Sonesta Beach Resort
A pleasant but bland and rather formulaic choice. In an isolated location welll removed from any outside amenities or facilities with nothing but barren desert for miles. Spacious grounds and a good beach with a reasonable range of facilities will keep guests looking for nothing more than a relaxing beach and sun holiday.
Exterior
Pleasant 2 to 4 storey yellow accomodation blocks with railed balconies and a 3-storey main building; a 3-storey extension is on higher ground at the back of the resort.
Property type: Hotel
Interior
The spacious, circular 3rd floor split level lobby has a central rock garden and leads to a small cocktail bar with a red décor, a plain pastel green café, the large main buffet restaurant and a small souvenir shopping arcade.
Rooms: 440
Grounds
The front gardens are attractively landscaped with lawns and flowerbeds. A paved pool surround has a canopy snack bar and a bar adjacent to a large covered terrace. A man made beach with orange sand stretches for 200 yards and provides thatched parasols sunbeds and a dive centre. A separate building houses a seafood a la carte and Italian bistro and a rooftop Arabic and shisha pipe restaurant which overlooks the gulf.
Location
Area Type: Beside the main road to Taba. Tiered down a hillside surrounded by barren desert littered with building skeletons and a sheer rocky mountain backdrop. A few local worker dwellings are opposite. Taba 30 mls. Eilat 37 mls. Sharm el Sheikh 108 mls
Nearest beach: immediate yds
Facilities
- Bars
- Poolside bar
- Beach bar
- Main Bar
- Eating
- A la carte restaurant
- All-buffet restaurant
- Main restaurant
- Pools
- Circular (20 yds)
- Circular (20 yds)
- Children's pool/section (5 yds)
- Public facilities
- Children's daytime entertainment
- Children's playground
- Evening entertainment
- Fitness room/gym
- Hairdresser
- Indoor games
- Internet terminal(s)
- Jacuzzi
- Nightclub/disco
- Sauna
- Tennis courts
- In-room facilities
- Air conditioning
- Hairdryer
- Minibar/fridge
- Safes
- TV (English language)
