Rooms: 220

Room facilities: The usual - in other words each has a balcony or terrace "facing the sea" ( presumably meaning a sea view), a sitting area and a bathroom with a bath tub and separate toilet cubicle.   As you'd expect there's also air conditioning, satellite television, a mini-bar, a safe and a hair dryer.  However each room  is at least a little different as each has a set of original paintings portraying traditional themes from the Sahara.

Location: currently the southernmost hotel of any size on Egypt's Red Sea coast near the small town of Berenice and 123km south of Marsa Alam. It's a 2.5 hour drive (185km) south of Marsa Alam airport.

Hotel Facilities: suprisingly for a hotel of its' size, there are three restaurants.  As usual there's a separate children's pool and play area and a games room (for all ages) as well as billiards on offer, but less usual for this area there's also a library with a collection of books in different languages for anyone seeking a quiet refuge.  A windsurfing centre is located just to the south of the resort where there is a wide range of equipment available and instruction offered for beginners.   Divers will be happy too as several first class dive sites and popular shipwrecks lie a short boat journey away off shore.  There is also a diving centre to give advice, offer trips and also internationally recognised courses (PADI and CMAS).  

Telephone: + 20 22 7537100 or + 20 22 7537200

Fax: + 20 22 7537300

Email: contact@lahamibay.com (info) or reservations@lahamibay.com (booking)

Guest Reviews: Generally favourable with the hotel attaining a TripAdvisor ranking in February 2009 of 17th out of 57 hotels based on seven reviews.   At the same time there was only one review on HolidayCheck.com giving the hotel a rather mediocre rating of 6 out of 10. 

On the Food:

"We were on half board. Breakfasts were excellent, with an egg chef on hand and lots of varieties of bread, cheeses, fruit, fresh yogurt etc. The buffet in the evening had lots of choice. I loved the first courses - lots of different Middle Eastern style salads. I was less enthusisatic about the 'International' cuisine main courses. However the standby was an excellent cook-on-the-spot Pasta Bar. For lunch there were good quality pizzas and a stunning mezze platter."
                    TripAdvisor 1 September 2007

On the Sea and Diving:

"Snorkelling on the house reef was like entering a scene from the film "Finding Nemo". We have snorkelled in many parts of the world but have never seen the variety and abundance of marine life that we witnessed here so close to the shore.  The fish, coral and marine plants have to be seen to be believed."    
                        TripAdvisor 5 December 2007

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