Hilton Taba, Al Arish

had a wonderful holiday june 09 , hotel spotless staff really nice, animation team were excellent and got everyone involved in volleyball,water polo and aerobics. Beach very clean and nice sandy part, food was good but could get boring if staying longer then a week.

The Taba Hilton is located right on the border of Egypt and Israel (and less than 10 miles to Jordan and 25 miles to Saudi Arabia!) Hotel has great grounds, many restaurants (great food--far above typical 4/5 star resort), many acitivies and great staff. Concierge arranged private day trip to Jerusalem for 2/3rds of what it cost on the internet! We also visited Eilat, Israel and Petra in Jordan, both day trips (although you can walk to Eilat!). We drove from Cairo--great drive across the Sinai and then returned a different way and visited St. Catherines Monastery and Mt. Sinai. Lots of camels and we met a number of Bedouins and were charmed! The room rate at the Taba Hilton has to be the best bargain we've ever seen (visited 85 countries)--$42 a night with great breafkfast or $52 for Nelson Village (on beach) with great balcony. Security is exceptional (think El Al airline security) due to the terrorist event there a number of years ago (we were a bit concerned until we got to the hotel--while there we could not have felt safer).

We stayed at the Nelson Village in April 2006 as part of a tour of Israel and Egypt. It was beautiful! The Red Sea is one of the most beautiful beaches I have seen. The rooms were ground level and nice! You could walk 20 - 30 yards and be on the beach. The food was great! I wish we could have stayed longer.