The choice of the hotel needs to be taken seriously if you want only positive impressions and good memories from vacation.
First of all, you need to decide what you expect from vacation: tranquility and relaxes, or unrestrained fun and outdoor activities.
If you prefer the first, choose areas that are located away from the center - Nabe, Hadaba, the airport area. Almost all three-star cheap hotels are concentrated in the Hadab area, while in the battle all the hotels in 4 * and 5 *. The center has hotels of any star.
It is logical that, the higher the hotel's star, the higher the quality of service, nutrition and entertainment at the hotel. However, this does not mean that the 3 * hotel will be a completely catastrophic vacation option. In hotels of this class, animation and good nutrition, and decent numbers. Although I would recommend choosing hotels in 4 and 5 stars.
As for natural conditions, my exclusively subjective look, the Hadabi area is better. First, the terrain there is more mountainous, and therefore the winds are less. Secondly, the sea there is very beautiful, there are excellent places for snorkeling and diving, and the types of rocks open simply magic.
But the entrance to the sea in the side and the center is better: the beaches with small sand without coral reefs in coastal waters are better and more convenient for those who go on vacation with children.
When choosing the hotel, pay attention to the distance from the sea. Of course, it is more convenient if the hotel is right on the seashore - it will save time and you do not have to worry, do not miss the bus that transports tourists from and to the hotel. Moreover, usually hotels that do not have their own beach are divided by a beach area with several other hotels, so there can be a little more people on the beach, but if the beach is not small, it does not hurt you.
By the way, almost all five-star hotels are located on the seafront, 1 lines, which is undoubtedly very convenient.
An important role is played by the proximity of the hotel to tourist attractions. If you wish to sleep well during your vacation, in no case take a ticket to the hotel at Naama Bay. It will not get to sleep exactly, because the music with the onset of darkness and almost until dawn. Some hotels are surrounded by clubs and karaoke bars at all from all sides, so, this option is suitable for those who love nightlife and falls to bed climb. Complained to the noise at the reception, it simply makes no sense: the maximum will suggest that the ears are offered. In small hotels, it can also be problematic to fall asleep to the larks, as the music is usually played at least 11 pm and there is an evening show or disco, and due to the small area, music thunders throughout. In any case, capture the plots for the ears - it will not be superfluous. If you are a disco amateur, and do not want to go to taxi to Naama Bay, where, as you know, most clubs and resort bars, then take tours at hotels nearby Main Street: Tropicana Rosetta 4 *, Sonesta Beach Resort & Casino 5 *, Marriott Resort 5 *, Ramada Plaza 4 *, Tropicana Jasmine Club 4 * et al.
Now the hotel is specifically. If it is important for you that the interior of the room and the hotel in general was new and beautiful, check out the date of opening of the hotel and its latest renovation (i.e. update, repair). Naturally, in old hotels, the situation may not be quite appropriate to your expectations, and new hotels are all new and clean. In general, capital repairs in hotels are made, but rare enough, keep in mind.
It will be very good if some supermarket or cafes are located nearby (suddenly want to have a snack at night), and even better a small trading line where you can buy souvenirs cheaper.
Next, animation. For some purpose, the fact of the availability of an animation group in the hotel is almost decisive, for some it, the opposite, its absence will be a pledge of a relaxing holiday. As a rule, the animation is present in the hotels of 4 and 5 stars, but it also happens in "Tryshka", although less often. Read on the Internet reviews for animators at the hotel (tour operators often do not own detailed information about this). Undoubtedly, animators will help make your vacation more memorable, healthy health (at the expense of sports activities) and convenient (it is always easier to contact them if any questions and problems arise). Plus, the animators take tourists to the discos, which is very convenient if you are afraid to go there yourself. The composition of the animation team can change quite often, so that the reviews that tourists left 3 months ago may be no longer reliable, because other people have been working for a long time. Well, if there are Russian-speaking among the animators, sometimes the lack of people who speak Russian becomes a whole problem for tourists who do not know a word in English.
By the way, check with the touroperature, what is the composition of the hotel guests. There are hotels where almost only British come (for example, Sol Y Mar Sharks Bay 4 *), and there are hotels that are loved by Germans or Italians (Jaz Belvedere 5 *). In such hotels and animation more often in the appropriate languages, and the Russian is boring. And, of course, there are hotels "for Russians".
Very important point: Nutrition. I recommend taking the nutrition "All Inclusive" or "All Inclusive" - convenient, and at a price is not very different from other proposed options. She had ever seen how many problems arise from those who took the option "breakfast dinner".
You can eat outside the hotel, but often tourists covers on vacation so lazy that getting to the restaurant in the hotel is becoming a big problem, not to mention to travel from the hotel to the nearest cafe. In addition, a buffet is an excellent version of a variety of food when everyone can choose something like that. And again, in hotels 4 and 5 stars food is more diverse, but even in such hotels, they sin the processing of products "from dinner for dinner and with dinner for breakfast", and indeed, it is not possible at times.
If you are going on vacation with a child, then check if the hotel has a nanny or children's animator: and the child is more fun to play half a day, and you are easier for you.There are hotels where children are offered a kindergarten option, i.e., you will assign children in the morning and pick up only in the evening (of course, you can pick up a child anywhere during the day). Well, if the hotel has a slide or even a water park. Pay attention to such hotels like: Sultan Gardens Resort 5 *, Royal Albatros Moderna 5 *, Aqua Blu Resort Sharm El Sheikh 5 *, Tirana Aqua Park Resort 4 *, Sea Club Aquapark 5 *.
Great hotels in Parkoys: Cleopatra Luxury Resort 5 *, Grand Rotana Resort & Spa 5 *, Tropicana Grand Azure Resort 5 *, Sharm Grand Plaza Resort 5 *, Xperience Sea Breeze Resort 5 * (This hotel has almost no children, only young Couples).
Well, last: do not believe the blind all that they write in the reviews on the Internet. After all, only dissatisfied tourists write more often, and who knows, maybe the percentage of dissatisfied compared to those who stayed happy after the trip, quite small!