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