IN the glory of the Ottoman Empire, the Montaza Palace was built in 1892 by Khedive AbbasII, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria. Now Baron Hotels & Resorts have used the architectural image of the palace to design its majestic Sahl Hasheesh, set to open in summer 2013, with the vision and mission of delivering a five-star luxurious deluxe product.
The resort is nestled in Alexandria’s newest destination ‘Sahl Hasheesh’, landmarked on 100,000 sq m on the coast of the legendary Red Sea and offering breath-taking diving and snorkelling spots and 80,000 sq m of luscious landscape edged by mega-sized palm trees and evergreen land.
Facing the Baron Palace Resort is over 600m of private silky white sandy beach, giving its rooms and public areas an exceptional sea view with bright sunlit interiors, and sunset scenery. On the backdrop are miles of serene pure desert and mountains.
The resort comprises 650 beautifully-appointed rooms, suites, swim-up suites rounded with a private pool and royal suites with private swimming pools and butler service with exceptional views of the Red Sea and Resort courtyards.
It also features a range of carefully-selected culinary offerings including 18 restaurants and bars designed to serve guests with incomparable dining experience from all around the globe. For junior guests, the Resort runs a kids and teens clubs with a kids’ pool with interactive water park, in addition to playgrounds, cinema rooms, library, and computer stations.
The Resort offers a number of leisure facilities including a 5,000 sq m pool area; a shopping arcade; Roman Amphitheatre, a recreation complex featuring floodlit tennis courts, a jogging and cycling beach promenade, a diving centre offering water sports facilities and a Spa & wellness centre with Turkish and steam baths, sauna, outdoor spa pool with jet loungers, double and single treatment rooms, couples and honeymooners private spa suites, beauty salon, a beach massage tent, and top-of-the-line gym facilities.
For its Mice guests, the Baron Palace Resort Sahl Hasheesh offers a multi-purpose Mice complex with column-free ballrooms that can accommodate up to 600 guests, in addition to foyers and waiting areas and state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment.
The Baron Hotels & Resorts Egypt also manages Baron Hotel Heliopolis, Cairo, Baron Resort Sharm El Sheikh and Baron Palms Resort Sharm El Sheikh.