Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
8.0
Service:
6.0
Cleanliness:
7.0
Food:
5.0
Amenities:
4.0
I went with my family (wife and son 2.8 years old) on vacation for 12 days. NOVOTEL PALM and NOVOTEL BEACH are the same hotel with the same territory, only BEACH is located on the seashore and PALM is on the second line, across the road, 700 m from the sea. I must say right away that the hotel does not pull 5 stars, although in Tez-Tour and Coral Travel the hotel is designated as a five-star hotel. Definitely 4 stars is the maximum. I'll list all the pros and cons.
Starting with the pros:
1. Firstly, a pleasant and comfortable room with air conditioning, an LCD TV, a really small refrigerator. Loved that there was a free safe. Spacious shower. For a four star hotel, a five star room.
2. Secondly: a rather big beach, completely sandy, with sun loungers and free umbrellas. You can enter both from the pantone and from the shore. There are beautiful coral reefs nearby, for those who like to swim with fins and a mask just right (of course, it cannot be compared with the Ras Mohammed reserve).
Completely clean and transparent water, it is a pleasure for children, and for adults too. In short, a five star beach.
3. Thirdly: a large and picturesque area of the hotel, many different interesting plantings, flowers, trees, bushes, etc. There are also herons that only complement this cozy colorful oasis. There are also tennis courts, volleyball courts, football and grounds for other sports.
4. Fourthly, the hotel has a good location, it is located 1 km from the city center (Naama Bay). You can’t hear the nightlife of the city center, and in the evening there is where to go for a walk for 10-15 minutes along the embankment and you are in the colorful city center.
Now for the cons:
1. Firstly, due to the fact that it is not calm in Egypt now, many people prefer to rest in other countries. The hotels in Sharm were half empty, as was NOVOTEL. Therefore, in order to save money, lunch and dinner were at the NOVOTEL BEACH hotel, and this, by the way, is to go across the road about 600-700 m to the sea.
And with a small child and in the heat of 35-40 degrees. Unfortunately, no one told us about these inconveniences, they would have known that this hotel was not chosen.
2. Secondly: because I was in many countries and in the same Egypt (it was the fifth trip), but there are obvious problems with food in this hotel, maybe I'm too spoiled, but this is my personal opinion. No, I'm not saying that food was impossible, no, everything was edible and even very, but everything was monotonous, almost always there was the same thing for lunch, breakfast and dinner. And what I didn’t like was that the waiters practically did not speak English, I’m not talking about Russian. Table setting took a long time and sloppy, cutlery will be provided, but napkins will be forgotten. And I also forgot that there were a lot of flies, for a restaurant this is an important factor. Approximately like this. Threesome restaurant.
3. Thirdly: local flavor.
In NOVOTEL there were mostly fearless Russians, about 50%, there were also many British and Italians. But in no other hotel, when I was vacationing in Egypt, I have not seen so many Arabs. Okay, they come to rest with their families, you can only be happy for them, but no, there were mostly Arabs, single men or entire groups. It was unpleasant for me how they stared at my wife and spoke incomprehensibly and loudly among themselves. Honestly unpleasant.
4. Fourth: playground. I already wrote that my son is small and is not three years old. When choosing a hotel, we looked at the presence of a playground. Unfortunately, what we saw in the photographs turned out to be a farce and misinformation. There were no playgrounds for the little ones. Yes, there was a kids club (from 4 to 12 years old), but what about those who came with a child under four? I had to walk to the site in a nearby hotel.
5. Fifth: Animation.
It is not for adults, but for children it is very weak, we were once with our baby, sat for 10 minutes and left.
So, gentlemen, vacationers, I told you all the pros and cons. Personally, I would not return to this hotel.
Starting with the pros:
1. Firstly, a pleasant and comfortable room with air conditioning, an LCD TV, a really small refrigerator. Loved that there was a free safe. Spacious shower. For a four star hotel, a five star room.
2. Secondly: a rather big beach, completely sandy, with sun loungers and free umbrellas. You can enter both from the pantone and from the shore. There are beautiful coral reefs nearby, for those who like to swim with fins and a mask just right (of course, it cannot be compared with the Ras Mohammed reserve).
Completely clean and transparent water, it is a pleasure for children, and for adults too. In short, a five star beach.
3. Thirdly: a large and picturesque area of the hotel, many different interesting plantings, flowers, trees, bushes, etc. There are also herons that only complement this cozy colorful oasis. There are also tennis courts, volleyball courts, football and grounds for other sports.
4. Fourthly, the hotel has a good location, it is located 1 km from the city center (Naama Bay). You can’t hear the nightlife of the city center, and in the evening there is where to go for a walk for 10-15 minutes along the embankment and you are in the colorful city center.
Now for the cons:
1. Firstly, due to the fact that it is not calm in Egypt now, many people prefer to rest in other countries. The hotels in Sharm were half empty, as was NOVOTEL. Therefore, in order to save money, lunch and dinner were at the NOVOTEL BEACH hotel, and this, by the way, is to go across the road about 600-700 m to the sea.
And with a small child and in the heat of 35-40 degrees. Unfortunately, no one told us about these inconveniences, they would have known that this hotel was not chosen.
2. Secondly: because I was in many countries and in the same Egypt (it was the fifth trip), but there are obvious problems with food in this hotel, maybe I'm too spoiled, but this is my personal opinion. No, I'm not saying that food was impossible, no, everything was edible and even very, but everything was monotonous, almost always there was the same thing for lunch, breakfast and dinner. And what I didn’t like was that the waiters practically did not speak English, I’m not talking about Russian. Table setting took a long time and sloppy, cutlery will be provided, but napkins will be forgotten. And I also forgot that there were a lot of flies, for a restaurant this is an important factor. Approximately like this. Threesome restaurant.
3. Thirdly: local flavor.
In NOVOTEL there were mostly fearless Russians, about 50%, there were also many British and Italians. But in no other hotel, when I was vacationing in Egypt, I have not seen so many Arabs. Okay, they come to rest with their families, you can only be happy for them, but no, there were mostly Arabs, single men or entire groups. It was unpleasant for me how they stared at my wife and spoke incomprehensibly and loudly among themselves. Honestly unpleasant.
4. Fourth: playground. I already wrote that my son is small and is not three years old. When choosing a hotel, we looked at the presence of a playground. Unfortunately, what we saw in the photographs turned out to be a farce and misinformation. There were no playgrounds for the little ones. Yes, there was a kids club (from 4 to 12 years old), but what about those who came with a child under four? I had to walk to the site in a nearby hotel.
5. Fifth: Animation.
It is not for adults, but for children it is very weak, we were once with our baby, sat for 10 minutes and left.
So, gentlemen, vacationers, I told you all the pros and cons. Personally, I would not return to this hotel.
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