Club Paradisio El Gouna Red Sea Hotel

We stayed at Hotel Paradisio for 12 nights from 16th March 2025. We flew from Liverpool with EasyJet, outbound and inbound flights were good. Hurgharda Airport has really improved, if you want a quick exit in Hurgharda then buy your Visa's in advance. We arrived at around 8.45pm and were checked in fairly swiftly, although I had emailed the hotel in advance requesting a ground floor room with double bed, but I never had any reply and on checking in we were given room 812 which was on the 2nd floor near to the Zen Pool. Biggest gripe on checking in was that we had been travelling since 6.00am and were not offered any food or shown to the restaurant. We accepted the room and had a couple of drinks in the lobby bar. Our room was very dated, although clean it definitely needed updating. Air con worked well but as others have said you are either freezing or hot, and the bedding is duvets not sheets. There were also a couple of days where our bathroom towels were not changed and we had to use dirty towels. Our bedding was never changed throughout the whole 12 night stay. The hotel caters for European guests but 95% are German, a few British, French and Italian. We found the food offering was geared towards this. Breakfast remained similar each morning, restaurant opens at 7.00am and we recommend you go early to get a good table. Lots of fresh fruit, cheeses, meat, bread, and omelettes cooked to order. Fruit juices, coffee, teas are available - there is a 2 euro charge for freshly squeezed orange juice though. One day a week breakfast is served on the beach at sun rise, be warned we were not informed of this and even though we went down at 7.15am the beach was really busy and you may find you have to share a table. Food was laid out all over the place and not a particularly good experience. Lunch was OK, lots of salads, cooked meats and most days there was freshly cooked fish. We did notice that some of the lamb and beef was not cooked so be careful. I have seen other reviews complaining of smokers in the restaurant and the hotel have dealt with this - there is an area for smokers and an area for non smokers which was really positive. Dinner was very similar to lunch and plenty to choose from. It does get busy in the restaurant and you may find you have to share your table with strangers, which was very awkward!! During the day we spent all of our time around the 'Zen Pool' as we wanted peace and quiet. The hotel and tour operators advertise this as an 'Adults Only' area but be warned, there are 2 children's pools in the same area and we found our peace and tranquillity destroyed by crying babies and screaming children. Definitely the worst part of our holiday, and the staff (bar and pool) didn't challenge the noisey families. Saying that, the pool and bar staff are very very helpful, the pool staff are busy every morning cleaning the swimming pool and edges and the bar staff serve to your sunbed, drop them a tip and you will be provided with dri