Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheikh

Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheikh unfolds down a limestone hillside, from desert peak to Red Sea shore. Two funiculars carry you down through gardens thick with hibiscus and bougainvillaea, past mosaic-tiled fountains and thousands of palm trees, delivering you to a kilometre of private beachfront where the water turns from turquoise to indigo within a few strokes of the shore.

The design plays on that same contrast between mountain and sea. Arched windows, mashrabiya-inspired screens and Arabesque detailing nod to an Arabian fairytale, while sleek modern interiors throw the focus back out to the water, so that every room feels anchored in Sharm El Sheikh’s own palette of stone, sand and sea blue.

Ten restaurants and lounges spread the resort’s culinary ambitions wide, from Mediterranean seafood and Japanese and Pan-Asian plates to Lebanese classics and Middle Eastern specialities, most kitchens drawing on ingredients found close to home, mango and watermelon, blue crab and prawns, olive oil pressed in Egypt itself. By day, four pools and a private beach set the pace, with diving and snorkelling opening straight onto a protected reef. By night, the resort’s lounges and terraces take over, and the desert beyond becomes its own excursion, whether that means a safari at dusk or a quad bike run over the dunes.

ACCOMMODATION

Across 289 rooms, chalets, villas and suites, no two stays look quite the same. Choose a guest room dressed in traditional Arabian style, all arched doorways and Arabesque detail, or one of the more sleek, modern interiors that let the Red Sea take centre stage. Private balconies and terraces frame the view in either case, whether that’s the garden below or the water beyond.
For more space and privacy, 64 chalets and villas sit apart from the main building, while the resort’s 52 suites, including 4 signature suites, push the scale further still, some with private plunge pools or direct beach access.