I have recently retuned from are second trip to Sharm this time we stayed 2 weeks at the Renaissance, the last time 4 years ago we stayed at the Radisson SAS. I travelled with my husband are 2 daughters one 4 years and the other 7 months and both mine and my husbands parents. The hotel is lovely and at first glance every thing looks of very high standard, but once you have had a good look around there are a few cracks that need some sorting out for it to be of 5 star standard, like the pathways which are very worn in places and the bedrooms which are very comfortable but could do with a bit of a make over (leaking shower and furniture a little tired but this did not spoil the holiday and for the money we paid we were not expecting 5 star.
We stayed in 1 family room which was very large with a nice sea view and 2 sea view double rooms of a good size. I preferred the rooms at the RGV to SAS but preferred the location of our room at SAS as we had a marine club room on the beach next to the pool. Are room at RGV was near to top of the hotel and we had quite a walk to the beach, this did make are room very quite which was nice. Are room number was 1510.
The grounds of the hotel are lovely and very large all on different levels with fabulous views out to sea, this does make it quite difficult to push a buggy around as there are steps every were, you can fined ramps at either end of the hotel, we used them a lot going down to the beach but found it quite hard pushing the buggy back up the hill so carried the buggy back up the steps. I did preferred the layout at the SAS as the hotel was all on one level and made it a lot easier to get about with a buggy.
The service at the Renaissance was mostly very good, but not of 5 stars, more 4 and some times 3 stars. Overall it was fine.
We ate in all the restaurants in the hotel, manly in the Mexican and Italian which were very nice, a few times in Zinzina’s and once in the buffet which was quite nice but not worth the £18 each, it was just as cheap to eat in the other restaurants with much nicer food. At the buffet they did not charge for our daughter’s meal which was nice. They really love children in Egypt and make them feel very welcome. We also ordered room service a few times for lunch and dinner and every time the food arrived very quickly. The only thing we did miss this time was a fish restaurant; at SAS they had a beach grill serving fresh fish priced by weight.
At breakfast there was a good choice to choose from, much better than the SAS.
Now to the best part of the holiday, the reef was fantastic from the hotel beach, we saw loads of different fish small and large and even saw dolphins swim past one day while on the beach. The reef off of the jetty is very beautiful but unfortunately will not be around for much longer if the tourists keep standing on it, every day I saw someone or a group of people standing on the coral by the jetty. When the staff were there they did tell them off but no one seemed to listen to them, I feel the hotel should be trying harder to stop people touching the reef as once this has gone so will the tourists.
The reef was much nicer here than at the SAS. We also went on a day trip to Ras Mohammed with the hotel dive shop which was very well organised, but found the snorkelling better from the hotel, also you do not need a visa to visit Ras Mohammed by boat.
We had a fantastic family holiday and can’t wait to return to Sharm again very soon.














