The Continental Sharm Hotel, previously Intercontinental Garden Reef Resort, is a magnificent resort leaving nothing to be desired. Built in Andalusian and Moorish architectural style, the resort offers spectacular views of the Red Sea and the renowned Sinai mountains, and is located one of the best diving and snorkelling areas in the world.
The Continental Sharm Hotel features a wide range of restaurants and bars to meet the most demanding tastes. The Olive Tree restaurant offers a choice of international themed buffets. The Los Amigos restaurant and fun pub oriental serves mouth-watering Mexican and South American specialities. Al Hamra restaurant and bar is a Casablanca-style piano bar, serving Lebanese cuisine.
Guests will receive a check for any food & beverage consumption, which must be signed. Please note that all kind of orders cannot be taken away, otherwise guests will be charged. Offering food & beverage items to other guests is not permitted.
The AI programme consists of breakfast (07:00-10:00), lunch (13:00-15:00) and dinner (19:00-22:00), all buffet style, served in the Olive Tree restaurant. During meals soft drinks, spirits, juices and hot drinks are offered plus bottled water and wine & beer by the glass during lunch & dinner only. Also at the disposal of the AI guests once per stay and with prior reservation are two specialty restaurants; Food Court (with live cooking), El Hamra Lebanese Moroccan (set menu, 19:30-22:30). Snacks such as Danish, croissants, cakes, sweets along with juices, coffee, tea, mineral water, wine by the glass and beer are available between 11:00 & 12:30 at the Horizon pool bar as well as tea & coffee time with cakes and sweets from 15:30-18:00. Locally produced alcoholic & non-alcoholic drinks like canned juices, soft drinks, mineral water, wine by the glass, beer, spirits, etc (most by the glass) are served from 10:30-22:30 at the Horizon pool bar, the Laguna bar, the Satellite beach bar and the Los Amigos Pub - according to each outlet’s opening hours & menu.
Leisure facilities at the hotel include gym, animation activities and weekly show programmes.
Room service is available 24 hours a day. A shopping arcade, beauty salon and 24-hour concierge services are also available. The resort provides a complimentary shuttle service to attraction centres.
An exclusive and private 350-metre beach with direct access to the famous near, middle garden snorkeling sites, two free-form swimming pools and lagoons, one is heated during the winter season, two childrens pools with one temperature-controlled, relaxation centre featuring steam bath, sauna, jacuzzi and massage centre, cardiovascular centre fully equipped, offering aerobics and dancing, multi-purpose court for volleyball, basketball, handball and mini football, two floodlit tennis courts, two squash courts, billiards, kids club with outdoor and indoor activities and playgrounds, internationally operated diving centre leased and full range of water sports activities.
Our first time in Egypt. It was fantastic, the hotel. We were a bit apprehensive though, but our friends had recommended it to us. The rooms and all hotel buildings were very clean and spacious. The food was very varied and fresh, although we did find ourselves eager for a meal in Naama Bay by the end of the week. Without doubt the hotels best feature was the staff, which were extremely friendly and courteous. Recommend the snorkelling off the house reef (2 moray eels spotted), and the shisha pipes in the Lebaneese Restaurant. The rooms where large and spacious and we were lucky enough to get a room with a sea view, which was fantastic! We’ve actually booked again for this winter with our friends!! A great resort with lots going on of an evening as well!!
·My ratings for this hotel o Value (4out of 5) o Rooms (4 out of 5) o Location (4 out of 5) o Cleanliness (4 out of 5) o Service (5 out of 5)
Impressive 4* Hotel. Too many Russian clients, variety should be a spice in life. Food basic and not varies. Typically Egyptian décor. Large clean and tidy property. Staff very helpful. Do not believe all the reviews, well worth a visit.
I stayed there 3 times in 2006 and it was nice, didn’t check before going this time and it’s become bad, bad bad! It became a low class all inclusive, big staff cut down and those who were replaced are not trained, chaos in the restaurant, there’s no more tablecloths, no free or set table, couldn’t go near the buffet, they give big discount about 40 pc to groups and the individual traveller is just lost in the crowd, the French manager isn’t there anymore, it all changed and definitely not for the better, the rooms aren’t that clean now and the cleaners only come once every 2 days. I checked out quickly and really think twice about going there even if the beach is lovely.
My ratings for this hotel
o Value ( 3out of 5)
o Rooms (3 out of 5)
o Location ( 3 out of 5)
o Cleanliness (2out of 5)
o Service (2 out of 5)
We have returned from our fourth visit to this hotel just three days ago. As a regular guest at this hotel, you can say it is fair for me to have certain expectations from the resort. The last time we’ve been to this hotel it was called the Intercontinental Sharm, and this time the Inter was dropped and it is now known simply as the Continental Sharm. The differences were apparent in management and overall quality. I suppose you can only tell the real difference if you have travelled to the hotel prior. I still couldn’t complain. The food and drinks were good and the hotel is anything but shabby. However, my wife and I may opt for a different hotel the next time we visit Egypt.
Value: 3/5
Cleanliness: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Rooms: 5/5
Location: 5/5
