Lotus Hotel (Lotus Resort)

It’s overpriced, but being inside the desert national park has its perks. The bar at the top floor is very nice, and the decoration of the hotel is great. The staff is super attentive and friendly. Checking in at the visitor center is a let down, it’s crowded, noisy, disorganised, and the very junior staff cannot deal with foreigners. They have no clue what to do with passports, ask irrelevant questions about residence permits for visitors, and are not willing to speak English. Breakfast and dinner are buffet style, meaning that you will have to fight off hordes of rude people and feral kids, who don’t understand the concept of queuing. The swimming pools are cold. The rooms are substandard for the price, and the bathrooms are tiny and flood when you shower. There’s a bar by the pool, but they don’t serve anything. It’s a unique experience, but don’t expect very high levels of comfort nor a 5 star hotel experience

Everything was great! Great shows, very clean, best buffet ever. A pleasant experience and definitely worth visiting!

Very nice hotel, amazing staff, great buffet, good view, in the middle of the desert.