UTOPIA BEACH CLUB MARSA ALAM
LOCATION
Utopia Beach is situated 50 km (31 miles) north of Marsa Alam Airport, off the coastal road, but 110 km (68 miles) north of the town of Marsa Alam and 22 km (14 miles) south of El Quseir, an interesting port town with an Ottoman castle.
ROOMS
300 including two suites, two king size bedrooms and 16 family rooms.
ROOM FACILITIES
Air conditioning, a baby cot on request, bathroom with bath or shower, mini-bar, Satellite TV and terrace or balcony.
HOTEL FACILITIES
An animation team, bars, cafes, restaurants, a children’s playground and a children’s swimming pool, currency exchange, diving, games room, hairdresser, doctor, internet, laundry, limousine service, mini-football, parking, table tennis, private beach, tennis court, table football, volleyball, wireless internet (at extra cost).
GUEST REVIEWS
On Tripadvisor, as of 17 March 2021, Utopia Beach had a ranking of 21st out of 77 hotels in the region, significantly better than some of its previous rankings of 25th out of 68 hotels in February 2018, 38th out of 74 hotels in January 2017 and 42nd out of 66 hotels in July 2013, and little changed on its May 2019 ranking of 20th of 69 hotels when it had eight fewer competitors than currently.
The average TripAdvisor ratings, as of 17 March 2021, also represent an impressive improvement on previous years, with 80.7 per cent assessing the hotel as either ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’ ( up 13.3% since February 2018 and up by almost 20% since January 2017 ), while just 10.4 per cent rated the resort as either ‘poor’ or ‘terrible’ ( down 6.4% since February 2018 and down 9.4% since January 2018 ). The figures for the last four times we checked TripAdvisor are given in the table below but please note that prior to 2018 the ratings were rounded to the nearest percentage.
TRIPADVISOR RATINGS – JULY 2013 TO MAR 2021
Date | Jul 2013 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2018 | May 2019 | Mar 2021 |
Ranking | 42/66 | 38/74 | 25/68 | 20/69 | 21/77 |
% “very good” or “excellent” | 60 | 61 | 67.4 | 76.6 | 80.7 |
% “poor” or “terrible” | 19 | 18 | 15.0 | 10.4 | 8.6 |
On Holidaycheck, the resort’s ratings have also improved markedly since 2013. As of 17 March 2021, the hotel scored 4.9 out of a maximum six stars (unchanged on 2019), with the highest ratings for service at 5.1 (also unchanged on 2019), sport and entertainment at 5.0 (up from 4.9 in 2019) and location at 4.9 (unchanged on 2019). Gastronomy was rated at 4.7 (up from 4.6 in 2019) while rooms scored 4.7 (slipping slightly from 4.9 in 2019). The percentage of Holidaycheck reviewers recommending the hotel also declined marginally to a still overwhelmingly favourable 89%, down from 91% in 2019. However, all categories (except rooms) have seen significant improvements since July 2013 as you can see in the table below which gives all the figures for the last five dates we checked them on Holidaycheck.
HOLIDAYCHECK RATINGS – JUL 2013 TO MAR 2021
Category | July 2013 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2018 | May 2019 | Mar 2021 |
Hotel | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Service | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
Sport & Entertainment | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
Rooms | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
Gastronomy | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Location | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
% Recommend | 80 | 84 | 92 | 91 | 89 |
Mar 2016 – 10.25 mins – 74+ likes – 26,000+ views.
May 2020 – 10.32 mins – 13+ likes – 1.500+ views.
Mar 2020 – 6.43 mins – 14+ likes – 1,700+ views.