Between Hilton and Conrad, there are 15 total properties in Egypt. I did a search on many possible words associated w/the resorts below and only came up w/a review of the Hilton Nile.
Being a scuba diver I'm interested in many of these properties as many are on the Red Sea.
Have any FT'ers been to any of the other Hiltons in Egypt?
Hilton Pyramids Golf Resort
Luxor Hilton
Ramses Hilton
Nile Hilton
Hilton Borg El Arab Resort
Hilton Taba Resort
Hilton Sharm Waterfalls Resort
Hilton Sharm El Sheikh Fayrouz Resort
Hilton Sharm Dreams Resort
Hilton Nuweiba Coral Resort
Hilton Hurghada Plaza
Hilton Dahab
Conrad Sharm El Sheikh Resort
Conrad Hurghada Resort
Conrad Cairo
Sweet Willie
Apr 1, 02, 1:41 pm
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Sweet Willie
Apr 29, 02, 9:56 pm
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naxos
May 1, 02, 8:52 am
Sweet Willie I have been to the Hilton Taba- January 2001. I am a diver/snorkeler and was travelling solo on this trip- and snorkeled only- I added some new to me-coral and fish species to my lsit. I suspect that the diving is better in the more remote areas of the Red Sea-
The hotel was ok- in need of some renovation- carpet in the rooms somewhat worn. Breakfast large and ok and rooms with breakfast very cheap- I was upgraded to a room with a sea view- and ate several meals on site. Food was adequate and inexpensive- especially the Middle Eastern cuisine.
Sweet Willie
Nov 6, 02, 8:37 pm
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Jailer
Nov 7, 02, 12:46 am
Willie, no answers, only questions. I'm thinking of taking my Egypt-manic 12 year old daughter in Spring 2004. Wondering if the Hilton Egypt vacation award is worth it, or maybe just better to pull together an itin. picking hotels. Besides the obvious attractions, I'd like to do some scuba diving.
I stayed at the Luxor Hilton a couple of years back. Decent hotel located on the Nile but out of town. Rooms were relatively basic but we got fruit, breakfast, and good service so we didn’t mind too much.
One thing to note is that the hotel is a bit out of town and doesn’t attract too many taxis, etc. You will definitely need to go into town to see the sites or eat as there is nothing around the hotel. There is a bus which runs into town but its not very frequent if memory serves correctly. We walked into town once during the day and while it is possible, it is long and warm walk. For the most part we used the horse drawn carriages with the bargained down cost at around four dollars (Three dollars for the agreed fare and one dollar tip, baksheesh, for the horse, etc.)
Overall, quite and good value for the dollar. With a pool, being on the water, a free breakfast, and transportation by horse draw carriage, it made for a decent stay.
Canista
May 4, 03, 11:34 am
Any update?
I’m specifically interested by the Conrad properties.
Thanks!
ironmanjay
May 6, 03, 11:50 am
We stayed at the Nile Hilton - great exec lounge and good hotel location right in front of the Nile. Execellent service - has to be one of the better Hiltons I have stayed at.
Luxor Hilton - no exec lounge, a little out of town but couldnt pass on the $60 a night rate!
Markie
May 6, 03, 11:26 pm
I stayed at the Conrad Cairo about 5 weeks ago - en route to collect my OneWorld RTW ticket.
I used the meet and greet service at the airport and the car to the hotel. The chap at the airport is superb - help, friendly and right where they said he would be. He took my through immigration and customs right to the car.
The hotel is nice - booked an Exec Room and had a nice view of the Nile. The hotel is a bit noisy as it is on the main road along the Nile, but I managed to sleep.
Nice bed and room furnishings and an excellent bathroom.
Exec lounge was helpful and I had a good breakfast there.
Location is OK - although even the car driver from the hotel who took me to the airport tried the 'perfume shop' trick, but I am aware of how to handle this now!
10 minutes to the Museum is great.
Jeeves
May 6, 03, 11:43 pm
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Location is OK - although even the car driver from the hotel who took me to the airport tried the 'perfume shop' trick, but I am aware of how to handle this now!
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You got me interested. What's the perfume shop trick?
Markie
May 8, 03, 11:49 pm
The cab driver tells you about his friend who has perfume shop which offers really good prices - and would you like to visit. They can relentless pressue to agree.
If you agree they take you somewhere where you are HEAVILY pressurised to buy something.
Once, I was thrown out of a cab when I would not agree to go!
haricharan
May 9, 03, 7:35 am
Stayed at the Ramses Hilton last February.
Good executive floor/lounge. Great service/staff. Newer than the Nile Hilton. Not far from everything by taxi. I also had a great rate of $76 including taxes.
hsi.chang
May 9, 03, 8:19 am
Well, I "visited" the Hilton Sharm El Sheikh Fayrouz Resort in 1990. By visited, I mean I went on the property to see their on-site doctor as I was sick as a dog from Chloroquine (sp?, anti-malarial at the time) overdose. From what I groggly remember, it was a nice property.
I was told that if you wanted to dive/snorkle in the Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikh was to place to go. My travelmates went on a very nice snorkle trip while I laid in bed half-dead.
tvl4free
Apr 19, 04, 7:59 pm
Re:
Conrad Sharm El Sheikh Resort
Conrad Hurghada Resort
Anything new regarding these properties? Especially interested in the Hurghada... Is there any other CONRAD that's a Category 1?
Sweet Willie
Aug 19, 04, 7:14 pm
I'm thinking of taking my Egypt-manic 12 year old daughter in Spring 2004.
Jailer did you go to Egypt?
JDiver
Aug 19, 04, 8:59 pm
Hilton Sharm Waterfalls Resort was my stop when I was diving here. Nice upgrades, great buffet breakfast, very nice attentive service, free shuttles into Sharm. (They have their own dive op, but I have no idea how good they are - they seemed to be giving resort courses primarily.) We also had a good price. Mind you., it's still Egypt - when the lights failed for a couple of hours, it was a panic, with nobody giving a straight answer (low tolerance for directness is typical in Egypt.) The only poor service we ever had was from the cook at the egg station in the mornings - we used to joke that his name was appropriate, being it was "Osama". :D
As for the diving, it was nice and fishy, great currents, some nice wrecks - but WAY too crowded! The idea of 20 boats dropping and retrieving sticks of divers into big currents is too close to diver sushi. Anchoring overnight near the Thistlegorm, we had a super dive - until toward the end, it got "kind of" crowded - when we surfaced, 16 boats, which is perhaps fewer than usuall! 300+ divers on one wreck - 'way too many!
Safety is basically more a hope than a reality on many boats - ask Mohammed Nitrox (what he called himself, as there were also Mohammed Kodak and two others with the same first name,) why he is smoking while partial pressure blending with 02 and he will say "Inshallah" - it is God's will (if the boat blows or not.) One boat I was on the cook was making fresh pasta on a roaring open fire on the saloon cubby stove - directly under the coaming, upon which sat a huge and unrestrained oxygen tank! The salon is also where the radio resided - just the best place for a fire to break out.
PM me if you want to talk diving - I've got 48 years in, MSD, Rescue, wreck, etc. and have traveled to many great dive spots in the world. Vanuatu would be one recommendation over the Red Sea... but there are many others, unless you live in Europe - then it's too close to miss!
gnedge
Aug 20, 04, 7:24 pm
I stayed at the Nile Hilton back in 2001 - great hotel, great views on the river side.