Rooms: 483 rooms inc 1 royal suite, 15 senior suites and 2 junior suites
Room facilities: Air conditioning or heating, terrace or balcony, safe, mini-bar, direct dial telephone, bathroom with shower and hairdryer. Wheelchair accessible rooms available.
Location: 45km south of Marsa Alam airport
and 17km north of the town of Marsa Alam.
Facilities: Health spa, gym, massage, sunbathing sauna, parasols, snack /pool bar, sun loungers, children's pool, swimming pool (heated in winter), children's playground, medical service, room dervice, overnight laundry , cafe, shops, bars, 24h reception and check-in, internet, mobile phone network, restaurant (s) - high chairs, restaurant smoking area and non-smoking area, TV room, game room, conference room, theatre, disco, money exchange, two tennis courts, table tennis, horse and camel riding, mini golf, baby sitting services, daily animation programme.
It's quick and easy to book a room at Brayka Bay Resort by phoning Steven on +201284332337 or by emailing steven@marsaalam.com - You don't need to pay a deposit as payment can be made on arrival.
Reviews:
On HolidayCheck.com, as of October 2012, Brayka Bay had achieved an excellent average of 4.8 out of 6.0 stars (but down slightly from 4.9 in May) with the best scores for service at 5.1 and rooms at 5.0 and the worst for gastronomy at 4.7 and location at 4.6.
On TripAdvisor, as of October 2012, it was ranked 21st out of 69 hotels with approximately 75 per cent of reviewers ( 346 out of 460 ) rating it either "very good" or "excellent" and less than 12 per cent ( 54 out of 460 ) rating it either "poor" or "terrible".
Guest reviews on Trip Advisor, Holiday Check and Holiday Watchdog have been generally positive -
ON THE BEACH
"La spiaggia non e molto grande, sopratutto considerando la capienza della struttura, ma uno dei pochi che ha l'accesso diretto in mare dalla spiaggia." Translation - The beach is not very big, especially considering the capacity of the hotel, but it is one of only a few ( in Marsa Alam ) which has direct access from the beach into the sea.
( Trip Advisor 8 February 2012 )
"Beach is a horse shoe shape, walk in routes through the coral so no need for a boat or pontoons which.....is a godsend. Beach is a mixture of gravel (man made) and powder white sand. More than enough beds and brollies."
( Trip Advisor 26 August 2011 )
ON THE SEA
"The reef is excellent, easy to reach and even our younger children were able to snorkell safely in the bay. Actually, the reef continues along the entire shore and a good swimmer can go out of the bay to the "open" sea."
( Trip Advisor 14 April 2012 )
"The range of fish that can be seen in even the shallowest of waters is amazing. Each time we snorkelled we saw fish we had not seen previously: the varieties are absolutely amazing. Our main reason for holidaying in Egypt is for the snorkelling and we were very pleased with this aspect of the Brakya Bay."
( Trip Advisor 8 February 2012 )
"Even with the January temperatures you could spend a long time snorkelling"
( Holiday Check February 2012 )
"We regularly saw turtles which were so friendly and wonderful to watch. We were also lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to engage with a very friendly dolphin. The sheer number and size of some species is remarkable i.e lion fish, surgeon fish andand unicorn fish. What a sight!! ......You must must must get your mask and snorkel on and take a look at the best sights and colours beneath you in the sea."
( Trip Advisor 27 January 2012 )
"The reef is fantastic. I have never seen anything like it. I am not a strong swimmer and do not like to be out of my depth so have never really bothered to snorkle before. Coming to this hotel has totally changed me, I saw most at waist depth. We got to see Sting Rays, Bottlenose Dolphins, Giant Turtles, Puffa Fish etc etc I couldn't name even half."
( Trip Advisor 21 June 2011 )
ON THE POOL
"The swimming pool has its own bar, where you can sit in the water. They serve free towels for the sun beds. Only there are not enough sun beds around the swimming pool. And before 8 o’clock every sun bed is taken. The beach has more than sufficient sun beds available."
( Trip Advisor 15 August 2011 )
"The pool was also very clean, nice depth and size, there was actually a man by the pool that took care of it, even mopping up when drinks were spilt, he was brilliant for that, he done a good job."
( Trip Advisor 21 June 2011 )
ON THE STAFF
"Le personnel est très sympathique, des hommes de ménage aux serveurs en passant par la réception. Vous n'aurez que des sourires." Translation - The staff are very nice, from the men of the housekeeping to the waiters to the receptionists. You only get smiles.
( Trip Advisor 1 May 2012 )
"The Resort had a “guest relation service “, which took care of the guests. The beds were hard, so asked for an extra mattress. Within an hour it was fixed."
( Trip Advisor 19 February 2012 )
"Tireless, friendly, clean, fast - there was nothing to moan about. And if you speak English you can get along well. There are even some who speak a little German."
( Holiday Check February 2012 )
"The staff were wonderfully friendly and helpful at all times and being disabled they couldn't do enough to help."
( Trip Advisor 27 January 2012 )
"the most friendly and helpful staff we have come across in Egypt (reception, restaurant, gardeners, housekeeping - you name it, they were great)."
( Trip Advisor 21 November 2011 )
"The hotel staff are very polite and courteous and clean up very efficiently and have amazing strength in how many plates they can carry on a tray!!"
( Trip Advisor 17 September 2011 )
"Staff - always helpful, polite and worked very hard to please. "
( Trip Advisor 15 August 2011 )
"The staff were polite and helpful especially Amir at the Beach Bar and Mohammed who books the Taxi's they did all they could to make sure we had the best holiday we could and couldn't do enough to make you feel welcome."
( Trip Advisor 21 June 2011 )
ON THE FOOD
" The restaurant very nice and clean, and we're in Egypt, the food is very good, wide choice of first, second and especially sweet ... very good! For those who want the carbonara pizza or lasagne or my Italian advice "just stand at home," No you can not expect the Italian cuisine abroad."
( TripAdvisor.com koalino 27 August 2012 )
"The breakfast was very good: fresh sweet pastries, the bread however always from the night before, fresh fruits, warm dishes, a chef prepared all kinds of omelets, Rindfleischwurst, hard cheese and Feta of all types."
( HolidayCheck.com February 2012 )
"We were here on a diving holiday and Extra Divers were superb - huge variety, really well organised and again really amazing staff. If you get tired of the buffet (food is standard AI fayre) then there is a good Italian restaurant on site where you can buy dinner at very reasonable rate and still have all the AI"
( Trip Advisor 21 November 2011 )
"The food is AMAZING massive selection and the salad bar is staggering I totally recommend the yoghurt dressing!! The BBQ is awesome and freshly made pasta on demand the soups are delicious and if you like bread and cakes you wont be dissapointed.My waist line has suffered!!"
( Trip Advisor 17 September 2011 )
"Big choice of European food. The salad bar is delicious and very varied. The bread is really yummy. My only complaint is that they over fed us and it was hard to stop yourself overindulging."
( Trip Advisor 15 September 2011 )
"Food was fab - an extensive menu at each meal and beauifully presented."
( Trip Advisor 15 August 2011 )
"Each meal had a wonderful variety the soups were all home made and my favourite was the Mushroom soup , it was very filling and tasty. The selection of salad items was staggering as was also the main courses , this isnt even mentioning the nightly BBQ."
( Trip Advisor 24 June 2011 )
"The food was very tasty, considering you hear all these stories about people getting ill in Egypt. Even I was sceptical when we booked. I am so happy to say I was worrying for nothing. It was lovely food. The fish was always good at Brayka and the BBQ night was one of my favourite things about this hotel."
( Trip Advisor 21 June 2011 )
ON THE ROOMS
"The location of our superior room was excellent, close to the swimming pool and overlooking the bay. Excellent cleaning, air conditioning OK and for the first time a silent fridge, replenished daily with bottled water. Only the furniture was a little aged."
( TripAdvisor.com Francesca 31 August 2012 )
"The rooms in Brayka Bay (there is now a new part of the hotel opened, named Brayka Royal) need restoration, but they are clean, the guy comes every day, exchanges the towels and cleans quite properly. The air conditioning was efficient."
( TripAdvisor.com Katarzyna 7 August 2012 )
"The room had all the usual facilities: TV, AC, minibar fridge and a HUGE bed. Everything was super clean and towels were change 3 times in one week.... - all rooms are facing the sea, even those that are far from the beach."
( TripAdvisor.com Katizza 8 July 2012 )
"Our rooms were all quite large - about 26 square metres. You had enough space in the room and a very large balcony. In the bathroom there was also lots of space. The rooms were not newly decorated, but they were always clean and the furniture reasonable."
( HolidayCheck.com Hannelore June 2012 )
"Huge, comfortable, with a terrace, TV, safe and air conditioning ( but only for colling ). Very clean. The cleaning of the rooms is daily and thorough - once again thanks to our roomboy Ahmed !"
( HolidayCheck.com February 2012 )
"The rooms are large and spotless with really big bathrooms. We had a ground floor room with stunning views of the immaculate gardens leading to the beach."
( Trip Advisor 15 September 2011 )
"The rooms are more than satisfying in size. The balcony is large. The bathroom is nice. The air-conditioning was superb. Only the beds are quite hard, which was not a problem to us as we rather like a hard bed rather than a soft one were the sides close you in when you lay down. The refrigerator is rather small and we could only fit in the free bottles with water by laying them down. This meant they would roll out after opening the door. We had a small problem with the safe and the remote control of one of the TV’s, but maintenance very quickly took care of that in a professional and polite way."
( Trip Advisor 15 August 2011 )
"Every day coming back to my room there would be a beautiful creation of some kind on the bed, swans, aligators, flowers, cobra's, love hearts it really does bring a smile to your face."
( Trip Advisor 21 June 2011 )
ON THE GARDENS
" the gardens where well kept and had a lot of flowers. It didn't feel like being in the desert."
( TripAdvisor.com Katizza 8 July 2012 )
"The garden is beautifully laid out, and the gardeners were always at work the whole day - even in the heat."
( HolidayCheck.com Hannelore June 2012 )
"The grounds and gardens are beautiful (providing employment for many!), and there was plenty of bird life around when we were there."
( Trip Advisor 21 April 2012 )
"Inside the Resort area it was a garden with green lawn, flowers and palms trees. It was very nice."
( Trip Advisor 19 February 2012 )
"The resort is very green. We wondered how they were able to keep green grass in the resort in the middle of the desert. But a small army of workers is looking after that."
( Trip Advisor 15 August 2011 )
"The flowers and lawns were exellent, there was always somebody watering and tending the gardens."
( Trip Advisor 22 May 2011 )
ON HORSE RIDING EXCURSIONS
"Many Thanks to Ali and Mohammed for organising the fantastic horse riding they organised for us,I have horses and they are very well looked after and very loved by Ibrihim their owner and the boys who look after them."
( Trip Advisor 17 September 2011 )
ON THE HEALTH CLUB
"Spa was great ! We had several massages and we really felt relaxed."
( Holiday Check December 2011 )
"Go to the Spa. I had facials and a Cleapatra scrub and massage ..fantastic experience."
( Trip Advisor 17 September 2011 )
"The staff from the "wellness centre" do come and tout for business on the beach which is mildly irritating. We booked a massage, which then turned into two massages, but actually you can negotiate quite a good deal (and the massages were nice!). Didn't use the gym, but it looked spacious and well-equipped."
( Holiday Watchdog April 2012 )
OVERALL
"You cant really go wrong if you pick Brayka Bay, is hot, peaceful, eat and drink as much as, the beach is good the reef is OK, rooms clean and large, airport transfers good. The only downside is they lack imagination in the food department."
( Trip Advisor 26 August 2011 )
"All in all, we were most impressed with Brayka Bay and would love to return."
( Trip Advisor 15 August 2011 )
"I loved this place, so much so I am already looking at dates for August!"
( Trip Advisor 21 June 2011 )
"Great place to stay if you want to relax, also good for young children with small pool and play areas."
( Trip Advisor 22 May 2011 )
It's quick and easy to book a room at Brayka Bay Resort by phoning Steven on +201284332337 or by emailing steven@marsaalam.com - You don't need to pay a deposit as payment can be made on arrival.
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Brayka Bay Photos
Brayka Bay Beach
Comfortable well furnished rooms.
Rooms have balconies with sea views.
Hotel has an impressively elegant reception.
Brayka Bay Swimming Pool
Another Pool View
And Yet Another - Very Nice Though.
Main Restaurant
Video tour around the hotel, pool and beach
Youtube - May 2010 - 2.37min - over 11,000 views
Amateur but realistic video tour inc room & pool
Youtube - May 09 - 1.25 min - over 10,000 views
Diving at Brayka Bay's house reef
Youtube - Feb 2007 - 10 min - over 27,000 views
The reception desk
Another room view with sculptured towels !
And another with swans in loving embrace !
Another beach view
And another.
Restaurant staff on barbecue night
Hotel has vast expanse of gardens
An aerial view of the hotel gardens
The pool bar
Sunrise over Brayka Bay
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