If you want to get some winter sun and you’re not looking for gourmet food and luxurious surrounding’s then Sharm Magic Life will do you fine. Compared to 4 other 5* hotels we have stayed in in Egypt, it is the best so far. The grounds are large and very well-kept with good pools, one heated. Why people complain about cold water in the others, in winter, is a mystery to me! If you want warmer water, go in summer. The rooms are clean, sparsely furnished, but adequate. The beds comfortable, our junior suite had a walk in shower with plenty of hot water, all have fair sized balconies, though most ground floor are in shade. And yes, they are noisy in the morning, but accommodation blocks with tiled floors, staff with room servicing trollies and other guests banging doors always are. Beach is clean with loads of sun beds and wind breaks, though as you are on a reef a pier is supplied to get over to the open sea. The food is well cooked, and unusually nowadays, well-seasoned & even more unusually, mostly piping hot. I loved the Indian selection and was constantly finding whole black cardamom pods in some of the dishes, a sign to me that the dish has been prepared with skill & care. Sure, you will not see a fillet steak or lobster thermidor but you will get lovely fresh bread, good soups, imaginative salads, turkey & duck, chicken, veal, braised steaks & beef liver, vegetable, pasta and pulse dishes, a selection of deserts and cheeses, and hardworking staff. (The chefs can be a little grumpy, but we all are) Magic Life is owned by the TUI Thomson group whose biggest market is Germany, followed by France, then UK, and of course try to fill their hotels. The Brits do not have a monopoly here& there is no problem with other nationality guests. Hassle. If you show a poor Egyptian vendor that you are interested in his ware`s, be it taking a photo of his camel or looking at a fridge magnet or piece of leather work. His only objective in life now is how to persuade you to pay the best price he can get. Settle on a fair price first or just say no and walk away. The previous also applies to the wellness centre salesman (Sama) who prowls the sunbeds, don’t believe him, go direct. Finally if you need a reminder. Walk out of your all inclusive hotel up to the street and look around their world, then think how lucky you are and enjoy your holiday.
PS. Special thanks to Thomson Airways for giving us a new 737 plane with more legroom.

First, the bad news: 4 nights stay is definitely not enough!
Now let’s accentuate the positive, and there’s lots of it:
URL: http://www.magiclife.com/en/club-details/clubs/egypt/club_magic_life_sharm_el_sheikh_imperial.html
Location: excquisite; south of the Sinai Peninsula
Package deal: All Inclusive (and I do mean ALL INCLUSIVE, 24 hours a day snacks & drinks, and the staff literally hover over you and yours, waiting for your slightest gesture)
Rooms: ours was for 3 adults + 1 kid: there were 2 large beds and 2 corner beds in one room divided by a pull-away curtain. Comfortable bath, LCD, mini-fridge, lots of closet and drawers space & a spacious balcony.
The units are divided into blocks, and their colors are easy on the eyes, together with the abundant greenery.
The main pool is very wide, easy to access from all sides for all units, and heated, with a central snack & drinks bar. It being a heated pool helped a great deal in the 3 windy days without sun; that and the incredible Team Magic Life people who gave great workouts, put out fab tunes and generally roused everyone out of their pool chairs. Lots & lots of pool chairs decked out to strategically face the sun when it deigned to shine.
The beach is white, clean sand, lots of semi-private beach seatings. Every kind of sports activity is available, and some not so common like archery. 2 long, long, LONG diving piers. Beautiful views of the mountains, and a nice promenade that extends along the beach to the right & left, I’m guessing along other resorts as well, with speed bumps! Joggers rejoice.
The main restaurant has an incredible number of seats both inside & outside. I highly recommend sitting under the sun or stars if the weather permits. The pony-tailed chef as I like to call him, keeps a stern eye on all stands, and he should be proud. Breakfast & lunch are always superb, with every taste catered for. And the dinners are themed every night, with a cute display across the main entrance hinting at the theme of the night. Too many flavors, cuisines & tastes to count, but even the diet-crowd get their own stand! And did I mention the late dinner, which comes, believe it or not, after the official dinner. This restaurant has an all night snack bar as well.
There are 3 other themed restaurants located around the compound. We only had time to sample the Mai Thai one, and it was good. The other 2 offered oriental (local) cuisine and Marine-flavored eats. The Mai Thai offers lunch & dinner, the other 2 dinner only, and you have to book for dinner for any of the three at the guest relations office starting at 2 pm. Couple of hints though: there will be a line, so be there as early as half an hour before, and be prepared to enter your dinner reservations info (including your room number) via a touch screen thingy (don’t panic, the nice lady with the laptop is there to help you along if you stumble)
What else? Oh, yeah. The Team Magic Life offers daily activities by day, Kids disco by 8 pm after dinner in the American Bar, and Nightly Variety shows in the amphitheater, that or a movie, your pick. And they have some incredible dancers, choreography, and they do put on quite a show.
I know I have definitely missed many other good aspects, so just be prepared to be pleasantly surprised at every turn, because I’m out of breath and I’m getting Sharm-sick already for that place.

Returned from Club Magic Life on 9th February after a 10 night stay with my partner. 2nd time in Sharm but 1st time at Club Magic Life. This hotel is Superb! The service is fantastic....I would like to say a personal thanks to OMAR FAHMY in the eagles lounge, all the waiters were brilliant, Marco and Mohammed at the Mai Thai, so lovely. The food is amazing, the buffet restaurant has TONS of choice, for breakfast lunch AND dinner.....the A la cartes.....amazing, egyptian, thai and fish......well worth queing for, dont know whyanyone would complain about queuing whether its 5 minutes or 20 minutes its worth the wait.....not only is the food worth it, you get lovely wine too, 1,2 or more bottles all included. As far as drinks are concerned, couldnt believe that there was like 25 or more cocktails all inclusive, found my favourite and enjoyed a few most evenings as an extra luxury. Loved the fact that there was a Relax pool here, we didnt visit the activity pool as they played music all day, plenty people like this but the choice of the relax pool was great, and the beach was great too, so peaceful and beautiful. We did not get a bad stomach this time like we did the first, however even though we did the first time its soon fixed with a few tablets from the pharmacy. You honestly cannot complain about ANYTHING here......well except that you have to go home eventually......but nevertheless we will be returning to club magic life next year! One thing I would add is that not enough people TIP at this hotel......we tipped every lunch time and every night time.....no matter how small it is so appreciated and deserved. MAGIC

Gr
eat value ,excellent food,well maintained throughout, 10/10 for staff.