Home » Destinations » Marsa Alam Hotels » Amarina Jannah Resort – All Inclusive
No payment now, just the details we need to build your quote.
Ten minutes after landing at Marsa Alam International Airport you can be checking in at Amarina Jannah Resort, a five star All Inclusive property set on 175 metres of private sand in the Port Ghalib area of Egypt’s southern Red Sea.
Opened in 2023, this is one of the newest resorts on the Marsa Alam coast, and it feels it: contemporary rooms in low rise garden buildings, well established landscaping and a pool scene that runs from sociable to genuinely peaceful. The plot is a generous one, with a shorefront of around 520 metres, so loungers are plentiful and the grounds absorb guests easily even when the resort is full.
Days here settle into an easy rhythm. Swim in pools that are heated through the cooler months, drift around the gardens, then follow the jetty out over the house reef, where shoals of reef fish patrol living coral just minutes from your room. Evenings bring themed buffets at Elements, Italian dinners at Luca Toni and Bedouin style grills in the tent at Zeina, with bars pouring included drinks until midnight.
The trump card is position. Port Ghalib’s marina promenade is around fifteen minutes away, the turtle bay at Abu Dabbab and the dolphins of Samadai Reef are within day trip reach, and the run in from Marsa Alam airport is among the shortest transfers in Egypt, a real blessing after an early flight.
Call our Egypt specialists free on 0800 041 8400 or request your tailored quote online. Every holiday is ABTA and ATOL protected.
Around 280 rooms and suites are spread through low rise buildings in the gardens, every one with a balcony or terrace, air conditioning, satellite TV, free Wi-Fi, a safe, a minibar and tea and coffee making facilities. Views climb from garden to pool to full sea, and sizes are generous by Red Sea standards, starting at around 34 m² and rising to suites of close to 80 m².
The entry point, sometimes listed as a Promo room, with a king size bed or twins and a balcony or terrace over the gardens or pools. Sensible space and an easy choice if you plan to spend your days outdoors.
A step up in floor space, available with garden, pool or sea views and a proper seating area. The Sea View versions catch the sunrise over the Red Sea from the balcony and are our pick at this level.
Smartly finished rooms closer to the heart of the resort, sold with pool or sea view options. A comfortable middle ground between the Superior categories and the front row beach rooms.
Front row rooms a few steps from the sand, with the jetty and the open Red Sea filling the view. The shortest stroll in the resort to a morning snorkel, and the first category we would book.
Twin beds plus a sofa bed and a pool view, with the extra floor space that makes a week with four in the room comfortable rather than cosy. Cots can be requested when you book.
The largest accommodation in the resort, pairing a king size bedroom with additional twin beds and generous living space. Only a handful exist, so ask us to check availability early.
All Inclusive here runs on generous hours. Buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner are served at Elements, with teatime pastries and afternoon snacks between meals, and locally produced drinks, beer, wine, spirits, cocktails and soft drinks, are included from 10am until midnight. Alcohol is served to guests aged 18 and over, drinks after midnight move to a paid basis, and freshly squeezed juices, Turkish coffee and shisha carry a charge.
On the à la carte side, the hotel’s own programme includes one complimentary dinner at the Italian restaurant Luca Toni per stay, booked ahead through reception or guest relations, and packages sold in the UK often add an evening at Zeina as well. Allowances do change from season to season, so we confirm the exact dining package with your quote.
The main restaurant, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with live cooking stations and themed evenings rotating on a fourteen day cycle, so even a fortnight never repeats itself. Expect Egyptian dishes alongside international staples, a healthy corner and good vegetarian and gluten free options on request.
Italian comfort cooking served at dinner, with starters and desserts from a buffet and your main course cooked to order. Included once per stay under the hotel’s All Inclusive programme, by reservation, and tables go quickly, so book your night early.
A Bedouin themed restaurant with an outdoor tent and live fire cooking, where fresh local meat is grilled in front of you under the night sky. In our view the most atmospheric dinner on site.
A bohemian styled spot down by the water for light lunches, cold drinks and long afternoons, built around fresh local ingredients with the Red Sea a few steps away.
A choice of outdoor pools threads through the gardens, open daily from 9am until sunset. The main pool is the social centre of the resort, complete with a separate infinity section that seems to spill towards the Red Sea, while a large second pool gives swimmers room to actually swim and calmer corners further from the bars stay peaceful all day. One pool has usually been kept as a quieter zone reserved for adults, and we can confirm the current set up when you book.
Heating matters on this coast, and the resort gets it right: the main pools are heated through the winter, with guests reporting the warmth switched on from around November through to spring. That makes it a sound choice for December to March sunshine, when the open sea can feel brisk.
Sun loungers are spread generously between the pools, the gardens and the shore, with a towel centre serving both pool and beach. If lying still is not your thing, the daily programme adds water polo, gentle aerobics and yoga sessions, all included, and the pool bars keep cold drinks within arm’s reach from mid morning until sunset.
The private beach runs for around 175 metres along a shorefront of more than half a kilometre, backed by gardens rather than buildings, with loungers in generous supply and the Dream Catcher bar handling drinks and light bites on the sand.
A jetty walks you out over the fringing coral to easy ladder entries into deeper water, and this is where the resort earns its keep with snorkellers. The house reef sits directly below, well preserved and busy with reef fish in impressively clear water, and it belongs to the same celebrated reef system as neighbouring Coraya Bay, one of the most reliable snorkelling stretches in southern Egypt. Many guests never get further than the fifty metres between lounger and ladder.
Divers are equally well served. Scuba World Divers runs a base at the resort with beginner courses, guided dives on the house reef and boat trips further afield, and an introductory pool session has featured for first timers wanting to try scuba in safe surroundings. Experienced divers can join day trips to Elphinstone Reef, one of the Red Sea’s great wall dives, while the seagrass bays and offshore reefs of the deep south fill a fortnight of logbook pages without repetition.
Water sports are available locally at a charge, from towed inflatables and parasailing to boat and glass bottom trips over the reef.
The spa and wellness centre is reserved for guests aged 16 and over, which keeps it genuinely tranquil. Inside there is a sauna, a jacuzzi and steam rooms alongside a run of treatment rooms, several looking straight out over the Red Sea, with massages and treatments charged individually. It is an easy place to lose an afternoon, and in our experience a couples massage here costs noticeably less than the equivalent at home, so it is worth building into your week.
A beauty salon handles manicures, pedicures, facials and hair styling, also at a charge, while the gym is free to use for guests aged 16 and over and opens daily from early morning.
Evenings stay easy going, with a show most nights and live music around the bars, and the entertainment team pitches things at a level you can happily ignore from a quiet corner with a drink.
The resort lies on the Quseir to Marsa Alam coast road in the Port Ghalib area, roughly midway between the old trading town of El Quseir and Marsa Alam town, with the Eastern Desert mountains behind and the Red Sea in front. This is a purpose built holiday coast: quiet, spread out and entirely about the water, which is precisely its charm.
Port Ghalib is the local hub, a smart marina development with a waterfront of restaurants, cafes and shops that makes an easy evening out, around fifteen minutes away by road. Taxis are simple to arrange at reception, and the airport run is so short that late departure days barely dent your final afternoon by the pool.
| Marsa Alam International Airport | About 10 minutes by road |
|---|---|
| Port Ghalib marina | About 15 minutes by road |
| Abu Dabbab Bay | About 30 to 40 minutes by road |
| Marsa Alam town | About 1 hour by road |
| El Quseir old town | About 1 hour by road |
The excursions from this coast are genuinely special. Abu Dabbab’s seagrass bay is famous for its green turtles, Samadai Reef, better known as Dolphin House, shelters a resident pod of spinner dolphins, and Elphinstone draws divers from around the world. We arrange guided excursions to all of them, and a beach week here pairs beautifully with a few nights on the Nile; many of our customers combine this resort with a Luxor to Aswan cruise in a single holiday.
The questions our Egypt specialists answer most often about Amarina Jannah Resort Marsa Alam, answered honestly.
All Inclusive covers buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Elements restaurant, teatime pastries and afternoon snacks, plus local drinks including beer, wine, spirits, cocktails and soft drinks from 10am until midnight. The hotel's programme also includes one complimentary à la carte dinner at the Italian restaurant Luca Toni per stay, by reservation. Fresh juices, Turkish coffee and shisha carry a charge, and we confirm the exact dining package with your quote.
The resort is about 5 kilometres from Marsa Alam International Airport, a road transfer of around ten minutes, which makes it one of the shortest airport runs anywhere in Egypt. Transfers with meet and greet are included in our quotes.
Yes. A jetty leads from the resort's 175 metre private beach straight out over the house reef, part of the same reef system as neighbouring Coraya Bay, so you can snorkel over living coral within minutes of leaving your room. The water is clear and busy with reef fish, though on windy days swimming off the jetty can be paused for safety.
Yes, Scuba World Divers operates a base at the resort, offering beginner courses, guided house reef dives and boat trips. Experienced divers can join day trips to Elphinstone Reef, one of the Red Sea's most celebrated wall dives, while Abu Dabbab and Samadai are also within easy reach.
No, the resort welcomes all ages, with Family One Bedroom rooms of around 50 square metres sleeping up to four. Couples are still well catered for: the spa and gym are reserved for guests aged 16 and over, and the grounds are large enough to find genuinely quiet corners.
Yes, the main pools are heated during the cooler months, with guests reporting the heating running from around November through to spring. Combined with Marsa Alam's reliable winter sunshine, that makes the resort a strong choice for a December to March escape.
For most couples we recommend the Deluxe Beach Front rooms, which put you a few steps from the sand and the snorkelling jetty. Superior Sea View rooms are a good value alternative with sunrise views over the Red Sea, while families get the most space in the 50 square metre Family One Bedroom rooms.
The resort is self contained, with no town within walking distance. The marina promenade at Port Ghalib, with its cafes, restaurants and shops, is around fifteen minutes away by road, and taxis are easy to arrange at reception.
The resort opened in 2023, making it one of the newest five star properties on the Marsa Alam coast. Rooms, pools and public areas still feel fresh and contemporary, while the landscaped gardens are already well established.
Call our Egypt specialists free on 0800 041 8400 or request your tailored quote online. Every holiday is ABTA and ATOL protected.
Classic Holidays when selling travel arrangements is a trading name of Co-op Travel Services Ltd. Classic Holidays is an Accredited Body Member of Co-operative Travel Consortium. (ABTA P7508, ATOL 12904).
Your Financial Protection: Book with Confidence. Classic Holidays is a Member of ABTA. ABTA and ABTA Members help holidaymakers to get the most from their travel and assist when things don’t go according to plan. We are obliged to maintain a high standard of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct.
All of the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme but ATOL protection does not apply to non-flight holiday and travel services offered on this website. Classic Holidays will provide you with information on the protection that applies in the case of each holiday and travel service offered before you make your booking. If you do not receive an ATOL Certificate then the booking will not be ATOL protected. If you do receive an ATOL Certificate but all parts of your trip are not listed on it, those parts will not be ATOL protected. Please see our booking conditions for information, or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.caa.co.uk