This was my third stay at the coralia club. I travelled with Neilson and had a great holiday. The hotel is clean and comfortable and the staff friendly and efficient. The area still felt really safe. I would recommend this holiday.

We were so impressed by the communication that we had with the Hotel before arriving. We asked for; ground-floor, quiet (day and night), as near to the sea as possible and a bed for our 2 year old. All this was reassuringly confirmed by email. The room was even better than expected. The top-priced rooms (called deluxe, or superior) are the best on that stretch of coast, in terms of their position. The french-doors opened onto our patio then directly onto a lawn, beyond there was the path and then the beach. We could happily watch our little girl play from the comfort of the shady patio. (There is more shade offered on the ground floors as the floor above has only a slatted covering above each balcony area). From what we could see no other Hotel rooms along the lagoon could offer such excellent views due to buildings blocking the views. We could sit in bed and look straight out to see the fabulous view, across the sea to the mountains. Top-tip; take your own duty-free wine. The local beer is great. We bought water and beer at the shop near the Ganet Sinai Hotel on the main service road. We couldn't fault the service at the Coralia and enjoyed the food. We will be back.

The Coralia Club could not be termed anything other than superb value for money.

At the moment it's sitting at about 16th out of 47 hotels in Dahab and I'm sure anyone familiar with the town will be struggling to puzzle out how there can be 15 better hotels in Dahab than the Coralia. Perhaps 3, or 4 or even 6...............but not 15.

As has been mentioned in recent posts the food is very good, and there is always something you can find to your taste. We stayed on an all inclusive basis and when the main restaurant was either closed on the odd lunchtime, or handling one of the coach parties that visit, we could use either the Lagoon or Italian restaurants at no extra cost.

One warning about both though...............they don't understand the concept of 'small' portions.

As the last reviewer mentioned, the pool was being overhauled but it really wasn't missed as the sea is only a few yards away.

Neilson's lack of choice ( and flexibility) when it comes to departure airport resulted in us booking through 'Sunshine.co.uk'. and buying into Neilson's windsurfing package was also going to be very expensive, so we used the Harry Nass centre 1 which is without any doubt the best positioned on the whole bay. Equipment offered to two experienced windsurfers was first class & the tuition given to our daughter went way beyond our expectations and was superb value.
Stand up paddle boarding was also great fun on the light wind days

One point that is worth mentioning to any families thinking about Dahab as a holiday option and that's the beach. The beach in front of the Coralia is lovely soft sand up to the Neilson centre. Beyond that, it isn't.

It is sand of a sort but it's gritty and sharp and uncomfortable unless you have something on your feet.

Snorkelling is excellent, with even some small coral stands in the swimming area directly infront of the hotel. The horse riding and quad trips on offer are good and not expensive.
The quad trip to Wadi Gnai was stunning.

It is worth walking or taking a taxi into Mashraba/Masbat. You'll get pestered by shopkeepers , who are having a bit of a hard time of it at the moment but it's well natured and good fun. If you don't want to be bothered , when they asked where you're from , say Finland, or perhaps Hungary, and shrug.

The only think I could think of which the hotel should address is the cost of using wi-fi in the rooms. You can connect for free in the Sultan Bar, and though it disconnects after 30 minutes, you can re-connect again for another ½ hour session straight away. The only trouble is the speed; the good old days of dial up connection spring to mind.

Fine for checking emails but nothing much else.

If you do choose to buy credit for wi-fi in your room, it's 146 LE for 24 hours ( and that's 24 hours as in one calendar day , not 24 hours total access time). At the time of writing, 146 Egyptian pounds is about £15.

In the grand scheme though, given that we go away to get away , it is a very minor matter .

Overall - I'd go back tomorrow.

Friendly staff, good food, quiet area, fantastic views, great windsurfing/diving/kitesurfing.

We stayed here Jan 2012 - my husband and I plus 18 month old toddler. Our first holiday with her! We went with Neilson and couldn't fault them. The flight was with Thomas Cook - outbound journey fantastic. Flight wasn't full so they booked us in a window and aisle seat, so effectively our little girl had her own seat in between. Also gave us a spare meal for her. They weren't quite so helpful at Sharm on the way back. Flight delayed, and we asked for same seating arrangement but they wouldn't oblige. Also left lots of single passengers on bank of three at the front of the plane! Admittedly I only noticed this over half way back and in future I would ask to be moved as soon as we took off.
But resort very good (shame the pool was empty, but I guess it is low season and they have to do it sometime) Food vg, great choice, our toddler ate loads and she loved the freshly baked flatbreads although they were bigger than her head. Windsurf tuition vg, lounging in beach bar vg, rooms a tiny bit basic (no kettle!) but very clean and right on the beach. We would go again.