I dont understand why all the hate the view is breath taken the room was fairly clean the staff was friendly and caring. Men and women have more freedom no abayas required nor clothing limitation. You can confidently wear any swimsuit you like. The breakfas was very good. U can rent a jetski jetboat golfcar everything is available. U can... More

Stayed here in Feb-March 2011. The place is deserted Saturday to Wednesday, and packed on Thursday and Friday. About 40 minutes north of the airport, and rather secluded. Steps from the red sea, there is a marina as well. Only a few restaurants and activities. Great place to let the kiddies splash in the sea.

if you want to have fun and swim in or out in the sea you can go to the Durrah but you have to check if it was new villa or not 'cause the new villas are the cleanest.

I use Trip Advisor often when I travel and wasn't expecting much after I read the reviews for this hotel. As soon as I arrived I was pleasently surprised. I don't think some people have seen soviet or communist architecture because this place is not in that category. More European colonial I would say. The first and most important point... More

I wrote an earlier - since removed - scathing review based on first impressions, but subsequently warmed a little to the place. it does have a very forbidding eastern-europe-in-the-1950s aspect to it. But given it's in Saudi Arabia, what more can we expect? They don't do seaside in the middle east, so i suppose this is as good as it... More

I've been in two minds on what to post on this hotel. As the Otterman says, the architecture around the hotel comes direct from the Ceausescu school of design. Your approach is through security gates, over numerous lethal speed bumps and along roads lined by what look like concrete tank traps. But the hotel itself is a modest, two story... More

We are currently based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is a very cosmopolitan city in the Kingdom. By word of mouth we heard about Durrah Beach Resort and thought it would be a nice short getaway with the children, who are aged 2 and 3. Being Ramadan, we got a very good rate so we decided on the diplomatic suite.... More