Coral Sea Holiday Resort & Aqua Park

“Amazing holiday!”

We arrived home on Sunday morning after 2 weeks at this amazing hotel with my partner, our 4 year old son and our 14month old daughter. We’ve all got major holiday blues and can honestly say this was the best holiday we’ve ever had. Everything from the beautiful grounds, huge room, yummy food & ... more

We arrived home on Sunday morning after 2 weeks at this amazing hotel with my partner, our 4 year old son and our 14month old daughter. We’ve all got major holiday blues and can honestly say this was the best holiday we’ve ever had. Everything from the beautiful grounds, huge room, yummy food & drinks, hardworking friendly staff and lovely pools to the amazing entertainment team and fantastic kids club & crèche staff was just perfect. There truly is something for everyone at this hotel and we can’t wait to come back again. Special mentions for Nour the fantastic HV rep, he helped us with a complaint we had about an excursion and was so lovely. Karina, Mitch, Lucy, Leah, Alice, Libby, Natalie, Aimee, Sam, Rita & Gemma from kids club my son absolutely adored them all and the energy and passion they had for entertaining the children was just amazing. Vickie, Michelle, Kayleigh & Chloe in the crèche for all being so welcoming and friendly and putting me at ease when thinking about leaving our daughter with them. Danni, Georgia, Millie & Cadyn in the entertainment team, always so full of energy, happy and clearly love their job. Fantastic talents and amazing entertainment. Last but not least my biggest mentions have to go to Johno & Reece in the entertainment team. Both are the most amazing guys, they made a huge effort with my son who adored them both, they were friendly, funny, welcoming, warm, kind and such an asset to HV Red Sea. I booked this hotel as a gamble as we usually go to the Jaz hotels and I’m so glad we did. It’s a complete gem and we will be back!

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“All I can say is WOW, what a holiday!!”

You NEED to visit Holiday Villages Red Sea/Coral Sea Holiday Resort! We visited as an English couple for 10 days (neither been to Egypt before) and couldn’t have had a better holiday. Area: 10 minutes from Sharm airport, huge resort with private beach, close by; shops, pharmacy’s, bars and rest... more

You NEED to visit Holiday Villages Red Sea/Coral Sea Holiday Resort! We visited as an English couple for 10 days (neither been to Egypt before) and couldn’t have had a better holiday. Area: 10 minutes from Sharm airport, huge resort with private beach, close by; shops, pharmacy’s, bars and restaurants and all security controlled. Airport is very ott with checks/scanners/security, so be ready for that. Food & drinks: buffet; so much food, lots of variety for breakfast, lunch a dinner, all cooked well and all cuisines/themed nights. Themed restaurants; Greek, Indian, Chinese etc which we tried which were lovely! Local alcohol is pretty good (cocktails, beers, spirits, etc) & lots of soft drinks available (juices, slushy’s, coke, sprite, iced coffees, etc), all ice is made from bottled water and bottled water is available in all bars. We ate lots of salad and fruit also which was well prepared and neither of us got the typical ‘Egyptian tummy’. Rooms: we had a standard room which had all you needed and was very spacious. Lovely patio as we were on the ground floor, mini fridge and a safe which is free to use. Room was cleaned and made up everyday, bottles of water left, and the cleaners made animals out of towels etc which were brilliant! Resort: massive resort which is beautiful! Clean, tidy and kept to a high standard by the gardening, maintenance and cleaning teams. Entertainment/activities/pool: so much to do. 1 massive main pool with activities throughout the day and one smaller quiet pool located at the other end of the resort. No need to get up at 5am to reserve sunbeds. Entertainment & activities every day (football, swimming, diving, kids club, quizzes, water polo) and night (singing, dancing, bingo, magicians, etc) which tui reps put on. Excursions man across the road from the resort for all outside the hotel. Staff/service: every single member of staff were phenomenal! Polite, friendly, accommodating, caring, helpful and the majority spoke good English. You were always greeted wherever you went on campus. We took GB£ to spend which everywhere accepts. Staff are very much appreciative of £1 tip but isn’t expected/waited for. We tipped when we wanted to and didn’t feel pressured at all. Take £1 & £2 coins along with £5 & £10 notes for spending. Some staff will ask you to change their coins for notes but this is only because they can’t change coins at their banks. Say no if you don’t want to but they aren’t rude with it all. Only negative is the rooms don’t have full length mirrors in but that’s being very picky and didn’t affect our holiday. All in all, an absolutely fantastic and relaxing stay and we will definitely be returning very soon and in years to come! Thank you to all the staff for making our stay so wonderful❤️

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“Great winter break”

This hotel was a very good choice for winter sun. It feels spacious, with many pools and lounger areas to suit everyone’s needs. They had 2 heated pools during this time, but the sea water was also enjoyable. The beach is lovely, many loungers, bar area and restaurants. The water is very shallow ... more

This hotel was a very good choice for winter sun. It feels spacious, with many pools and lounger areas to suit everyone’s needs. They had 2 heated pools during this time, but the sea water was also enjoyable. The beach is lovely, many loungers, bar area and restaurants. The water is very shallow so it feels safer for the children to play, even the kids club teacher took the group to play on the beach and they loved it. There was food choices on the buffet for everyone for all meals, but there are also a la carte choices for dinner which need reservations. The self booking screens were great 👍🏻 All the staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful, and the kids club teacher was so welcoming and good with the children. Although they didn’t have a set programme each day, they did structured acitivies with some play time either on the beach or in the pay area outside. She was excellent at ensuring the children were safe which made me feel confident, well done! They also had an evening kids disco prior to the evening entertainment. Our room was ground floor, sea facing, and it had a separate area with sliding doors for the children. The room suited the style of Egypt and wasn’t very modern but had all amenities necessary, including robes and slippers for comfort. The water park is in a separate building across the road which made a great escape on windy days. Although we stayed all inclusive only soft drinks were included in the package at the water park, it didn’t bother us but nice to know info. We were at the hotel over New Years and they out on a great party, and went to a lot of effort! I would choose this hotel again!

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“Lovely Hotel, loads to do, bit dated but clean and the staff were amazing!”

This hotel was lovely, perfect for our 11night stay! The rooms are massive, we had a family room in block 10 on the 3rd floor (top floor) over looking the quiet pool. the beds are quite firm and the pillows are huge (too big for me, but I adapted a cushion in to a pillow and that worked ok!) ... more

This hotel was lovely, perfect for our 11night stay! The rooms are massive, we had a family room in block 10 on the 3rd floor (top floor) over looking the quiet pool. the beds are quite firm and the pillows are huge (too big for me, but I adapted a cushion in to a pillow and that worked ok!) Air conditioning worked well, although it was leaking a lot but didn't effect how it worked. There was a big walk in wardrobe with plenty of space for everything. The bathrooms are great with plenty of room and a big shower room and separate toilet. It is all a little tired with the grout between the tiles missing in places, dirt on the skirting boards, the paint could do with an update and some of the towels were stained and frayed but it was clean and had everything you needed including free toiletries. the towels were replaced daily and room was kept well by housekeeping who were very attenuative and helpful. The grounds were impeccable, there were gardeners and maintenance staff out everyday tending to the grass, painting the floors, cleaning the footpaths and trimming the trees. If that amount of attention was paid to the rooms it would be 5*! The restaurants were great, we found the main buffet restaurant a little repetitive with its food, but there was always lots to choose from, almost too much that didn't really make a meal at times! The a la carte restaurants were amazing to break it all up, in the 11 nights we were allowed 5 visits to the different restaurants. The Indian was my favourite... but they were all lovely. The staff are AMAZING, so polite and helpful, great with the kids and really make the hotel a great place to stay. Drinks were ok, no measures so sometimes too strong and some times didn't really taste of anything, lots of choice including iced coffees and plenty of cocktails! The snack bars were ok, but we just found them too hot to eat in through the day so just stuck with the main restaurant. shame they didn't do ice cream longer through the day, it in the furthest bar by the children's pool 11am-1pm and is real ice cream, the buffet only served sorbet. The pools were great, plenty of room and loads of activities for all ages with shallow areas and seats in the water for the pool bar. The bottom of the pool was becoming quite dirty by the end of our stay, not sure how often they give it a clean! the Life guards we very whistle happy, but really good fun. The slides were a great addition to the pool too. Sun beds are comfy and easy to move about to get some shade from the 42 degree heat in July! You do need to get up earlyish (8am) to reserve a bed, but there are loads to choose and if your not luck enough to get by the pool then there are loads of bed by the quiet pool and on the beach. The beach has a bar and bed, with hummocks and big swing beds, the jetty was lovey to walk along to see all the fish and you could go for a dip right at the end with a life guard there for safety. The entertainment was really good, the 'Purples' are so great, lots of kids clubs, quizzes and bongo bingo (my fav!) the main pool entertainment is on through most of the early part of the day, with music on until the main pool bar closes at half 5. the evening entertainment was also great with the HV Purples putting on show in the main hall each night, then out on the bar area there were often singers and sport on the TV. You can rent the pool table downstairs in the sports bar for £2 for an hour! We used the Aqua park across the road twice during our stay, it's small and a little dated, but lots of fun for an hour or two. Wear shoes to walk around and leave them near the slides, the wooden bridges are boiling! Be warned about the on-site shops, they are rip offs! There are a few shops up near the hotel entrance they are much cheaper, but always ask for a price first as we did get ripped of a few times as we are rubbish at haggling! Money, you don't need to change any money, they take English pounds and prefer this. We took Euros and Dollars, they took them but got the impression they preferred English. Use falcon across the road for your trips, much cheaper than booking through TUI. We went on the submarine trip, it was good, but they make you wait in a market square at Namma bay for 20 mins before trying to selling you everything under the sun, just be polite and say thank you but no if its not your thing! I'd recommend the submarine as it was great to see the corals.

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