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| | Ghazala Gardens
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Naama Bay |
| Egypt |
| Star Rating: 5 |
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| Number Of Rooms: 284 |
| Number Of Floors: 2 |
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joe@ joan from newcastle travelled to Ghazala Gardens with
Airtours
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2007 | rated the Ghazala Gardens as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: This is our second visit to sharm but our first to this hotel.
After booking we read the hotels reviews on several sites and became very worried at some of the negative comments.
We stayed for two weeks and can honestly say that all of our worries were unfounded.
the staff were exelent and worked very hard.
our room was cleaned every day. the towels and bedding were also changed every day.
the food was very good, every day has a different theme so there is plenty to choose from, some people complained that there was not enough english food, why go all inclusive to egypt to eat burgers and chips!
the italians on site was fantastic, ask for garlic cheesy bread for starters, it's not on the menu but they will cook it for you. one tip about the italians is book early as it gets fully booked very quick.
the bars are ok with waiters constantly bringing drinks, yes they like a tip, on their wages who would not, and a small tip now and again works wonders, as soon as our glasses were empty another drink would appear. the only two down sides i could find to this hotel were, firstly the entertainment, it was total rubbish i have been to many all inclusive resorts and this was the worst for it's entertainment, luckly the main town is just over the road, (i will get back to the road later)and secondly the seating in the main bar, this was poorly laid out with seating for only a few guests. but these were the only faults i could find with this hotel and did not in any way spoil our stay. we are actually thinking of returning to this hotel next year.
about that road. to get to the town takes about 3 mins
you have to cross a very busy dual carrageway. there is a zebra crossing just out side of the hotel but the egyptian drivers dont know what it is and tend to ignore it, if you turn right when you leave the hotel and walk abot 20 yards along the road you will come to a speed ramp, all of the cars stop here to get over it as it's quite severe, this is the best place to cross.
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Lindsay Bruce from Bradford travelled to Ghazala Gardens with
Direct Holidays
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 3 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2007 | rated the Ghazala Gardens as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food |  | |
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| said: Just back to work having returned from a 2 week all inclusive holiday at the Ghazala Gardens Hotel and we all had an excellent time. We took 3 teenage boys aged 18, 17 & 17 they met people their own ages which was great for them (and us!!) We found the hotel to be spotlessly clean, they start around 7am cleaning and dont stop all day, all the grounds are kept spotless and rooms cleaned everyday, along with bedding, bathroom towels and beach towels (you dont need to take your own beach towels either, as the ones they supply are big and soft enough).
We found the food to be of a good standard, although 2 of our party were quite poorly (a quick visit to the pharmacy soon cleared up the problem), you will have read the other reviews about the problem being the food, but it could quite possibly be due to dehydration. You must drink twice as much water as you do normally when on holiday as its just so hot, the ice is fine in your drinks too as its all made from mineral water and the water is mineral water also. We found the variety of food was good, with a good choice each night, it does get slightly repetative but we only ventured out on our last night. For breakfast there's a choice of cereals, eggs however you want them, breads, cheeses and salads yoghurts etc etc. Lunch we tended to stay round the Italian bar and nibbled on the lovely pizza and salads, and dinner the theme changed every night from Italian, Chinese, Indian, French with beef, chicken duck all thoroughly cooked and very tasty.
The hotel staff are very plesent and friendly and don't expect to be tipped but they get paid so little its nice to offer if they do something nice for you, we gave our room cleaner 100 Egyptian pounds (roughly £10) and he was overwhelmed by our generosity, as they get paid so little.
All in all we would definately stay here again, its location is as someone has already said ideal, just across the road to the right and your are at all the shops. Just be very careful when crossing the road, even though there are what we would call pellican crossings they done seem to mean anything over there and the police just stand back and watch - you run the gauntlet each time you cross, the only saving grace is there are speed bumps before the crossing but as soon as they are over them they soon start to speed up and come at you!!! You've been warned!
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Jo from hull travelled to Ghazala Gardens with
panorama
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2007 | rated the Ghazala Gardens as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff |  | | Food | | |
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| said: Went to this hotel in March 2007 on a last min deal we knew we was going back in June so we thought we would check it out. It wasn't very good then but we thought we will give it a go in June and did.
The staff are so rude if you want a big drink tip then you will get it, but if you don't tip well you don't get it.
The food was so awful we ate out nearly every night we used to go and look what was for dinner but it was just so nasty.
They just there to rip the English off now which is such a shame really. They take your cases off you when you get to the hotel so you can go and check in and get your hotel room but they only do this for a tip and when the cases came I give him £2 for the cases but he returned and asked for a green note which is £5 I told him no, and we weren't on our own who complained about it too awful holiday
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Hawke from Plymouth travelled to Ghazala Gardens with
panorama
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2007 | rated the Ghazala Gardens as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food |  | |
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| said: We have just had a weeks holiday at the Ghalaza Gardens, all I can say is we had a fantastic time. The hotel was lovley, the staff cant do enough for you without expecting a tip.
The hotel was very clean,the cleaners do a really good job. Every morning and everning we could see them cleaning the pool and they spray something around in the air to get rid of the flys.
The pool area was the best, loads of nice areas to sunbathe and a good childrens area too. It never seemed busy, very relaxing. The pool is set in differnt areas, lots of little warterfalls, bridges and even a beach area that we all enjoyeed. There seems to be enough sun beds, there was 4 of us and we could always get 4 sunbeds together as long as we put out our towels before we went for breakfast. I would say the pool is the best part of the hotel, it really is good.
We all really enjoyed the food, you can choose where you want to eat. You can have as many drinks by the glass as you want all day long, the white wine was very strong but good. Also you can have icecream and snacks throughout the day as well as tea and coffee.
The location was really good. Shops, bars and resterants are all across the road, so it takes a 2 min walk and your in the busy centre of Naama Bay. The road its self is very busy at night,we got use to crossing it in the end but it was a bit scary at fist as alot of the cars dont stop. Alot of the hotels are along way from the town so I think we had had one of the best locations.
The beach again was across the road so not very far really. We found it to hot to walk to the beach everyday bit it was really nice. You could walk right into the sea and have fish swiminging around you feet and there was always free sunbeds at any time of the day.
We did not see much entertainment in the hotel I dont think they had much going on in the everning but you dont need it when the town is over the road. The hotel bars were always nice to sit in and have drink.
We would all visit the hotel again, we had a really realaxing time in the hotel grounds and had some good trips and evernings out. The only thing I would say is if you dont like the heat then go before may as it was getting a bit to hot even for me.
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Roberts from Leeds travelled to Ghazala Gardens with
Panorama
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2007 | rated the Ghazala Gardens as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We stayed at the Ghazala Gardens for one week in April and found that the hotel was spotlessly clean and the security was good but apart from that we couldn't wait to come home if only to get a decent meal.
The food was very repetitive and what there was did not taste very nice. At lunch time you could get lasagne or pasta or an awful tasting burger and these were the same every day. In the main restaurant the food was the same day in day out and you could not even get a nice salad and we both had a stomach upset.
The rooms were clean but a lot of people had problems with their air conditioning which was a matter of luck if it worked or didn't. Also the beds are nearly on the floor and the pillows are very hard and we found we had a backache every morning.
We also found mosquito’s in the room which most people seemed to have as almost everyone seemed to have numerous bites on them, we bought a can of fly spray which was good providing you used it every day after the cleaner had been. I would recommend taking a plug in or two to combat the mosquito’s.
The final straw was on my husbands birthday we got a knock on the door by someone from the main restaurant who insisted on doing him a "party" and was offering him champagne or wine, my husband told him, thank you but we were going out to celebrate but in the end the man was so insistent that my husband did not like to offend him or the hotel. Big mistake, we ended up getting a bill for the wine ( I was thankful we didn’t opt for the champagne) We argued with several people about this and reported the waiter and also complained to our my travel rep Richard who told us he would sort it as he had a good relationship with the manager but we still had to pay the bill.
The staff all seem like your best friend especially if you tip them which we always do when on holiday but they then expected to get tipped for every little thing and even the toilet cleaners would follow you in to the toilet to offer you a paper towel and expect a tip. You could also use the beach to the sister hotel but we found that the food there was just as disgusting and you were treated like second class citizens because you were all inclusive and were made to sit outside their restaurant to eat your lunch under a canvas where it was very hot.
All in all the weather was fantastic and the hotel grounds were great for sunbathing or a dip in the pool but we would never go back there due to the fact that you don’t expect people in your hotel to rip you off.
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