What a wonderful place to stay. Sun, swimming, snorkelling, shopping. The hotel is set on several levels and the steps between your rooms, reception and the beach keep the kilos off after partaking in the fabulous food. The resort is set on a peninsula a 5 minute taxi ride to the old Sharm market.. The prices at the market are much cheaper than Naama Bay and the people are much friendlier. Thoroughly enjoyed buying our fresh pitta bread from the local baker, cheese and cold meats from the general store and bartering with the very friendly locals.
The food at the hotel was excellant and very reasonably priced. The buffet breakfast was certainly a feast to be enjoyed. There are several pools in the complex so there is room for everyone and plenty of lounge chairs along the sea front. A floating walkway out to a pontoon provides easy snorkelling access to the wonderful fish and coral the Red Sea has to offer. There is also nightly entertainment - so you don't even have to leave the premises to have a wonderful stay!

Arrived back early hours this morning at Gatwick.

Fantastic hotel, great views nestling on the edge of the Red Sea.

Friendly and helpful staff - eager to please..!!

Room was great, I have got fantastic thigh muscles after the daily hike up and down the stairs...!! (The resort is set on about five tiers leading the the beach/reef of the Red Sea). This never bothered me, but may deter older visitors (they do provide a wicked buggy service) or disabled.

Red Sea cruise - snorkling was fantastic - beautiful reefs. You gotta do it..! Whilst my g/f sunbathed on the boat - I was swimming with a few stingrays..! About £40 per person with buffet food and soft drinks included - and it lastest a good 6 hours..!

I was pestered a fair bit by the locals "How many camels for your lady...!!" lol...luckily she is brunette - if your blonde girls - look out..!! I handled it with a firm 1 million camels - they soon got the hint..!!

Food was good - but not great, my personal favourite was the waffles for breakfast with maple syrup drizzled all over..! (You don't go to the gym pre-holiday for nothing...!!)

Cleopatra water park is a fun day out - good for catching the much needed tan..! Not as established as water parks in Europe, however it was an entertaining afternoon in the sun.
I usually go on 4 Star All Inclusives and find myself wandering away from the hotel (waist of time being All In..!).....The bizarre thing was I went B&B on this 5 star - and found myself sticking to the complex for the majority of my holiday....Ironic...!

The grounds are simply picturesque, overlooking the Red Sea, I read someone moaning about some the the floor tiles being chipped - big deal, get a grip...!

We had a wonderful time, sad to leave as usual, lovely setting to rekindle the love..!!

Great having a B-Day in the room to give your feet a quick rinse also....!!

4th march 2008, stayed 1 week. my sister and i went to celebrate her birthday, what a fab time we had from the second we arrived. the staff are the best, our room was spotless and really big. some people may have a problem with the steps leading up to the main reception but, after a few days you do get used to them and fit. sunbeds not a problem, plenty everywhere. Mohammad from the aquabar is a little gem, bringing you water in a ice bucket on the beach, nothing is to much for him. food was excellent, and i'm really fussy even put on a bit of weight. not keen on namma bay, found it a bit much, and the taxi drivers are mad, thought the taxi was going to sprout wings and take off it was going that fast. state the price before you get in, as they will try to rip you off 25ep is the most you should be paying. go to the supermarket 10mins away for all youre water and soft drinks, it is really cheap there and take plenty of duty free as drinks are expensive in hotel. give Marco in the silver shop a visit, he is so entertaining and his bags are a bargain. Staff were so kind to us, and my sister had a fantastic birthday, the boys in the zinzini bar had a birthday cake made for her and our room was decorated with flowers. we met some lovely people too, if youre reading this, hello mike and angela hope to see you in november when we return.

ann and irene ..............liverpool

I was staying in the hotel for 10 days and will never come back. Also I will advice all my friends don't go there. I got a lot of problems during this stay. I came to relax, but it was not the case. It began with check in, actually, it means check in at 14:00, but we got our room at 15:30, is it standard to let the guest wait in the lobby so long, also we paid for All Inclusive and nobody offered us to take a lunch on the first day, so we lost, what we paid for. But on the departure day it was not allowed us to get a lunch. So, after we got finally our room and went there, we couldn’t go on the beach or also change the clothes, because our luggage was still on reception. After I asked about 5 times on telephone to bring it in my room, I got it. The biggest problem was with the languages. My wife and children don’t speak English well and I supposed, that such famous hotel as Renaissance has to have a Russian speaking staff, but it’s not. This problem got many guests, who I met during the stay. Also I saw the attitude of the staff to the Russian is not the same as to the other guests. Nobody is going to do anything for you, until the tips will be not given. We paid already for our All inclusive package, but it seemed many thinks as we get everything for free. Also, our check out was a bad experience for me. I came to the reception to leave my key and say “Buy.” And was performed the bill for 154 L.E., as they said for Mini bar and mentioned the items, which I never touched. It’s not the 5 stars hotel, I saw many hotels before, but never had so bad stay as in Renaissance.