I love hotels with chalet-style rooms, so I was very excited to pull up at the Daniela Village just as the sun was setting over the Sinai mountains. The location was beautiful, and the simplicity of the hotel complimented the barren landscape perfectly. It was colder up in the mountains than in Cairo where we had been previously, but we were given a warm reception, and were soon sitting down to a welcome buffet meal, where everyone could find something they liked. Me? I liked everything!

Like most of the tour groups using this hotel, we were here for one reason: to watch the sunrise from the top of Mount Sinai. Not only were we up at 1am, but so were the hotel staff, who laid on coffee for us before we left. I was a bit worried that I wouldn't get any sleep before our early start, but due to the quiet location, and perhaps the fresh mountain air, I didn't have any problems dozing off. Some of our group had issues with mosquitoes in the room, but we used the nets provided and didn't get bitten. The only visitor we did have was a mouse, but this was not due to any uncleanliness on the part of the hotel (our room was spotless); we were just that bit closer to nature. And once he was shooed out, he did not come back.

The Mount Sinai climb was spectacular, and well worth the early start. The hotel was well geared up for this and happily arranged meals, etc. around our slightly loopy schedule.

The Daniela was probably my favourite of all the hotels we stayed in on our tour, for the location and for the attitude of the friendly staff. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this hotel.

We stayed here for one night in order to climb Mt Sinai and see St Katherine's monastery. There are not a lot of options in St. Katherines, but compared to the other 3 stars we stayed in in Egypt, the cleanliness was about the same (ie good enough). The meals were about 30 LE but were well worth it, especially after hiking up Mt Sinai! A great, diverse buffet. The beds were hard, but again, we found this all over Egypt. I would recommend this place for the food mostly.

No frills but what we expected. The only complaint is that the common areas were unheated and it was freezing. Since we were the only guests though, I don't blame them!

We stayed here on an Intrepid tour. The rooms are scattered over the site with paths to the restaurant building. Our was clean but a bit tired and had no television. The meals were buffet style, not cheap and adequate rather than wonderful. Alcohol is served.