well just come back and it was fanastic hotel and lovely inside and outside. the pools are brilliant but you cant jump or dive in. the staff are excellent and so helpful and always asking if you are okay.the rooms are good and always clean. you are given yellow towels for pool area. BUT the food is crap and disgusting as it is german hotel ,and the enterainment is rubbish if any. kids there is no where for them to play as the germans have there own kids park and dont let your kids in there. Weather was so hot 45degrees most days so lovely tan. Naama bay town is great and lovley there is KFC, Pizza Hut and Mcdonads. When you shop you must HAGGAL alot l did and it was so much fun. Trips family 6 Quads pay no more than £520 egpty pounds camel rides £1060 egpyt pounds for family six and scuba is £300 egpty pounds each sinai dives use..the beach is okay l went snorking and it was lovely you saw loads of different fish and buy you own snorking in shops again pay no more than £40 epgty pounds and you also see Coral Reef and again brilliant l answer anymore questions if you like me to but l can say l am going back to there but another hotel august 2009

Everyone advises on beware of the beggers, so as this is a common factor i will start from the airport. The second you comeout of Sharm airport, you head towards the coaches about 4mins walk from the front doors. You will find that someone will 'help' you put your luggage on the coach and forcefully stick his hand out for money, which was not a good start 4 mins in to the holiday, its up to you if you want to give your money away or not.

The reps on the coach tryed to be funny *cough* on the ride to the hotel, but maybe it was me being tired and grotty at 2am.

Got to the hotel (and yes its on a very busy two lane each way main road and not a dual carridgeway) the hotel was beautiful, everytime we came in or out of the hotel people was always having their photos taken out side of it. Got to the check in desk and the reception had put me and my mrs in a room with another family with the same last name. Their answer to this was they thought we would like it that way. The receptionist didnt seem to hot on their english, they rest of the staff were fantastic on their english, i think they sould swap rolls around and put the most english speaking staff on front desk... anyway... after an hour they got us in the Ghazala-Beach (sister hotel) opposite (a pure german hotel) which we spent one night there (room was dreadful, but thats not this review).

Next day, the ghazala gardens (The G.G) found us a room after the former holiday makers had left, and the rooms had been cleaned, which was a standard nice room, equiv holiday inn uk style room + a mini bar which you pay for. When they realised the 'mess'up they did everything they could to accomodate us, also three days in came and found us with a £50 Thom. Cook voucher.

FOOD:
The food was superb, evening meal-meats were calved in front of you, fresh veg, fresh fish, soups, fresh breads, rolls, etc. The food standard was much better than a UK toby carvery. Candle lit tables and always tables available. The matradee will always move tables around (we saw) to accommodate big familes.
Breakfast was amazing, fresh scrambled eggs and omlets made in front of you... i reccomend the red onion and cheese omlette, i was there 7 days and had 16 of them at least. PS there is a toaster in the upstairs floor, which i only found out on the last day, and the food upstairs was MUCH more british oriantated.
Snacks and ice creams are always available from the central island. The portions were a little strange, ie the burger was literally the size of an OLD 50p coin, and give you literall 10 chips, but maybe thats because we come from a country of.... 'over eaters', if you want seconds just ask them they will be happy to cook for you.

DRINKS
note you have to pay for the fresh glassed fruit juices they come round and try and offer you at dinner and breakfast. The cocktails are loveley, they beer is of a Fosters taste. spirits are local brands as normal in all hotels, but this hotel does NOT to barcadi/white rum. The inside reception bar is a Paying bar.

POOL
you will never feel something so cold in all your life we went in Dec and it was 31.C but no one used the pool it was like swimming in ice, pool was massive, beautifully designed, incase your looking for the kids there are no slides etc. At night the pool lights and palm trees are one of the most amazing sights you will see. You need to be up at 6am to get a sun bed at the front (no shaddow overcasts hit the front beds)

STAFF
the kitchen staff remember what you eat/like in the mornings for breakfast. the bar staff remember your drinks. they waiters are very very friendly and do not hold back on making comments about your mrs, but that is understandable as they can marry up to 5 wives and the joke does wear a little thin after a few days. The staff are on a low wage as said hundreds of times before but tip them no more than £1, they cannot change £1 coins to their money in egypt so every so often will ask for a note, but they way they ask is a little confusing but they will swap their coins for your note... personally i get £40 changed in to single usa dollar bills which is the equiv of 50p each, and they are more than happy with $1 which they can change easilly.

The hotel was the best hotel we have ever been, would go again and recommend to everyone, my points above may seem a little negative but i am trying to show you that despite the little misshaps we still think the positives 'blow' the negatives out the water.

SURROUNDINGS
Conturary to people who have been to ciaro or luxor, there are no screaming kids around you begging for money at all like the picture i was made to believe. they do try and get you in to the tat shops which is a pain, rememebr just say no. KFC, Micky D's, Hardrock are al local.KFC is 1/10th of our price, hardrock is the exact same price, two cocktails and two mains £30. Two local british bars, the camal bar which seems to be the best, both show premiership footy on sat. I know the lads want to know this.

FINALLY
scuba diving is a must, we went, we found nemo. it was like dunking your head in a tropical fish tank, a complete mind trip. Buy your snorkle and flippers etc in england its cheaper.

Just returned from a week at the Ghazala Gardens 20th-27th March.
The weather was fantastic 32-37, but did cool down on the last day.
There are 4 pools in total a shallow children’s pool and 3 others that cascade into each other. The landscaping creates a lazy river feel. The top pool is heated in winter, the middle pool has an artificial beach, which gets very hot and is uncomfortable on the feet. As it was March the water was very cold in the unheated pools when you first get in.
The rooms were clean and adequate; there is a mini fridge and hairdryer.
The food was good with plenty of choice. Pancakes, eggs, bread the usual choice for breakfast. A toaster is only provided in the upstairs restaurant. At lunch there is the choice of a pizza pasta bar, burger bar or buffet. For dinner there is the main buffet, an Italian theme restaurant and a grill restaurant, which isn’t included in the all-inclusive package.
The beach is located over the very busy road through the Ghazala Beach hotel. There is a crossing place provided and although the traffic doesn’t stop, if you halt traffic with your hand and say Thank You there isn’t a problem crossing the road. But if you dawdle you will get beeped at….
The beach is ok by Sharm standards, but the fish and coral was poor, although some of our group did see a ray. In spring there are jellyfish in the water and some do sting, although it isn’t a serious sting, unless you have an anaphylactic reaction, they are a bit unpleasant and look huge when magnified in a snorkel mask. On previous visits to Sharm we have always snorkelled at Sharks Bay in October so were a bit disappointed.
The staff are all very pleasant and appear genuine. Our daughters are very blonde and got lots of attention but this was never over the top.
The facilities for children aren’t great but this could be because we visited in low season. There did seem to be more happening everyday.
Overall we would visit again although booking through a UK travel company is possible at the moment. The Thomas Cook rep said they are still waiting to see.

Me and my partner stayed here end Feb/Mar.

What a superb Hotel. The room we stayed in was beautiful. Cleaned everyday. New towels everyday.

We enjoyed the AI package and found the food and drink was of high standard (as I am very fussy eater).

The weather was fantastic the whole week we stayed.

Overall and great relaxing holiday for this time of year.

We are hoping to return nxt Easter holidays with the Kidz.

O and offcourse my mum.