Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma

Name: Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma – All Inclusive
Brand: Classic Holidays
SKU: Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma – All Inclusive
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WELCOME

A polished all inclusive resort on its own Red Sea headland

5★ ResortAll InclusiveBeachfrontOpened 2021PADI Dive Centre

On the Ras Abu Soma headland, where Egypt’s desert coast meets some of the clearest water on the Red Sea, Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma pairs the polish of a big German hotel name with the easy warmth of Egyptian hospitality: a sandy shore on a sheltered bay, two Olympic-size pools heated for winter, five restaurants and a spa staffed by Thai therapists.

SettingRas Abu Soma headland, Soma Bay

Rooms409 rooms, suites and villas

Board basisAll Inclusive

PoolsTwo Olympic-size pools, heated in winter

BeachSandy beach on the sheltered bay of Abu Soma

Transfer45 to 55 minutes from Hurghada airport

Opened in April 2021, this is one of the newest five star resorts on this stretch of coast, and it still feels it: fresh contemporary rooms, gardens that are properly looked after and a beachfront that has not had time to tire. The resort belongs to the wider Soma Bay area, the most refined corner of the Egyptian Red Sea, known for its desert links golf course, steady kitesurfing winds and some of the country’s best diving off Safaga to the south.

We sell Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma on an all inclusive basis, and it is one of the strongest all inclusive offers we know on this coast for a simple reason: the à la carte restaurants are part of the package. Lebanese mezze at Arabesque, sushi at Benisuma, Italian at Cabana and Mediterranean dinners on the sand at Maya Beach are all included with a reservation, which is far from standard at this level.

Who Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma suits

Couples who want calm, comfort and good food will be happiest here, and the swim up suites give honeymooners something to write home about. Families get genuine space in the 60 m² Family Deluxe rooms and the beachfront villas, while divers, snorkellers and kitesurfers have one of the Red Sea’s best playgrounds on the doorstep. It is not the right fit if you want shops, bars and street life within walking distance; the headland is purpose built and self contained, and evenings are relaxed rather than raucous.

Our honest take

For a 409 room resort it never feels like one; the grounds swallow the numbers and the pools and beach stay civilised even in school holidays. Service draws consistent praise from our customers, particularly in the speciality restaurants and the spa. Two things to know before you book: the wind that makes Soma Bay a kitesurfing favourite means the odd breezy afternoon on the beach, and entertainment is deliberately low key, so night owls should look at Hurghada itself instead.

Fancy it? Let us price it properly.

Call our Egypt specialists free on 0800 041 8400 or request your tailored quote online. Every holiday is ABTA and ATOL protected.

SLEEP

Rooms, swim-up suites and beachfront villas

All 409 rooms, suites and villas share a fresh, contemporary look that suits the seaside setting, with air conditioning, satellite TV, free WiFi, a minibar, tea and coffee making kit, a safe, bathrobes and a proper bathroom with a separate toilet as standard. Nearly every category opens onto a balcony or terrace, and the light over the bay of Abu Soma is worth waking early for. Cots are available on request at no charge.

Every room category at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma

Superior Room

Sleeps 2 adults · around 50 m²

The mainstay of the resort and generously sized for an entry level room, with a queen bed or twins and a balcony or terrace. Choose a pool view, side sea view or full sea view across the bay; in our view the sea view is worth the step up every time.

Superior Grand Room

Sleeps 2 adults · pool view

A roomier cut of the Superior with extra living space around the same fresh styling, suited to couples settling in for a longer stay who want somewhere to spread out.

Family Deluxe Room

Sleeps 2 adults and 2 children · around 60 m²

Designed for families rather than adapted for them, with space for four across queen or twin bedding and a layout that stays comfortable over a week or two in the sun.

Executive Suite with Swim-up Pool

Sleeps 2 adults · around 57 m²

A separate seating area, a king bed, a rain shower and a bathtub, and a terrace that slips straight into your own swim up pool. Our pick for honeymoons and big birthdays.

Royal Suite

Sleeps 2 adults · around 215 m²

Just three exist, each with generous living space, a private pool and a terrace or garden looking across Ras Abu Soma bay. The most exclusive address on the headland.

Beachfront Villas

2 or 3 bedrooms · around 350 to 450 m²

Four villas sit right by the sand, each with a fully equipped kitchen, several bathrooms and a private pool. The three bedroom villa sleeps up to six adults; holiday house privacy with resort service on tap.

Worth knowing: If your budget allows one upgrade, make it the full sea view Superior Room; the morning outlook over the bay is the best value view in the resort. For special occasions we quote the Executive Suite with Swim-up Pool more than any other room here, and it rarely disappoints.

DINE

All inclusive dining where the à la carte is included

What all inclusive includes at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma

Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner in the Kahramana restaurant anchor the package, with live cooking stations and menus built around fresh, largely organic produce. Through the day you are covered for snacks and ice cream by the pool, and locally produced beers, wines, spirits, cocktails and soft drinks are included across the bars. The headline, though, is the speciality dining: all four à la carte restaurants are included with a simple reservation, and the hotel publishes no set limit on visits, so you could eat somewhere different every night of the week. The teppanyaki show grill at Benisuma and imported or premium label drinks are the main extras. We confirm the exact dining package for your travel dates with your quote.

Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner at Kahramana, with live cooking
All four à la carte restaurants included, reservation needed
Locally produced beers, wines, spirits, cocktails and soft drinks
Snacks and ice cream through the day by the pool and beach
Supplements apply to Benisuma teppanyaki and imported or premium labels

The restaurants

Kahramana

International · Buffet · Breakfast, lunch and dinner

The engine room of the resort, open from 7am for breakfast, with themed evenings and enough variety that two weeks never repeats itself. Fresher and more careful than the average resort buffet.

Arabesque

Lebanese · À la carte · Dinner

Proper Levantine cooking, from a generous mezze spread to charcoal grills. Our customers tell us it is the best table in the resort, and we would not argue.

Benisuma

Japanese and Asian · À la carte · Dinner

Sushi and sashimi alongside Thai curries and Indonesian laksa. The teppanyaki tables, where the chef cooks at the counter in front of you, carry a supplement and need booking ahead.

Cabana

Italian · À la carte · Lunch and dinner

Relaxed coastal Italian beside the pool, handy for a long lazy lunch that never takes you more than a minute from your sunlounger.

Maya Beach

Mediterranean · À la carte · Lunch and dinner

Salads and grills on the sand at lunchtime, then a proper Mediterranean and seafood menu after dark. Dinner here, with the water a few steps away, is the resort at its best.

Bars

Safari Lobby Bar & Lounge, the all hours hub for cocktails, wines and cigars
Aqua Bar by the pool for cold drinks and ice cream, 10am to 10pm
Maya Beach Bar for drinks with your feet in the sand
The Shisha for oriental tea, coffee and a water pipe after dinner

Worth knowing: Book your à la carte tables with guest relations early in your stay, especially Arabesque and the Benisuma teppanyaki counter, which fill first in peak weeks.

SWIM

Two Olympic-size pools, heated for winter

The pool scene is built around two genuinely Olympic size main pools set in the gardens between the rooms and the beach, and both are heated through the winter months, which matters more than any brochure photo between November and March. A shallower pool sits alongside for gentler swimming, and the Aqua Bar keeps everyone topped up with cold drinks and ice cream from mid morning until 10pm.

The character is calm rather than competitive. Music stays at background level, there is no scramble for loungers at dawn, and aqua aerobics is about as rowdy as the daily programme gets. Serious swimmers can put in proper lengths before breakfast, a rarer pleasure than it should be at this level, and the swim up Executive and Royal Suites have their own pools if you want the water entirely to yourself.

Two Olympic-size main pools, heated in winter
Plenty of loungers and parasols in the pool gardens
Aqua Bar poolside service from 10am to 10pm
Aqua aerobics sessions and space for morning lap swimming
Cabana restaurant beside the pool for lunch without moving far

SHORE

A sheltered sandy bay made for swimming and snorkelling

The beach is the reason to pick this headland: a long run of pale sand on the bay of Abu Soma, shelving gently into water that stays calm and clear because the peninsula takes the brunt of the open sea. Sunloungers and parasols are free, the swimming is easy enough for the nervous, and a section of coral gives snorkellers plenty of fish life within a few fin kicks of the shore. Reef shoes are a sensible thing to pack.

Snorkelling, diving and water sports at Ras Soma

Egypt International, a PADI five star centre, is based at the resort and runs everything from first bubbles in the pool to boat trips out to the famous Safaga sites: Panorama Reef with its anemone gardens, the sandy lagoons of Tobia Island and, for qualified divers, the Salem Express wreck. Soma Bay’s dependable winds also make this one of Egypt’s best corners for kitesurfing, and the water sports team covers stand up paddleboarding, kayaking and sailing for the less committed.

Sandy beach with a gentle slope and free loungers and parasols
Coral section with snorkelling straight off the beach
PADI five star dive centre with courses and boat trips to Safaga’s reefs
Kitesurfing, stand up paddleboarding, kayaking and sailing

RELAX

Mividaspa, Thai therapists and treatments by the sea

Mividaspa is a genuine reason to choose the resort rather than an afterthought. The therapists are almost all Thai and trained accordingly, and the signature massages take place in cabins down by the beach with the sound of the water doing half the work. Inside, the spa runs to a sauna, a steam bath, two jacuzzis, sensory showers and quiet zones, with a menu of health and beauty treatments to book alongside the massage rituals. Treatments are payable locally, and in our experience the best slots go early in the week.

Gym, tennis and keeping active

The gym is well equipped with modern cardio and weights machines and personal trainers on hand, while the daily programme includes yoga, sometimes down on the beach at first light, and aqua aerobics in the main pool. A floodlit tennis court, paddle tennis courts, beach volleyball, mini football and a multipurpose sports court cover the ball games; a small charge applies to paddle tennis.

Thai therapists and beachside treatment cabins at Mividaspa
Sauna, steam bath, two jacuzzis and sensory showers
Gym with modern equipment and personal trainers
Floodlit tennis plus paddle tennis courts
Yoga and aqua aerobics on the weekly programme

EXPLORE

Where Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma sits on the Red Sea

The resort stands on Ras Abu Soma, the slender headland that shelters Soma Bay on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, roughly 55 kilometres south of Hurghada International Airport. This is the most polished corner of the coast: a purpose built, gated peninsula of five star resorts, a desert links golf course and seriously good water, with none of the hawkers or traffic of a resort town. The trade off is that there is nothing to walk to beyond the resort itself, which is exactly how most guests here like it.

Safaga, one of Egypt’s great diving hubs, lies around twenty minutes south and supplies the reefs and wrecks the dive boats head for. The Cascades golf course is about ten minutes away, a go kart raceway sits a few minutes along the coast, and Hurghada’s marina, shops and restaurants make an easy day out to the north. For ancient Egypt, Luxor is around three hours away by road, close enough for a long but hugely rewarding day trip to Karnak and the Valley of the Kings, which we can arrange for you as a guided excursion.

Distances from Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma

Hurghada International Airport	Around 45 to 55 minutes by road
Safaga town	Around 20 minutes by road
The Cascades golf course, Soma Bay	Around 10 minutes by road
Hurghada Marina	Around 1 hour by road
Luxor and the Valley of the Kings	Around 3 hours by road

Worth knowing: Transfers with meet and greet at Hurghada airport are included in our quotes, and the coast road south is straightforward; most guests are at the resort within an hour of leaving the terminal.

PRACTICAL

Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma, your questions answered

These are the questions our Egypt specialists answer most often about Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma, from transfer times to how the all inclusive dining really works. If yours is not covered, call us; someone on the team will know.

What is included in all inclusive at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma?

All inclusive covers buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Kahramana restaurant, snacks and ice cream during the day, and locally produced beers, wines, spirits, cocktails and soft drinks in the bars. All four à la carte restaurants, Arabesque, Benisuma, Cabana and Maya Beach, are included with a reservation. The teppanyaki experience at Benisuma and imported or premium label drinks carry a supplement, and we confirm the exact dining package with your quote.

How far is Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma from Hurghada airport?

The resort is around 55 kilometres south of Hurghada International Airport, which works out at roughly 45 to 55 minutes by road. Transfers with meet and greet are included in every Classic Holidays quote, so you are met in arrivals and taken straight down the coast.

Do the à la carte restaurants cost extra at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma?

No. Unusually for the Red Sea, all four speciality restaurants are included in the all inclusive package with a reservation, so you can dine Lebanese at Arabesque, Japanese and Asian at Benisuma, Italian at Cabana and Mediterranean at Maya Beach without a supplement. Only extras such as the teppanyaki show grill at Benisuma and imported or premium drinks are charged.

Is Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma good for snorkelling?

Yes. The sandy beach sits on the sheltered bay of Abu Soma and has a coral section with plenty of fish life within easy reach of the shore. For bigger reefs, the resort's PADI five star dive centre runs boat trips to the celebrated Safaga sites, including Panorama Reef and Tobia Island, which suit confident snorkellers as well as divers.

Are the pools at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma heated in winter?

Yes, both Olympic size main pools are heated during the winter months, so swimming stays comfortable even in December and January. The Red Sea itself stays in the low twenties Celsius through winter, so many guests swim in the bay all year round too.

Is Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma adults only?

No, the resort welcomes couples and families alike, with Family Deluxe rooms sleeping two adults and two children and beachfront villas for larger groups. That said, the atmosphere is noticeably calm for a big resort; entertainment is low key and evenings are relaxed, so couples rarely feel outnumbered.

Which is the best room type at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma?

For most guests we recommend a Superior Room with full sea view; at around 50 m² they are generous for an entry level category and the outlook over the bay is superb. For a honeymoon or special occasion the Executive Suite with its own swim up pool is the one we quote most, while the two and three bedroom beachfront villas suit families and groups who want space and a private pool.

When did Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma open?

The resort opened in April 2021, making it one of the newest five star properties on this stretch of the Red Sea. Rooms, restaurants and the Mividaspa still feel fresh, and the gardens have matured nicely since opening.

Can you learn to dive at Steigenberger Resort Ras Soma?

Yes. Egypt International, a PADI five star dive centre, is based at the resort and takes complete beginners through pool sessions and gentle reef dives, as well as running boat trips for qualified divers to Safaga sites such as Panorama Reef and the Salem Express wreck. Courses and equipment hire are payable locally.

Worth knowing: Fly to Hurghada (HRG) for the shortest transfer. Book your à la carte tables and spa treatments in your first day or two, pack reef shoes for the coral end of the beach, and remember UK travellers need an Egyptian visa, easy to arrange online before you fly or on arrival.