We stayed in the hotel with lagoon view. Full occupancy and people are everywhere. If you enjoy activities like surfing, snorkling, swimming, driking, the place is for you and it adds to the enjoyment if you are in a group or more than one family. The amazing part is to manage such a place with all the facilities as everything... more

Stayed with Gate1 trip in June 2009. Overall, it was average. The food IMO wasn't as bad as people have made it seem. It was lukewarm and there wasn't a ton of variety, but there was enough that you didn't starve and they always had staples like pasta and chicken. If you're only there a few days, that's good enough,... more

We stayed here for 2 nights during a 12 day tour of Egypt with Gate 1 Travel. The premises were fairly well kept, pool was large and clean, but VERY cold. Did not really go out to the beach area. Our room was standard, by North American standards I would say a "budget quality" room. One thing that I had... more

Great food, a bit repetitive, but you are not moving in, are you!? Good beach, always plenty of spaces, beautiful corals with all the colourfull fish 20m away from the beach. Still, I wouldn't go there with little children. There is a lagoon for the winter months, away from the wind, but don't stay there in the summer, it's really... more

This hotel is very nice, it's very large and at the moment only 33% full, mostly with Russians! The rooms are quite large and comfortable. They are cleaned daily and fresh towels changed daily. I was advised to tip little and often as to keep in with the cleaner, which I did, every three days. After leaving a second tip... more

We arrived at the Desert Rose after the hotel we were supposed to stay in was overbooked - we were told we had been upgraded to a 5 Star, which the Desert Rose is most certainly not!! Check in was quick, if not a little abrupt, but the cases arrived at the room quickly and were delivered with a smile.... more

The Desert Rose is a fairly good resort with good rooms and a wonderful pool. It also has a manmade lagoon where beginers can learn water sports like wind surfing, snorkling etc. The service was slightly less than what one can expect in a resort of this kind. But a good getaway. more

We returned from the Desert Rose on Saturday. It classed as a 5 star but it is definitely not a 5 star resort and all inclusive is definitely not all inclusive. Check-in/out was fast but when we arrived we didn´t get bracelets. So we had to go back to the reception. They just forgot to give the bracelets to us.... more

We just returned from our 12 day Gate 1 tour of Egypt with Red Sea. This is the hotel that you stay at when you travel to the Red Sea area. The hotel is gigantic. It has 3 enormous pools. The walk from your room to the beach area is quite a distance. The hotel itself is very nice. We... more