Larissa Hotels is a dynamically developing hotel chain headquartered in Turkey, specializing in providing relatively inexpensive boarding (about $60 per night) to its guests. Such an economical pricing policy has allowed her to consistently open three- and four-star solid and profitable hotels in promising growing resorts.
On the Antalya coast in Turkey, for example, there are 11 Larissa hotels. This network launches its boarding houses in other countries. Thus, the corporate strategy is being implemented - to grow into a rating hotel chain not at the regional, but at the global level.
The subject of this article is a comparison of four-star hotel complexes, named the same: Larissa Sultan Hotel - and built in Turkey (Camyuva village) and in Egypt (Hurghada city). On their example, we see a promising management from Larissa: to build typical rating hotels that provide classic level services at priceseconomy class. However, each of the hotel complexes of the same name has its own characteristics, emanating from the economy of the country where it is located. At least after reading the article, you yourself will come to the conclusion: which of the hotels of the same name - in Camyuva or in Hurghada - is more suitable for you.
Hotel locations
As we already mentioned, both complexes are called the same: Sultans Beach Hotel.
Turkish network four-star hotel "Sultan's Shores" is located 65 kilometers from the airport of Antalya. The nearest city from it - Kemer - is only five kilometers away. The main lure for tourists is the wine-colored, clean as a tear, as Socrates wrote about it, the Mediterranean Sea. According to the classification, this is a first-line hotel complex: the distance to the beach is 100 m.
The hotel is small, "non-party", designed for 137 rooms. It is family-friendly.
The Egyptian hotel complex was built very close to the airport of Hurghada: 15 minutes - and the bus from the travel agency delivers new arrivals from the airport to the Sultans Beach Hotel, covering a distance of 6 km. Unlike its "Turkish namesake", the Egyptian Sultans Beach is three times larger and is located on the Red Sea coast of the city, 8 kilometers from its center.
It is surrounded by a very comfortable pedestrian area with shops, shops, restaurants. It is favorable for successful shopping. The hotel beach on the Red Sea coast is equipped only 80 meters from the hotel complex.
Thinking about the generalitiesnetwork management, we note that the tourists of both hotels highly appreciate the sophisticated landscape design of the complexes, aesthetically and farsightedly built and periodically restored.
General principles of architecture
Note that the architecture of both hotels blends seamlessly into a single ensemble with landscape design. The reviews of those who have rested in them note not just harmonious landscaping, but simply a heavenly entourage: fountains and flowering trees enliven the relatively small hotel area of the Sultans Beach Hotel. In both cases, the interior of the hotel complexes has a pronounced open architecture, while the exterior is closed. Another principle of the overall architecture from the Larissa Sultan Hotel chain is its low-rise.
Architecture of the hotel in Camyuva village (Turkey)
In our opinion, the design of the Turkish hotel is more interesting. The modern interpretation of the Ottoman style dominates here. The external facade of the main building, facing the village of Camyuva, looks characteristic. The designers modeled classical Ottoman forms: a dome in the middle and two imitations of minarets on the sides. Close to the main building, limiting the courtyard of the hotel by the planes of their facades, there are two residential buildings. The design of the internal facades of all three buildings of the Sultan Beach Hotel 4is original. Feedback from vacationers indicates that they really like the elegant combination of arches, columns and flowering trees.
Hotel design in Hurghada
Architecture of Sultan Beach Hotel 4 (Hurghada, Egypt)resembles the one discussed above with its low-rise and "horseshoe-shaped" layout of the main hotel buildings.
The main building of the hotel has four floors. In addition to it, the hotel complex includes two three-story buildings, as well as 13 two-story cottages built in a small distance. In the center is the main building, on the sides - residential. They form a horseshoe around the fairly spacious main pool.
It is not by chance that such architecture with its contours and arrangement of facade planes resembles the hotel complex of the Turkish village of Camyuva discussed above. One senses a single corporate design from the Larissa Sultan S Beach Hotel chain.
However, in Egypt there are no architectural details that give buildings the Ottoman style: arches, domes, etc. The modeled contour of the minarets is not visible. Everything is more standard, the Art Nouveau style prevails in architecture. But some simplification of the architecture is offset by an abundance of panoramic windows.
From the back side, close to the administrative building, limiting the inner territory of the hotel, two four-story residential buildings adjoin with their ends. Number of rooms in the hotel - 328.
The traditional architecture of the hotel complexes Larissa Sultan S Beach Hotel (common for both Asia Minor and Egypt) is somewhat reminiscent of a canyon: stone buildings with comfortable terraces surround a very aesthetically designed man-made reservoir with fountains. There are cute islands and exotic, majestic royal palms.
The residential buildings of the Egyptian hotel, unlike the Turkish one, are paintedpastel yellow, not beige. Snow-white balconies and rich landscaping of the Sultan Beach Hotel 4look harmoniously against its background.
Guest part of hotels
The signature element of both hotel complexes is the exquisite landscaping of their territory. At the same time, a spacious but shallow pool of amazing beauty is positioned in its center.
We are pleased to attach photos of both main hotel pools to this article. Thanks to skillful landscaping, vacationers are comfortable here. Gorgeous palm trees, flowering trees, and many professionally designed flower lawns delight the eye.
At the pools on the side of the main buildings there are the main restaurants that provide basic meals for resort guests using the buffet method.
There are two restaurants in both hotels. One of them (the main one) works according to the all inclusive system, and the second one is paid and serves vacationers by appointment. The open area of the main restaurants is a comfortable area where you can eat and chat.
Also, each of the hotels has three bars. Open 24 hours in the lobby area of the main building and during the day there are bars on the beach and around the pool.
However, let's focus on the pool area. In both Turkish and Egyptian hotel, it is an ideal place for outdoor activities. Judge for yourself: in such a reservoir you can swim and play water polo. It is pleasant to get sunbaths on comfortable ergonomic trestle beds in electric blue color. Surrounding arealandscaped in such a way that there is enough space for the lounge for all hotel guests.
Certainly, a factor that improves the quality of rest, as well as a kind of know-how of the Sultans Beach Hotel, are free SPA services: a hammam and a sauna. A spa visitor who has a bracelet (a kind of pass) of this hotel can visit the bathhouse daily and free of charge (according to the all inclusive system).
The work of the staff who created such a floral landscape design is respected. Especially in Egyptian Hurghada, where the climate is hot and desert. At the same time, the order and cleanliness on the territory of the Sultan Beach Hotel 4are striking. The management has great teamwork.
Common features of hotel rooms
The rooms of hotels belonging to the Larissa Sultan Hotel chain are standard. Perhaps the reason for this is the uniform corporate standards, but the residential suites in Turkey and Egypt are the same. They are quite compact, but well equipped. We recommend that you offer a tip at check-in to get a more comfortable room. It is better that your temporary penates are above the second floor, it is desirable that part of the seascape opens from the windows of the room, as well as the landscape by the pool. For the guests of the upper floors, from the windows and balconies of their rooms, the interior design is organically complemented by the landscape that opens from the windows. There are situations when this request of vacationers is satisfied a few days after it is expressed, as soon as there are free suites at the Sultans Beach Hotel. However, of course, it's worth asking.
Each hotel suite has a balcony and a bathroom. The bathroom has a walk-in shower.
The rooms are furnished with solid wood furniture. They are very clean and cleaned daily. We recommend leaving a dollar for the cleaner on the first day and every other day thereafter. In this case, the cleaning will be of better quality, and you will see swans, fish, and rabbits skillfully laid out of towels on your bed. At the request of vacationers, you can install one more, extra bed (this is normal: the rooms are designed for a maximum of four people). There is also a refrigerator, a TV with a Russian channel. The air conditioner is good and works well. Safe and minibar are chargeable.
Than Egyptian suites are more perfect
However, elements of smart home technology have been implemented in the Egyptian hotel. You will notice it yourself. Entering the Sultan Beach Hotel 4(Hurghada) room and putting the keys in a special pocket at the front door, you can freely turn on the light. However, leaving our temporary housing and, naturally, taking the keys from our pocket, we automatically turn off the light, the TV.
When you open the balcony door, the air conditioner will automatically turn off. The room also provides additional convenience: you can, without getting out of bed, turn on the light both in the room and in the hallway.
After all, the cuisine of the hotel in Hurghada is better
We note right away that with a good general catering base, the Egyptian hotel is confidently in the lead. It's not even about organization.nutrition. Both in Hurghada and Camyuva, it is subject to uniform corporate standards (see photo), ensuring rhythmic work and assortment. However, the Egyptian hotel "Sultan's Coast" does not save money, providing a daily menu with more expensive meat products and a large assortment of fruits. A real gastronomic abundance offers tourists this best-selling Egyptian four-star hotel. Unlike the Turkish four-star Sultan Beach Hotel (Bodrum) from the same chain, here the daily diet of meat dishes is not limited to dishes made from chicken and turkey. It also includes beef, lamb and seafood dishes. Of the fish on the menu, there are local moquel (waha), tuna, sardines, sea bass. Squids are also cooked from time to time.
Vegetables are served in assortment, lots of salads. Roasted vegetables are especially delicious. Potato and rice side dishes taste good. The buffet contains fruits in abundance: guava, watermelon, peaches, grapes, oranges, grapefruits, melons, dates. The chefs of the Sultan Beach Hotel 4(Hurghada) work together like bees.
The first courses are delicious, but a little unusual: soups, mashed potatoes and broths.
Breakfast at the hotel from 700 to 1000, lunch from 1200 to 1500, and dinner from 1800 to 2200. If desired, vacationers on the beach can have a bite to eat with delicious cakes, which are prepared here, on the shore, by a buffet worker. True, you will have to stand in line.
The breakfast menu is dominated by light and nutritious food: milk withseveral types of cereals, kefir. If desired, the chef will immediately bake you scrambled eggs in front of you.
The restaurant is always orderly and clean. The bar staff must be commended for their professionalism. Their ability to juggle bottles and mix ingredients into a cocktail is impressive.
What would you like to change for hotel chefs in Camyuva
In general, the restaurant of the Turkish hotel Sultans Beach Hotel performs its function on a solid "four", providing both the assortment and the taste of dishes. Many people do not even feel the difference in the quality of food, but not gourmets…
So, what is the opinion about the food of the former guests of the Sultan Beach Hotel? The reviews of tourists often coincide: many recommend the hotel in Camyuva to optimize its work more carefully and not save on beef, lamb, and not narrow the range of fish dishes.
If you analyze the organization of public catering, the conclusion suggests itself that the Hotel Sultan Beach prioritizes the Egyptian hotel management, the essence of which is to expand the menu and constantly improve the work of a team of professionals. To be fair, the Egyptian hotel is only half a step away from reaching the five-star level.
Recommended before a beach holiday
Of course, vacationers aspiring to Turkey and Egypt are attracted not least by beach holidays on the coast of the Mediterranean and Red Seas. We highly recommend that vacationers immediately upon arrival visit the Turkish bath hammam operating at the Sultan's Coast hotels, as well as peel the skin. This will prepare the body for a better perception of water and sunbathing.
Egyptian hotel beach. Red Sea Features
Has its own sandy bulk beach and the hotel we are considering. Entering the water is convenient. However, once you enter the water, you will find that you are in a fairly shallow lagoon. It is suitable for families with children. And what about young people who want to swim in the depths and enjoy the spectacle of corals and bright, beautiful fish? Doesn't the hotel beach from the Sultan S Beach Hotel 4have diving opportunities? Of course it does!
The relief of the Red Sea in general and its coast in particular is original. There are tendencies towards both shallow water and abrupt increase in depth. On the beach of the hotel in question, in order to reach the depth, it is enough for swimmers to walk about thirty meters from the lagoon to the left. Moreover, without special shoes, that is, barefoot, this is not worth doing. Under water, you can cut your leg on sharp corals (note that the latter is a common feature of the bottom of the Red Sea, and not just the Larissa Sultans Beach Hotel 4hotel area). The most vivid impressions of holidaymakers are associated with specially organized sea excursions.
Chemyuwe hotel beach
50-meter sand and pebble beach is fenced and landscaped. Sunbeds, umbrellas and towels are free. At lunchtime: from 1100 to 1500 - here you can have a free snack in the bar (all inclusive system for owners of hotel bracelets).
The sea in the waters of the beach is warm as milk, andcrystal clear, with a turquoise tint. The phenomenon of the Mediterranean is its attractive power: if you swim in its waters once, the spa visitor will want to experience again and again the waters of this ancient and young sea, which once became the cradle of ancient civilization.
How to buy a tour
Buying excursions by vacationers in both Turkey and Egypt has common features. The pricing strategy of hotel agents is expressed in one of the well-known types of financial transactions - speculation.
Let's say you are in an Egyptian hotel and decide to take a sightseeing tour to the island of Tobia (also called Paradise Island). You can save. For example, right at the hotel, its guest can purchase a ticket for this tour for $20–25. And if he's smart, he can find a travel agency outside the hotel that offers the same ticket for $14. This option is preferred. At the same time, we do not recommend using the services of openly dumping handicraft entrepreneurs who offer a price of $10. In order not to return to this financial aspect further, to summarize: we still recommend that before buying any excursions at the Sultan Beach Hotel (Hurghada), compare their prices with market prices from several tour agencies. Save money, don't overpay one and a half to two times.
Recommended excursions from the Sultan's Coast Hotel (Turkey)
Which excursions are most in demand by holiday-makers who have a rest in the area of the village of Chemyuva (Turkey)? In the "stone city" - Cappadocia; to the famous cascade of travertine baths, includingCleopatra's pool - Pamukkale; to the ancient Byzantine fortress of Ich-Kale; to the magnificent underground stalactite grotto Dalmatash, the secret ancient base of the corsairs. It is also worth visiting some of the modern infrastructure of Antalya: water park, Discovery Park, the eastern market of Alanya.
However, if you are a fan of watching the underwater world, then you still better choose a tour to Egypt on the Red Sea coast.
Egypt Overland Tours
Where else can vacationers who stay in one of the hotels that Hurghada is so rich in go on excursions. Sultan Beach Hotel, generally speaking, can be the starting point for many excursions. Firstly, to the Valley of the Pyramids, the hallmark of the Land of the Pharaohs. A good and popular option is to make a sightseeing trip to Jerusalem (Israel) with a visit to Christian shrines. Tourists often choose excursions to Luxor (the ruins of the ancient capital of Egypt), diving and snorkeling lovers prefer to visit the Ras Mohammed National Park.
Conclusion
Summarize the above. Where to go for a tourist who did not plan to specifically see the beauty of any one of the countries: Turkey or Egypt? Can he buy a tour to this or that Sultan Beach Hotel? Both options are good! Reviews of holidaymakers testify to the high level of service in both hotels. However, do not forget that these are four-star hotel complexes. Accordingly, with the existing basic service, the excursion program and their leisure time, hotel guestsplanning on their own. By and large, you choose an alternative: the Mediterranean or the Red Sea.
Mediterranean is comfortable to enter the water, ideal for bathing, swimming. Red has its own limits: shallow near the coast with a steep drop in depth. However, it has a rich coral underwater world, the beauty of which opens up to divers and bathers alike.
In any case, the choice of country and hotel is up to you.
