Just thought we would write and let everybody know how we got on on our first trip to Hurghada and in particular our visit to Oasis Resort.

Service at airport very efficient and fast ! (We lost one of our cases but this was due to another passenger taking the wrong one), however, our driver.assistant sorted this problem out for us and dealt with the visas so we were only left paying him for his services.

Stayed at Dana Beach Hotel which was excellant. Food, service everything fantastic although mostly russians and germans staying at the hotel.

Trips - Went quad biking. Very organised and excellant value for money although for us Old Timers was very sore on the bodies the following day. trip lasted over 6 hours.

Hurghada - As my partner can speak a little arabic (this goes down exceptionally well with the locals) we were invited to spend an evening with our resident taxi manager who showed us around Hurghada including the main town area, sakala (hope we have spelt it right) the marina, port the new part of Hurghada and finally the pub where we had a well deserved drink ! We were very impressed to see all parts of hurghada and would recommend a trip similar to see exactly what is and is not around you and how the various parts of hurghada are divided. He showed us where to get our fresh veg and fruit and our fish and said that we could live on 7.50 each week for food (this would of course be excluding meals outside the apt and drink)

Oasis Resort - We were very impressed by the service provided by Iraidia who took us to the complex and a lot of work had been undertaken at the same. It is not in the middle of Hurghada which is what we personally like and there are several more developments being built around and about our own including the new Marina Beach Development which is also being developed by Iradia. We are close to the beach and will have the use of facilities at the Marina Beach when it has been finished. We are about l5 minutes from Hurghada and El Gouna which suits us just great particularly as the taxis are so cheap. The building looks of exceptional good quality as does the furniture we have paid for by way of turnkey and which is being built directly by the developers.

All in all a great trip and one which has not put us off our purchase at all. We like everybody else have our concerns about the flights and also the rental potential (which we do not think will be a viable option for at least 2 years) but hey what more can you want for your money than a fantastic apartment, weather and fantastic people

Thanks for the info

Glad all went well

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