Having stayed previously in El Gouna in the Movenpick and a villa in West Golf, we fancied another change of venue. We have previously holidayed with Family or Friends in El Gouna, but just the Wife & I travelled this time and wanted something more low key and chose South Marina. After exchanging e-mails with the owner Marjatta, we plumped for 3-02 and made the right choice. We like out of season holidays in Egypt and have been fortunate to visit some lovely places, but El Gouna remains our favourite. This house is very well appointed, large airy rooms, TV with live premier league football on a loop, dishwasher, w/machine etc. One bedroom downstairs, which is en-suite and 2 further double bedrooms upstairs (including the master) which share a bathroom. The master bed has a very nice private terrace, with good comfortable furniture and is ideal for evening drinks and putting out the clothes dryer to avoid another flight of stairs to the roof. The downstairs terrace isn`t the largest and if the house was full, you would struggle to seat everyone . Lots of sunbeds and bed pads provided for the pool area, which are very comfortable. The pool was virtually deserted every day during our day, which was good news. The pool is a bit fresh in March, particularly when you are swimming earlier in the day, but each day topped 30c when we visited so this wasn`t an issue when we needed to cool down. The area around the pool isn`t the best planned and if you want a spot in the sun all day long, these spaces will be hard to come down if it ever reaches capacity.Marjatta uses a local guy to manage the property named Jonah (who owns Trends jewellery store opposite Eibad supermarket in downtown) who is a genuinely nice guy, who will give you as much or as little advice as is needed. Airport transfers were arranged with Marjatta and Jonah was at the end of each one to sort payments etc. The house is well placed between Downtown & Abu Tig, both of which are walkable but we use our regular Tok Tok man who picks us up at the end of the driveway entrance to the complex. One tip, when you are calling for Drinks or a Tok Tok to be delivered to the house, we found that stating you are staying at “South Marina – Villa 3 house zero 2” worked every time. Great house in a very good location owned and managed by lovely people, highly recommended!

We have been to El Gouna twice before and stayed on South Marina,but this was by far the best equiped property we have stayed in.
Very spacious and well appointed,with a lovely pool which was ours for two weeks as we didnt see anyone else using it during the day which made the children happy.The house has a four poster bed which is massive,also a very large double and two singles.The boys were happy as the TV had premier league live games on,and endless re runs of games played,also films were in English.We were well looked after by Jonah the agent who went out of his way to be of service.
EL Gouna is such a little gem,with wonderful places to eat and drink,such lovely little shops wher you can find real bargains,the people are so nice and friendly .Getting around is cheap and easy via the tok toks which are great fun and very cheap.Just hope we can return next year.Wonderful..........

Great accommodation, plenty of space and excellent position for both Downtown and Marina.
A very well appointed property, with easy access to a great swimming pool.
No problems communicating with the owner regarding the booking.

Really nice place, the owners were awesome, great communication prior to our arrival, the met us at the property and gave us the keys and gave us a run-down of the town. They take a security deposit in cash which was refunded no problem at the end. The apartment is nice and you can self-cater if you want - there is a supermarket about 10 minutes’ walk away. All bedrooms were comfortable, with the master bedroom especially nice with its four poster bed and terrace.

The kitchen is nicely appointed and the living room a good size, though they could have done with leaving some DVDs to watch, but there is also a TV with a number of channels. Sadly no wi-fi either which would have made the property even better. It was recommended that we should buy a dongle but obviously this is no good for browsing on an internet enabled phone.

The property also has a pool that is shared by about six other houses in a private compound. At the time we went there was only ever one or two other people (if that) around the pool with us.

The price is exceptional for a week, especially when you divide by full occupancy, and even when you split the cost by two like us. It works out to a much cheaper holiday then paying for a hotel.

There are loads of tuk tuks going around, which are fixed price and very cheap so no need to think you'll get stung or have to haggle on the price. They are very convenient for getting around the town if you don’t fancy like walking. The town is also very safe, you can walk around at any time of day or night with no bother, no hassling or any issues. This is highly recommended for families, or people that just want to relax on their Red Sea holiday.

There are also many diving clubs if you like that kind of thing, the reefs are in the most are good and occasionally you might get the chance to visit some of the further out wrecks. In the town centre they have a massive square with restaurants, shops and entertainment shows are put on every couple of nights. There are also tour shops which will take you out to the desert. The Bedouin tour is pretty kitsch but fun as well, they feed you, give you tea and shisha and put a dance show on but the star gazing after is very cool and they bring a telescope out to check out the moon. For more restaurants and nightclubs Hurghada is not too far away in a taxi.

Highly recommended and we look forward to going back soon!

We just came back from a lovely 2 weeks in El Gouna. The House is even better then shown on the pictures and all the booking procedures were dealt with top-class efficiency (Thank you, Marjatta – 5 star service!).

Large rooms, perfect air conditioning settings and all we needed for our stay. The bedrooms are lovely; we had a few dinners on the patio, overlooking the pool.
The house phone for local calls is a great luxury, tuk-tuks can be ordered at any time, all restaurant do home deliveries too.
I can definitely recommend this for families or couples, all amenities close buy and definitely a touch of luxury in this beautiful house décor!

Extremely clean and well maintained, perfect location.

We divined with TGI, a short walk away – turtles and dolphins in nearly every dive.