JAZ Costa Mares

Light, restful accommodation spreads across the resort’s roughly 208 rooms and suites, finished in a calm, contemporary style with the comforts you would expect of a five star property. All rooms are air conditioned, with a private bathroom, a furnished balcony or terrace and the choice of a king size or twin bedding configuration.

• Superior Rooms offer a comfortable base with sea view options.
• Deluxe Rooms are the mainstay of the resort, generously sized at around 45 to 46 square metres, available with sweeping sea view or bay view.
• Garden View Rooms look out over the resort’s greenery and grounds.
• Junior Suites provide considerably more space, at around 120 square metres, for guests who want room to spread out.

Views vary by category and include sea, bay, pool and garden aspects, so it is worth specifying a preference at the time of booking. We are happy to confirm the exact view, size and layout for any room type before you reserve.

The resort is laid out for easy, sun filled days between the water and the gardens, with the bay itself the star attraction.

• Swimming pools: two outdoor pools with surrounding sun terraces and loungers, one of which is heated during the cooler months (seasonal, please check for your dates).
• Private beach: a soft, sandy private beach fronting a sheltered bay, ideal for swimming and wading straight out to the reef.
• House reef: an excellent house reef sits just off the beach, alive with corals, reef fish and the resident green turtles and dugongs the bay is famous for.
• Spa and wellness: a calm spa offering massages and beauty treatments, available to book on site at extra cost.
• Fitness and leisure: a gym, plus a daytime activities and entertainment programme.

Diving and watersports are catered for through a dive centre a short walk along the beach at the neighbouring sister resort, offering guided dives, courses and snorkelling trips. Diving, courses, equipment hire and motorised watersports are bookable locally and are not included in the All Inclusive board.

JAZ Costa Mares sits on Marsa Mares bay on the southern Red Sea coast, close to the Port Ghalib marina district and within easy reach of Marsa Alam. The resort is one of the closest to the airport, lying roughly 8 to 12 kilometres from Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), around a 10 to 15 minute transfer. Coraya Bay lies a little further up the coast.

This stretch of coastline is a magnet for divers and snorkellers. The resort’s own house reef offers turtle and dugong encounters straight from the beach, while a short boat trip opens up some of the Red Sea’s most celebrated sites.

• Elphinstone Reef: a world class wall dive renowned for dramatic drop offs and pelagic life.
• Abu Dabbab: a shallow, sheltered bay famous for its seagrass meadows, green turtles and resident dugongs.
• Samadai Reef, known as Dolphin House: a horseshoe shaped reef that is a natural resting place for a pod of spinner dolphins.

For a complete Egyptian holiday, this Red Sea stay pairs beautifully with a few nights cruising the Nile. Sail between Luxor and Aswan aboard one of Classic Holidays’ own ships, the MS Royal Princess or the Classic Blue Shadow IV, and combine the pharaohs’ temples with the colours of the reef.

Dining at JAZ Costa Mares is built around the All Inclusive programme, with buffet meals served in relaxed surroundings and a clutch of bars dotted around the pools and beach.

• Corals Main Restaurant is the heart of the resort, serving generous buffet breakfasts, lunches and dinners with international dishes and live cooking stations.
• A la carte dining is available on site, including an Italian option, for guests who would like a more intimate evening meal. A la carte restaurants may carry a supplement or require advance booking, and are not part of the standard All Inclusive board.
• Bars and lounges include poolside and beachfront bars plus a relaxed lounge or sky bar for a sundowner.

The All Inclusive board typically covers buffet meals plus a selection of local soft and alcoholic drinks during set hours. Premium and imported brands, speciality coffees and any a la carte experiences may be available at extra cost. We will confirm the exact inclusions and serving times for your dates before you travel.