We just got back from 2 weeks family holiday. We were in "Lotus Bay Safaga" from 21 November up to 3 Desember 2010. In general no bad.

I arranged my trip throught Travel Agency 'TEZ TOUR'and paid abt 2300 $ US (board basis of the hotel - All Inclusive).


STAFF: thry were lovely, smiling, polite and helpful, any beach-team-boys were fond of a joke.
Unfortunately I badly speak English, know no much words and no good understund oral speach beacouse I have no much practise.
But when I have any problems (left the key inside the room or something like that) they were forbear, waiting when I'll find needed words, repited sentance by sentance if I didn't understand what was said...




ROOM: at first we accommodated on a ground floor. Our room have a privat area behind balcony door. On this area there were a small table and some wicker

armchairs. It was very beautiful but it was a little uncomfortable because sometimes somebody walks around on garden foot-path. We change room for second

floor. On the balcony was a table and chairs too but we fill ourself a bit more private.
Rooms was quite cosy and clean, service was OK. Sometimes after make up we found out flowers on our bed, or others pleasant small items.


FOOD: the food is rather poor, no large choice but we never had an upset stomach, wasn't ill and always found out something tasty :)
as usual was 2..3 kind of meat dishes, cutting vegetables - tomato, sweet pepper, cucumbers, cabbage, a couple of sort on side: potatoes, pasta, vegetables

cooked in a sauce, a lot of things for tea/coffe: any cakes, buns, pie and so on. Fruits: melon, dates (i mean date-palm fruit). Eggs in the morning (omelet

or just fried). There was no dress code at the entrance, I hadn't to dress up to go to dinner.
Basically I can't to say that meals was very good but it perfectly suit us.

BEACH: the beach is good for swiming and snorkeling. Sea is really like aquarium: smoothly lower pure sandy bottom with beautiful colourful corals and tropical fishes. There are PADI-diving center and activities on the beach. Only one item disappointed - a lot of boats, yachts aroud there, in the water there are anchor buoys... :(

Rather much people, included us, meet sunrise at the beach, therefore chaise-longues are occupied very early. You have to place a towel at about six in the morning on a chaise-longue if you want to lie on it.

POOL: the swimming pool rather chilly in November, the sea was warmer! but in the afternoon I was swemming with greatest pleasure!

EXCURSION: we have been in Luxor (75$ per head) , El Gouna (50$) including open sea boat trip, fishing & snorkling.


HOTEL: very nice no frill hotel. Not expensive, great value for money. Mostly german and russian people in the hotel, a little italian and french.
Nice big garden. Hotel's area looks nicely and rather large, there was place for walking, it's possible walking around next door hotels.
But pay attention: there is nothing outside hotels, only some shops and dirty street, rubbish and sand.
There are 2 pool bars and bar at the beach near serf club which working till midnight. All Inclusive included beer, local rum, gin, whisky. In the evening I

prefered rum & sprite cocktail at 'chillout' - so local guys call the relax place where visitors are lying at a low table and smoking 'shisha' (hooka).
Evening animation show - nonsense. Dislike. There is not really much nigthlife. we as usual spent time in the evening at serf bar.


COMMUNICATION: it wasn't possible to make an international call from my room!! Only from receptin. I bought SIM-card for cell-phone from TEZ-TOUR

representative (30$ included 23 minutes for call to Russia )

I had no troubles with anyone. We enjoyed our stay here.