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Originally posted by wilsonkick:

Hurghada ..... Marriott

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I was in Marriott in Hurgada in November. It s wonderful hotel! Quite big cosy rooms with seaviews and balconies, pool, nice beach, bar. There is a small iland in the evening there is life music and ballydances. We enjoyed our staying there a lot. Food was ok, not perfect but ok.
One of the best hotels in Hurgada.

There are not so many young people there. And it is not so much fun there. But as for me, the atmosphere is very nice and calm. I am very fault-finding girl, but I liked that hotel a lot!

Have a nice time

Cairo ... Sofitel Maadi Towers
Aswan ..... Aswan Oberoi
Luxor ..... Mercure Coralia
Hurghada ..... Marriott [/QUOTE]

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Originally posted by wilsonkick:
Lukoshko.... Please can you tell me if we snorkel from the beach will we see coral and fish? we stayed 48 hrs in Hurgada in 2001 at the Fort Arabesque Hotel and the snorkling was so good right from the beach! Thanks

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As I know there are no big corals at the hotels' beach. I stayed also in Grand Azure Horizont and there were much more corals there. There are some fishes off course. But it is not the best place for snorkling. However, in the hotel next to Marriott excurtions to coral rifs start. So the rifes are quite close to the hotel. It will be very convenient for u to go to that excursion. It is really very very nice. A yought stops in 3 different places and u will see lots of marvelous corals and fishes.

I agree the Mercura Coralia (used to be Etap) hotel is lovely.
It has rooms in main building with lifts and out in garden area.
I had side Nile View room all to myself and it was so spacious.

After venturing outside and trying restaurants I never went back to the hotel restaurant, overpriced in comparison.

I agree with Roddy - Ritz Restaurant is good, The Grand Restaurant (attentive and polite staff), these are down near Isis Hotel and Le Meridien Hotels, a good 30 mins walk away from the Mercure Coralia or jump in a taxi.
I prefer to spend my money in smaller local restaurants rather than ploughing it back into the large hotel chains. Can't remember name of the restaurant on TV street, where I had gorgeous vegetable mousake with melted cheese on top, basic surroundings but excelled freshly cooked food.

I love this area down by the Isis Hotel, esp. the Kings Head Pub and using the internet in the gorgeous surroundings of Le Meridien Hotel. Even their restaurants are reasonably priced.

I've never heard of Snobs - do tell!

I'd love to go back and stay at the Etap, my first Egyptian hotel, although I always have a look around it when I am in Luxor, in the same way I stroll around the gardens at rear of The Old Winter Palace and promise myself I'll stay there one day.

Wilsonkick - u made a good choice with the Mercure Coralia.