at the hotel, concerning individual points is carried out by the staff clearly. This refers to the estimated hours, which occurs exactly at 12 o'clock in the afternoon, regardless of how many people have a plane flight. As in the fairy tale about Cinderella, only the clock will break through the fatal time, the bracelets issued on arrival arrive from the hands of tourists. Without them, you can only use the pool and sit in the hall. To extend the right to stay in the room and get food, you need to pay extra.

Another feature is the settling in the rooms, which should be held at 14-00. Sometimes (with a certain reward), this is done earlier, sometimes later. If the tourist is late to 14-00 (for example, through the fault of the aeroflot), missed and paid lunch, dinner and so on are not compensated.

Drinking water at the hotel is given in the amount of one bottle (1.5 liters) only in one hand on the day of arrival. Further, either buy in the store or dial from the coolers in the cups.

Children's service in the hotel is standard - the possibility to order a baby cot, a small small swimming pool, children's animation. On the sites is also announced a children's mini-club, but in reality, his work remains unnoticed for holidaymakers. The same picture with the children's menu in the restaurant. For a fee, you can negotiate milk for the child.

In this hotel there are no entertainment activities late at night and at night. Those who want to have fun must go to Naama Bay.

Payment at the hotel is accepted in cash or by bank cards.

Hotel Policies

For the rest to be pleasant and cloudless, it must be remembered that in Egypt, as in any Arab country, there are a number of norms and rules that are not always clear to us, Europeans, but which we must respect. The same applies to the Tiran Island Hotel Sharm El Sheikh. Reviews often mention the various misunderstandings that arose in the restaurant, on the beach or at the pool. To avoid them, try to familiarize yourself with the rules that exist on site. They are as follows:

- girls and ladies can not sunbathe by the pool and on the beach topless;

- in the pool you can swim only in bathing suits;

- at the reception, in the lobby bar and restaurant is not allowed to come in swimwear;

- for dinner in the restaurant is not customary to come in Vietnamese, T-shirts and shorts;

- food and drinks purchased outside the hotel are not allowed to be brought into the room;

- When drinking drinks brought with you in the restaurant, a separate fee is charged;

- Beach towels are given for free (according to the issued card) at 1 per day in strictly designated hours, an additional change of towels is carried out for money, if the towel is lost, a fine will be charged;

- the mini bar in the rooms is filled in for an additional payment, it is better not to pay by cash, as the price will still be paid into the check;

- if the property of the hotel is damaged, its full value is charged;

- The day before departure it is advisable to apply to the reception desk to check if there are unpaid invoices, and also to inform you at which time it will be possible to pick up luggage.

Reviews

According to numerous reviews and surveys, the Tiran Island Hotel 4 * rating has 4.7 out of 5 possible. This is a very high indicator, indicating the quality of services and services. Nevertheless, some tourists find the hotel a lot of minuses. Almost all of them are related to the human factor, namely the nature and exactitude of the tourists themselves on the one hand and the conscientiousness and decency of the hotel staff on the other. The hotel has a shift work schedule, so tourists can get caught completely different room cleaners, waiters, cooks. Hence, such conflicting reviews. Judge for yourself. Pros:

- clean, comfortable rooms;

- benign daily cleaning with washing the floors and putting the figures out of towels;

- great food, always tasty and varied;

- friendly, smiling, friendly staff.

Minuses:

- dirt in the rooms;

- cleaning poor-quality or absent altogether;

- terrible food, no diversity, plus products are not the first freshness;

- Staff is hamovity, unfriendly.

There are hotel pros, noted in each review. They are as follows:

- very beautiful territory;

- a huge swimming pool;

- Convenient location of the hotel relative to the sea;

- Good sound insulation in the rooms;

- fantastic beauty of the reef on the beach.

There are also minuses noted for almost every rest:

- Discrimination in servicing by the color of the bracelet;

- bad animation;

- pool without heating (this is very actual in the winter months);

- cases of theft in the hotel;

- dirty tables and dishes in the restaurant during breakfasts and lunches.

From the above, it can be concluded that the Tiran Island Hotel can be an excellent resting place for parents with children and tourists of all ages who enjoy diving and snorkeling, who are not looking for noisy entertainment or do not see a problem in that for evening and night pastime you need Go to another district of the city.