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3.0 of 5
Al-Nahda St., Aqaba 77110, Jordan (Formerly Aquamarina II)
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Mina Hotel
Ranked #13 of 27 hotels in Aqaba
4.0 of 5 stars 22 Reviews
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Al Salt, Jordan
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
“Good value, good service, sea view!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 November 2011
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people found this review helpful

We liked the hotel, in general. Helpful staff, clean pool (but cold in November), typical Arab breakfast (breads and spreads, some veggies, meats, boiled eggs and drinks). The room was very big, and the bedding was clean. The furnishings were older, but who cares... We got there in time to get a sea view room, which was great. The shower was strong and hot. The floors and the rest wasn't very clean, which is always gross to us... but it was livable. The kitchen even gave us hot water when we left for our thermos. The price was OK, tho. Good luck!

Room Tip: 501 was great, faced the sea, but on Thursday night was a little noisy from local bars...
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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
24 helpful votes 24 helpful votes
“Aquamarina II is now Mina Hotel!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 May 2011
5
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I'd be happy to write a review on the Mina Hotel, which we had a great experience with - but we need the name changed first (or this name removed and start a fresh).

  • Stayed May 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Beirut, Lebanon
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31 reviews 31 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
“Dirty”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 July 2009

I travelled with an agency, we reserved in Aquamarina IV, but when we arrived there (we were a large group of 30 persons), they told us that there's no reservation here , so we walked with our luggage at 11:00pm to Aquamarina II.
they made us wait one hour to distribute rooms for all the group. Some single people got a double room. Everything was messed up.
room size and location are very good.
When i entered the room, i tried to turn on the lamp, the electric wire caused a sparkle, a fog and odor then went off, so all night we stayed without electricity except from the bathroom.

bathrooms are left unclean with strong bad odor.
bed sheets and cushions were left irreplaced , covered with remaining of human hair. burkkk

towels were not clean.
the carpet were full of cigarette waste, dust and hair.
thanks God i stayed for 1 night.
the only thing that i liked was the hairdryer :D

the food is good, the lunch was a variety and tasty

there's no pool
this hotel is in good location in middle of aqaba but far from the beach

  • Stayed July 2009
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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41 reviews 41 reviews
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123 helpful votes 123 helpful votes
“Get a quote in writing or end up paying too much”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 July 2008
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person found this review helpful

Due to unforeseen circumstances (eg the hotel we originally booked via Octopus did not have our booking and thus we had no bed, as the hotel was full.) we had to find new accommodation. We walked around Aqaba and looked at a few places when we found Aquamarina II –this was the only place that had 2 nights free….we now understand why!!!!
We were quoted on booking in $93 US per night and when I suggested I would pay straight away the front of house “gentleman” said no just pay when leaving.
Word to the wise…when you are quoted a price which seems reasonable pay it or get it in writing…because on leaving the price changed…..we did clarify initially the price (six times) to make sure that there was no misunderstanding …$93 US per night.
Came to pay and suddenly the price had changed to 93 Dinars which was almost one and half times the price…this left a very bad taste in our mouth and soured our experience in Jordan which prior to this was great…..such as Wadi Rum and Petra (just wonderful).
The accommodation was average, bed acceptable, bathroom OK but as we are non smokers even when requested a non smoking room we ended up with a smoking room.
So avoid this place….there are simply better places around and ones that do not rip off tourists and change prices.

  • Liked — Leaving it
  • Disliked — The cost
  • Stayed April 2008, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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UAE
2 reviews
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“Avoid like the plague”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 October 2007
2
people found this review helpful

Incredibly rude service, charged for things they said were free, the staff were smoking in the "non-smoking" restaurant, too noisy to sleep in, failed to arrange a dive I had booked 3 weeks in advance....if you want to have a nice stay in Aqaba, pay more and stay at a 4 or 5 star place with a private beach, you'll be glad you did.

Stayed October 2007
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  • Aquamarina Ii Aqaba
Address: Al-Nahda St., Aqaba 77110, Jordan (Formerly Aquamarina II)
Price range (per night):* INR3,288 - 4,013

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