01 Destination dossier

Turkey and Egypt, compared on the same ledger

Two coastlines, one method. Each gateway below opens the same evidence set: resort facilities, transfer minutes from the runway to reception, and a season price index drawn from twelve months of fares.

Scope note: figures cover 4 and 5 star family resorts with a kids' club and direct beach access. Where a facility is missing for one destination it stays in the table as an em dash, so the comparison never hides a gap.

02 / Facility comparison

Beach, kids club, meal plan, transfer: the same rows for both coasts

We put the same eleven questions to every resort. A missing amenity stays in the table instead of being edited out, so the two destination columns remain directly comparable.

Median answers taken from 2024 season resort fact sheets. A dash means the amenity is not offered as standard.
Facility	Turkey, Antalya and Belek	Egypt, Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh
Beach and sea entry
Beach surface	Sand with pebble at the waterline	Fine sand, coral shelf offshore
Sea entry	Gradual shelf, 10 to 15 m to full depth	Shallow lagoon, reef drop at 20 to 40 m
Water shoes	Recommended in Belek bays	Needed at reef entry points
Children
Kids club age band	4 to 12 years, six days a week	4 to 12 years, six days a week
Water park on site	3 to 7 slides	—
Paid babysitting	From 18:00, on request	—
Food
Meal plans	All inclusive, ultra all inclusive	All inclusive, half board
A la carte dinners included	2 to 3 per week	1 to 2 per week
Transfer
Airport to resort	45 to 75 min	20 to 35 min
Vehicle for families	Shared coach or private minivan	Private minivan as standard
Late arrival check-in	Cold plate kept until 02:00	Cold plate kept until 01:00

These are medians, not promises. See how the figures were gathered in methodology and sources.

05 / Season price index

When a family week costs least on each coast

Twelve months, two coasts, one index. Bar height shows the package price against the cheapest month in the sample.

Teal bars: Turkey. Navy bars: Egypt. The accent marks the bar you select.

Select a month bar to read its index note.

Index 100 is the cheapest month in the sample: seven nights, all inclusive, two adults and two children, booked 60 days ahead. Ranges guide planning, not quotes. How the index is built

05 / Methodology

What the comparison rests on

Facility rows, transfer minutes and season prices come from published resort fact sheets and our own route checks, not from brochure copy. Where a source disagrees with a hotel's own page, we keep the more conservative figure.

Resort facilities: Hotel fact sheets and operator contracts, checked against recent family reports. Reviewed quarterly.
Transfer minutes: Airport to resort driving records taken at midday traffic, rounded to 5 min steps for each vehicle class.
Season and price: Operator feeds for Antalya, Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh. The index sets the cheapest observed month at 100.
Flight routes: Three Ukrainian gateways, published schedules and connection times, seats rechecked twice weekly.

Limits of this comparison

Price figures are index values, not live quotes. They shift with season and departure airport.
Facility lists change without notice, so confirm children's club ages and meal plans before booking.
Transfer times assume daytime arrival. Night arrivals can add 20 to 40 minutes.

Last reviewed 14 February 2025 How we research flight routes

05 / Planning dossier

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Tell us your travel month, the ages of the children and your departure city. You get back a dossier with route options, resort facilities side by side, and the transfer minutes for each hotel gate.