Nestled on the Red Sea of Egypt, Hurgada is the first major city stop travelling south bound along the coast. The cities of Safaga, Quesir and Marsa Alam follows on the route, each with their own magical branded resorts with perks galore in-store for elites.
How to get there ?
You could fly in with Egypt Air as a pricey option or rent a shuttle. Fuel is cheap in Egypt and every businessman loves to haggle so touring on road throughout can be a real bargain.
I cant believe the amount of resorts and developments in the works on both sides of the highway when entering the Red Sea coastline. This must be a serious tourist destination to attract this enormous scale of investments that stretches on and on.
Where to stay ?
I chose Hilton Long Beach from my second night on this stretch. Its a AI – All inclusive resort.
Read Hurgada part one HERE.
Hilton Hurgada Long Beach.
They have a huge check-in reception, the lobby is always full of people on the sofas for the free wifi. HHonors Gold and Diamond get hi-speed wifi free in rooms.
The booking proof.
The cash rates are way to low to use 20k in points for a free night.
Hilton often has lower sale rates when going into the website.
This is the top suite of the hotel. A fair distance walk to the room is excellent exercise.
The suite upgrade.
The suite at the end of the long passage has great space and the best views.
Double balconies, 2 rooms and 2 bathrooms, all inclusive, this resort has major value surprisingly for cash rates.
The breakfast.
I arrived just in time before the close of lunch and soon after it was supper, come morning I only managed to take 2 breakfast pix. Its not often I go through 3 full meals at their full courses per day during travels, the of the amount of food one has access to here is unbelievable for the price paid.
The lunch.
The varieties are huge, almost on a Atlantis scale. This was my choices:
Unlimited pizza is something no one will say no to.
The complimentary gourmet supper.
Upon check-in management presented me with this complimentary invite for every night of my stay to Podium a la carte restaurant.
This also included drinks of choice.
The setting and ambience of the restaurant is something a pic can not do justice to.
The salad bar gets wheeled around to diners tables.
The same goes for the bread bar with excellent assortments.
The menu changes each day of the week.
A 3 course meal will set you back 128 LE (About ZAR 250) per person. We were 9 people over 2 rooms all on complimentary eats. Value.
Exploring the surroundings.
Apparently the orange Hilton wrist bands are VIP for the free drinks and ice creams at any of the stands on the beach and poolside areas.
Miles and miles of deck chairs and umbrellas.
Lagoons are plentiful here too.
The jetty at the back has a interesting and popular diving / snorkel spot, its as clear as Sharm El Shaik ( read the trip HERE ) but its also a degree or 2 colder here in spite of being lower south and closer to the equator.
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