Amy Adejokun
Section editor
Offering refined luxury, this hotel is one of the "Leading Small Hotels of the World" and is ideally suited to those seeking comfort, quiet and privacy. Its oriental decoration and its comfortable suites are mainly suited to couples. A highly advisable destination for a honeymoon ! In this place, simultaneously near to and far from Hurghada, time is spent with pleasure.
The Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh - © Pascal ANTOINE /EASYVOYAGE
The Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh - © Pascal ANTOINE /EASYVOYAGE
Located in the Bay of Sahl Hasheesh, the Oberoï hotel of the same name is 15 milesaway from Hurghada and 11 miles away from the airport (20 minutes by car).
The hotel provides only suites - 102 of them, housed in small bungalows in white and beige. They are divided into several categories : 63 Deluxe suites (85 m²), 21 Superior Deluxe suites (85 m²), 12 large suites (125 m²) and 6 royal suites (225 m²). The latter two are furnished with a swimming pool in the exclusive garden. Decorated in oriental style, which is warm and very refined, they are equipped with a very comfortable bedding, salon furniture, two big televisions (39 channels) with some DVD player, a safe, a mini bar with a kit for tea / coffee, telephone and Internet connection. The bathroom, all in marble, has a bathtub carved directly into the rock and a shower with an opening onto a small private patio. Radio, scales, bathrobes, slippers, a hair dryer and skin care products branded "L'Occitane" are available. The smallest detail is present, even rose petals on the bathwater for honeymoons. ?he suites are also equipped with a terrace with garden furniture and a large dressing room.
Open since March 2001, the Oberoi have an area of 20 hectares overlooking the sea. The lobby, with an oriental style, has a ceiling inlaid with large copper-coloured domes. Plenty of arcades and columns let you enjoy the azure sky from everywhere in the hotel. To access the rooms through the garden, you have to take well-maintained paths that have a regrettable lack of vegetation. In front of the main building, the 225 m² swimming pool, heated in winter, stretches over three levels and faces the sea. There are wooden deckchairs available. The hotel has a spa centre named "Banyan Tree", open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., offering massages, body and face care as well as beauty treatments (masks, pedicures, manicures ...). The sweet scent of essential oils emerge from these places, where the marble is abounding. A sauna, a Jacuzzi and a fitness room are also provided.
The main restaurant, with sea view, offers a varied cuisine and original quality in buffet-style or a la carte (even at breakfast). Its advantage is undoubtedly its patio where it is good to eat in the evening. During dinners under the stars, you can taste local and international specialities with oriental music in the background. The wine list offers more than 90 brands from around the world. The oriental restaurant "Zaafran" offers a menu with specialities from the Middle East and another restaurant surprises its guests with tasty Indian dishes. On the stage, Nubian and oriental musicians play music for diners from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. every night. At the swimming pool area, the Pergola restaurant serves light cuisine (fish, pizzas ...), a la carte. The piano bar allows you to taste cocktails such as "Mar tea ni" (gin, dry vermouth, hibiscus tea and apple). Once a week, you'll be invited to the cocktail party of the management.
Stretching in front of the hotel, the 850 m long beach is particularly spacious and quiet. It is equipped with sunshades, wooden deckchairs and beige folding screens (very spacious) freely available for customers. For more comfort, a small paved road crosses the beach along. Swimming is not easy at all locations because of rocks. In addition, the hotel is located in an area which is quite windy. The hotel has one of the most renowned scuba diving centres in Hurghada. A wooden pier goes into the sea to a small kiosk. Here, the hotel can arrange romantic dinners. It also enables divers to access the water easily.
The Oberoi was elected best hotel on the Red Sea by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism
in 2004-2005,long before the second ranking hotel. The hotel has had clients
from different nationalities, but predominantly from Britain. 5
5 buggies are available to accompany them in suites, which can be
quite far when you have to walk.
Here you can ask for horseback riding, sail boating,
discovering underwater life while cruising in a glass-bottomed boat and other activities
that the staff will organise for you.
Some first-aid
supplies are sold in the shop.
massage, beauty salon, sauna, hammam, keep fit, spa, Turkish bath
tennis, gym, beach volley, horse riding, golf, fitness
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