Beach hotel Resta Reef Resort 4 * -a small, cozy, high-class resort complex, designed for diving, snorkeling and just relaxing on the sea. Arabian stylistics of the building is perfectly combined with modern conveniences and modern design. The hotel specializes in family vacations, and also invites young couples for a romantic pastime.
The hotel belongs to the famous Italianline of "Besta Hotels and Resorts". It is loved by Europeans and Americans, especially for a quiet and serene pastime and an inexpensive cost of living. Tourists appreciate the hotel quite high, which is attested in their responses about this place.
Береговая линия этого нового египетского курорта stretched for as many as seventy kilometers. And along the sea are built mainly four- and five-star hotels. One of them is Resta Reef Resort 4 * (Egypt, Marsa-Alam). Here from all corners of the earth, those who can not live without diving and swimming with a mask are striving. Transparent turquoise water of the sea, the richest coral reefs - the main wealth of this resort. Its only drawback, from the point of view of some tourists, is too strong isolation. There is virtually no infrastructure, clubs, cafes and parties. Therefore, the hotels are trying to fill this gap on their own territory. But excellent service, comfortable accommodation, deserted beaches and beautiful fish - this is a bonus of Mars-Alam, which, perhaps, can not boast of any other Egyptian resort. However, prices are biting here, and the region is designed primarily for wealthy tourists. That and is good, according to reviews, "Resta Reef Resort", that its prices are acceptable for people of average income.
Resta Reef Resort 4 * is locatedfar from the airport of Hurghada. The transfer from there is rather tiring. But this is Marsa-Alam, with its clear water, clean beaches and coral reefs of such colors that you do not need to go to Sharm. To get from the international airport of Hurghada to the hotel, you have to spend more than four hours. But if you fly directly to Marsa-Alam (this hub was opened not so long ago), then it's ten to fifteen minutes to go. The airport itself also caused the tourists' delight. Unlike Hurghada, no queues, crush. Very quickly all make out, including a visa. Transfer is often similar to individual - also due to a small number of people. Around the hotel - the desert and a few "fives": on the one hand the hotel of the same "chain" "Grand Resta Resort", and on the other - three luxurious complex network "Iberotel". Nearby there is a supermarket and several shops.
Hotel Resta Reef Resort 4 * is five double andthree-story buildings, located among the lush vegetation of the park zone. The alleys are surrounded by date palms. At the hotel there is a parking lot, a number of shops with souvenirs, oils and accessories for beach holidays. Although the territory is small, but all in walking distance - pier, restaurant, bars, beach, swimming pool. It is divided into zones. At first there are residential buildings, then a garden with alleys. Below - two swimming pools, playgrounds and a beach. But if you want to take a walk, it can be done in the park of the neighboring hotel "Grand Resta". Guests of the "Reef Resort" are allowed to use their large swimming pool and watch animation shows.
In the hotel Resta Reef Resort 4 * two hundredeighteen numbers. They are designed for a couple of guests or a family. Double rooms have an area of about twenty-five square meters. Family - a little more. One third of the rooms face the sea, while the rest overlooking the pool. All rooms with balconies, most of them - in Arabic style with a brick dome. The rooms have satellite TV, mini-bar, safe. In the bathroom there is a hairdryer, there is always hot water with a good head. Water never splashes on the shower.
Place tourists in maximum ten minutesafter arrival, and you are waiting for the room in a cozy lounge, sipping a cool carcade. The rooms are clean, and the linen and towels are spotless and white. Everything works well, shampoo, gel and even body cream available. On the balcony there are chairs, it is convenient to dry things.
In the main restaurant of the Resta Reef ResortMarsa Alam 4 * under the name "Fontana" is served by the "buffett" system. "All inclusive" extends to both bars - on the beach and by the pool. There is also a restaurant, working on the menu - it's La Casa, specializing in Italian cuisine. The food is very good, especially desserts. Natural products - eggs, beef, yogurts, vegetables, fruits. Everything is very fresh. Among the favorite dishes guests note a stewed duck, chicken and grilled fish, as well as tomato soup. Of alcohol tourists especially like red wine, as well as cocktails in the bar. The hotel is very attentive chef, who himself can bring to the children something delicious. Even the side dishes were diverse and unusual, for example, potatoes "Aphrodite". Drinks are brought by the waiters. Comparing the food in this hotel with the menu in Hurghada, tourists conclude that in Marsa Alam they feed much better.
The hotel is modern and meets all requirementsfor a good rest. On site, Resta Reef Resort Marsa A 4 * catches "Wai-Fai". Here you not only relax, but also improve. A spa and fitness center are at your service. Two courts for tennis are open, and ladies can visit a beauty salon at any convenient time. There is a playground for children and a mini club. Tourists praised the animation - both local shows, and invited artists. In addition, adults are entertained for a whole day at the beach, and children in the evenings. Animators are funny, always smiling, it's interesting to spend time with them. Especially entertaining were called "Fakir-show" and dancing with fire. And twice a week on the veranda of the restaurant is a singer with a good jazz voice. In the cellar there are discos for lovers of dancing in the evening.
Resta Reef Resort Marsa A 4 *works round the clock. Employees are polite, courteous, always ready to help, solve problems and also to acquaint with the missing information. At the same time they are completely not intrusive and not bothersome. In Russian, employees do not speak. But they understand English well. Only one of the senior managers can communicate in Russian. If you have any questions - for example, where to get a charger, who to rent a beach towel for early departure and others - at the reception you will always help.
Beach at the hotel own, sandy.Nearby - a coral reef. There is a pier from which the sea abysses open. The water is very clean and transparent. This attracts tourists to the hotel Resta Reef Resort 4 *. Reviews of 2015 assure that the corals are alive, and during snorkeling you can observe such rare fish as angels, butterflies. Near the open sea there is a lagoon, where morays, rays, octopuses live. There is a diving center on the beach and sports grounds. But if you just swim with a mask, then the sensations, according to tourists, are simply inexpressible. Fish themselves surround you and swim very close. In the open sea the depth is very large, the water can be seen for tens of meters. If the weather is good, you can swim near the pier, and when the big waves are in the lagoon. With a strong wind, the ladder on the pier is lifted and a black flag is hung out. The lagoon is up to two meters deep, the water temperature is always above twenty-four degrees Celsius. However, in the sea you can enter only in "coral slippers". Swimming pools on the territory of the Resta Reef Resort Marsa Alam 4 * - two. Both of them are in the open air, and one of them is heated.
Not far from the hotel Resta Reef Resort 4 *(Marsa Alam) is the Abu Dabab reserve, where there are magnificent corals and rare fauna - dugongs, sea cows. You can also go to the island of turtles, or Marsa Mubarak. There really are huge, up to a meter long reptiles that completely do not pay attention to people, swim, rest, eat. If you want to walk, then tourists are advised to go to Port Ghalib, where there are excellent cafes, and on the pier there are yachts of local rich people. This ideal ecological resort, specially designed by artists and designers, is worthy of inspection in itself. Alleys, fountains, parks, architecture, repeating literally every relief of ancient Egyptian buildings - this is worth a look at least once. There are also organized tours of the desert on quad bikes. Since Marsa Alam is in the south, it is very easy to get to Aswan from here, and you can even get to Lake Nasser or to the temple rock complex of Abu Simbel.
Temple with colossal figures of pharaohs on the shoreThe reservoir is still amazing. And if you manage to get to the light and sound show, then you will never forget this trip to Egypt. One of the most exclusive trips in these places is visiting the Wadi Hammamat Valley, which once ran along the way of trade caravans to India and China. Here you can see ancient inscriptions and rock paintings.
Of course, those who come to the hotel Resta ReefResort Marsa Alam 4 *, eager to bring with them something to remember. So, seasoned tourists do not advise buying souvenirs in the hotel itself, but recommend hiring a taxi for twenty dollars and going to Port Ghalib. Here you can buy and masks, and fins, and coral slippers, and different Egyptian trifles once in five cheaper than in the shops at the hotel. In addition, here you can buy everything that is usually brought from Hurghada - towels, shells, books, spices, jackets and cotton t-shirts, magnets, bedouin scarves, galabeys and so on. Good in Port Ghalib and oriental sweets, which you need to buy not in the bazaar or in the supermarket, but in special confectionery shops, in order to avoid forgery. The trip to Wadi Hammamat will cost about thirty dollars. Excursion on ATVs in the desert is about sixty.
Tourists say that this hotel, thoughsmall, very tidy, comfortable, with well-trained and caring staff and good services, for which it requires a very reasonable price. Almost half of vacationers are from Germany. The rest are Italians, Poles, Swedes, French. Almost no tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Transparent water, a fantastic sea, a lot of different fish that you will not see in Hurghada. It is very quiet and peaceful, and here come those who do not like to rest too noisy. The food is delicious, hearty and refined. Resta Hotel Resta Reef Resort 4 * provides a fabulous, with a maximum of warmth, coziness and pleasure. He, according to tourists, quite deserves and five "stars".
