We stayed at the excellent Swisscare hotel where Alvin and his staff took good care of us.
For a full review of the hotel and its amenities - Click Here.
Our holiday was booked with Longwood Holidays who were more than excellent with the service provided. Both outbound- and return flights where with Monarch. Both sets of journeys were uneventful with the return journey landing 30 minutes ahead of schedule back into Gatwick.
Day 1 - Arrival
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We landed at Taba airport on time. By the time we checked through immigration the suitcases were on the belt ready to be picked up. We were greeted by Russell the Longwood representative and whisked to the transfer bus ready to take us to Nuweiba. Within 30 minutes of arrival we were on the way - how about that for service and organisation. Our hotel was the first one and some 60 minutes or so after departure from Taba Airport we were greeted by Alvin at the Swisscare Hotel. Check-in was quick and we were shown to our suite.
Seating area of the suite:
Bedroom area of the suite:
A quick change and shower and we were shown to the restaurant for a 4 course dinner. In the meantime, the suite was prepared for the night by one of the excellent members of staff - another little touch that makes this hotel so special The night was rounded off with a game of pool in the "Friends" bar.
Picture of "Friends" bar:
Day 2 - Just relaxing
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After what had been a long previous day, we had a bit of a lie in and awoke at about 10AM. Sat on the balcony with a cup of coffee to take in the views of the pool area and beach.
View of pool area from balcony:
View of beach from balcony:
We had some breakfast next to the pool (or in the pool as the staff would say ) which was freshly prepared. The rest of the day was spent lounching about doing nothing but relax. Drinks are very reasonably priced and charged to the room - so no need to carry any cash. Beach towels - which were big and fluffy - are provided on a daily basis. We had some lunch and more drinks in the afternoon. The evening was spend having another 4 course excellent dinner in the restaurant (although we could have had dinner at any place we could have wished) followed by some more drinks and a game of darts and pool in the bar.
Day 2 - More relaxing
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Breakfast at the pool followed by an enjoyable and very peaceful day on the beach. The silence was only marred by the occasional boat sailing past and the joys of laughter or kids playing in the sea some distance away. Sounds do seem to travel a long distance here.
Beach Shelter type thing:
View from the beach with Saudi mountains in background:
We decided on an earlier night as we had lined up a two day trip to Cairo for day 3 and 4.
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Edited by
MarkJ
2007-07-10 13:03:31