InterContinental Resort Aqaba by IHG

Hotels
IHG
8.6 (360 reviews)
King Hussain Street, Po Box 2311, Aqaba, 21233 , Aqaba , JO

Facilities

Meeting rooms
Full-service spa
Boat tours nearby
Fitness facilities
Proposal/romance packages available
Express check-out
Parasailing nearby
Health club
Free WiFi
24-hour front desk
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Exceptional service
Beautiful location
Cons:
Some minor requests for improvement

Categories

Cleanliness
8.93
The staff ensured outstanding cleanliness and the beach was described as very clean.
Service
9.1
Staff were described as exceptional, courteous, and attentive, with specific mentions of great service from multiple staff members.
Location
8.34
Great location mentioned in several reviews, but not as prominently as service.
Room Quality
8.39
Rooms described as comfortable and spacious.
Amenities
8.22
Amenities were appreciated, especially during dining experiences.
Value for Money
8.38
Standard quality for this hotel tier.
Food and Beverage
8.93
Food experiences were highlighted positively with mentions of quality and taste.
Overall Experience
8.5
Overall stay described as wonderful, relaxing and enjoyable.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-17 05:46

Property Description

Discover a serene oasis at InterContinental Resort Aqaba by IHG, where luxury meets tranquility in the heart of Egypt.

Spa Indulgence: Spoil yourself with rejuvenating spa treatments, including massages, body therapies, and facials tailored for ultimate relaxation.

Culinary Excellence: Delight in international flavors at Corniche, enjoy 24-hour room service, or unwind with drinks at our beach bar and poolside bar after a sumptuous buffet breakfast.

Comfort & Connectivity: Experience spacious rooms with private balconies, complimentary wired and wireless internet, and flat-screen TVs, ensuring you stay connected and entertained during your stay.

Let the gentle waves and breathtaking views call you to book your unforgettable stay now!

Important information:

  • The seasonal pool will be open from January 01 to December 31.
  • Reservations are required for golf tee times. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
  • The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
  • No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Airport code: AQJ

Property Policies

  • Pets

    Pets not allowed

  • Pets

    Service animals not allowed

  • Sustainability Certifications

    Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education)

  • Guest type

    Essential workers only - NO

  • General

    Professional property host/manager

Location

Guest Reviews

8.6
Based on 360 reviews
Cleanliness: 8.93
Service: 9.1
Location: 8.34
Room Quality: 8.39
Amenities: 8.22
Value for Money: 8.38
Food and Beverage: 8.93
Overall Experience: 8.5
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K8095FMyaraa Family
10
Luxury Experience
Pros:

Excellent stay at InterContinental. Great service, comfortable rooms, and outstanding cleanliness. The staff went above and beyond to ensure a pleasant experience. Highly recommended!

2025-12-29 via Tripadvisor
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laurec776 Family
10
Beach front
Pros:

Amer is very kind, perfect, and smilling
Nice service, everything is just perfect Thanks to him.

All teams baser and mohmmad nasir

2025-12-28 via Tripadvisor
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Ericfly777 Friends getaway Zurich
10
Great restaurant experience
Pros:

We had a wonderful diner at the beach restaurant. The food was cooked on an open fire and was very tasty. The staff, Bader, Mohamed and Amer did a great job with their friendliness and knowledge in explaining food ingredients etc. The be beautiful sunset on the beach made a perfect dinner.
Also I want to mention, all the staff of the Intercontinental Aqaba were absolutely great and went over the normal services given. Thank you for a wonderful, relaxing stay.
I will do a hotel review later

2025-12-28 via Tripadvisor
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marthahI7105PO Solo travel
10
Luxurious resort
Pros:

Great experience, super nice hotel at the beach, very great and friendly service. Thanks to Bader, Mohamad and Abel.
I can recommend this place.

2025-12-26 via Tripadvisor
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MissCinner88 Friends getaway
10
Very chilled beach day
Pros:

The beach was very clean and beautiful, the cocktails and shisha were delicious and the personnel was very friendly. Thank you Mohammed for a nice, relaxed afternoon! 🙏

2025-12-26 via Tripadvisor
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perttijuhanik Business
8
Kind stuff
Pros:

Very kind personnel you have, that made the stay very luxury.
By the way, I did not understand why you have so many pillows in the bed:).

2025-12-25 via Tripadvisor
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dr_mmaremusic_2025 Friends getaway
10
Stay in aqaba
Pros:

The hotel was the best experience in aqaba , the hotel is very comfortable easy parking private beach and the staff were welcoming and very friendly especially hussain at coffee the best coffee

2025-12-20 via Tripadvisor
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785ghandia Business
10
A wonderful stay I felt right at home special thanks to Mr Nathani and all staf
Pros:

excellent but I would request more attention be paid to the shared member during breakfast

Thanks for Mr Nabhani for all

2025-12-19 via Tripadvisor
6
627bana Family
10
Great service and beautiful views
Pros:

Had a great experience. Muhammad Naser took great care of us and made sure the coals on the shisha were regularly changed and drinks refilled.

2025-12-16 via Tripadvisor
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ZeinMousa Couples Amman, Amman Governorate
10
Great stay
Pros:

The Room is specious,the hotel location is great, the food is good , The beach is clean.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mr. Ahmad and Mr. Ayman for the generous room category upgrade. Mrs. Brayn also deserves a special thank you for the smooth check-in experience. Additionally, I want to extend my gratitude to the entire beach team, including Mrs. Bader, Abdullah, Rami, Mr. Mohammad, and Mary from the Matrities team, for their exceptional service and positive attitude. Lastly, I would like to thank Mr. Khalid from the Lebasese restaurant team for his outstanding hospitality. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to Mrs. Khetam from the Spa team.

2025-12-16 via Tripadvisor
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olaaY4047BE Family
10
Amazing Staff and Excellent Service♥️
Pros:

My high rating is due to the exceptional hospitality at the hotel. From the security team at the entrance to the reception staff, everyone was incredibly courteous, helpful, and professional. The restaurant service was the highlight of my stay, special thanks to the Food & Beverage Manager “Mohammad Saleh”and the entire team for their outstanding service

2025-12-11 via Tripadvisor
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KrisNChrisV Couples Perth, Greater Perth, Western Australia
10
Wonderful stay
Pros:

Amazing resort in Aqaba, Spectacular Facilities & Outlook.
Staff are Exceptional, Attentive & you will leave relaxed & rejuvenated.

Special mention to chef Zaloom and Ahmed at the beach bar. Thank you for introducing us to some of your traditional favourites!!
And Mohamed who welcomed us and provided excellent service as well as Mohamed who looked after us at breakfast!

2025-12-10 via Tripadvisor
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FFM9 Family Berlin
10
Aqaba leading resort and 5 star hotel with a 6 stars service
Pros:

We are coming here for 10 years, first as a couple, now as a family with a 7 Y/O child, having travelled all over Jordan for years , we now come to Jordan only to relax at the IC Aqaba, where they are outpassing any other hotel in term of service, friendliness and welcoming, they spend their time pampering their customers, whether you are a returning one or not.

In details, the hotel is on the sea front, it has its own private very large beach; made out of natural sand (unlike the newer hotels in Saraya and Hayla nearby), dotted with a perhaps 200s rooms, most facing the red sea gulf, these rooms are really worth their money. the hotel have a gigantics and elegant lobby with palm trees and a fountain flowing all the way to the outdoor main pool, you are taken in charge by a bell boy as soon as you get on the front of the hotel, given an arabic coffee or water with dates, while you wait at the reception. Ambassador members get a separate desk where the head of reception took care of us.

Their service was flawless, and we could see even improvement thru the years, with the increasing competition from newere 5 stars, the IC team has upped its service game.

The reception team and bellboy team have been outstanding during our arrival, a special thanks note to Naser Herzallah at the reception desk, who pampered us and worried personnally that our stay will be faultless (after some rather annoying & awful experience at the border crossing on the Jordanian side), he and his staff, simply ensured our stay would be as smooth as silk, and it was. A real 5 stars experience end to end.

This october the IC lounge on the last floor was closed as the hotel is going thru a major restructuration (1st half should be delivered in 2026), but the lounge services have been simply moved to the beach bar side, even better! There is a separate lounge menu at the beach bar, all day long, plus twice a day a wider menu with more food and alcoholic drinks in the evening available for lounge guests, you can be served on the beach or at the bar, as you wish.

We expected an annoying situation, but it was the other way around, a real improvement, no more need to go all the way up to the lounge to get a refreshment during the day, or get a snack, we did not move from the beach and pools during our entire stay. My only suggestion to management, if you could keep this lounge option after the renovation, this would be terrific, in addition of the IC lounge with its AC and views, this was a real change and improvement, and not a caveat as we feared.

The pools are multiple and huge, some reserved to adults, some kid friendly, 1 adult pool was closed for renovation (the one in the further corner of the hotel), the outdoor large jaccuzi (a pool by its size) is adult only, and there are 2 more jaccuzis indoor (1 men and 1 women) in the spa area. The gym and spa area are gigantic, wide and attractive; there is even a squash court indoor.

After day one, we asked to change room, we were located near the lift, people were very loud even deep in the night. They moved us to a Junior suite at the end of the corridor once it got free, a real classy gesture, showing they care about their guest comfort. Albeit the rooms are not the most modern, they are kept spotless and are well cleaned, this year we had no incident on the matter, another sign of improvement.
We cant wait to see the new rooms after the renovation is over in summer 2026.

Breakfast is simply incredible, I stay 60 night a year at IC, this is the best breakfast I have been given to see in the world outside far east Asia, everything is available, or made available, any query is answered with a yes, it beats Dubai IC any day of the week, while the team is available to all the guest, run across the tables to ask if you need a coffee or an orange juice, like a ballet, no one waits or is left waiting.

A heartfell thank to the whole F&B team and in particular to Mr Salah, who personnally tend to all the guests, he and his team have been once more a highlight of our stay, he even took upon himself to organize a cake for my wife birthday on her birthday date, outstanding care.

During the day time, the hotel has several kids activities and a mini disco at night, and in the evening from 20h00 till 23h00, many shows on the beach front and in the Martini bar (very classy environment, come dressed ;) )

The Lebanese restaurant on site remains a highlight too, prices are rather accessible for an inground restaurant (15€ to 20€ per person for diner), fish is fresh, and a separate fish restaurant is opening in the evening on the rooftop of the beachbar.

All in all, best money for values you can find in that part of the red sea, even in Eilat you wont find anything close to the service you get in this hotel. Location is fantastic, beach front, facing Aqaba gulf, you sea from Egypt to Saudi Arabia at the tip of your feet.
You feel safe on the beach, despite large crowds at sea nowadays, Aqaba is becoming a trendier sea resort than 10 years back. The hotel offers as well sea activities, such as scuba or boating.

To get here, it will cost you 7 JD from the Israeli border, perhaps 12 from the airport, to get here, and the town center is walking distance. There is a huge parking ground if you drive, free of charge access.
The hotel is not far from the new development of Ayla, and Saraya water park (1 to 2 JD by taxi for Saraya).

Pros: Service, food, beach, activities, pools, and decently priced resort hotel
Cons: Rooms can be slightly outdated, but are being entirely remade this and next year.

All in all, a fair price for a well managed and excellently located 5 stars, whether you need a great hotel whdere to stop or want a great resort where to rest and relax.

We cannot wait to come back next year again.

2025-12-07 via Tripadvisor
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yousefh540 Business
10
Peach front
Pros:

Great experience with great staff special thanks for Mohammad Naser the shisha guy and badr mohasen, amer and Anna peach front

2025-12-07 via Tripadvisor
7
767marams Business
10
Amazing work
Pros:

Great service , delicious food and the staff are so polite and friendly (Mohammad Saleh is the best ) thank you for the welcoming drink 🤍

2025-12-06 via Tripadvisor
3
396lamaz Friends getaway
10
Beach Front
Pros:

Was the best Experience from the sisheha gay mohammed naser was the best wish him good luck And thank him for the good serves
and Baser muhassen fot the great server

2025-12-04 via Tripadvisor
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449dylani Business
10
Fantastic
Pros:

Amazing service from Amer at the bar! Very welcoming and comfortable seating on the beach with live music playing. Would recommend

2025-12-04 via Tripadvisor
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Z4336DNkimp Business Edmonton, Alberta
10
Breakfast service
Pros:

Amer was excellent, always looking after our table and always bringing us Turkish coffee, excellent service, he was at the beachfront breakfast area

2025-12-04 via Tripadvisor
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maramm612 Family
10
مطعم الرئيسي
Pros:

Great services and food ,
Clean rooms
, Amer service is very good at his job
Fatastic atmosphere
We like this vacations too much 👍🏻

2025-12-04 via Tripadvisor
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767obadas Solo travel
10
Breakfast Buffet
Pros:

I'm gonna share my experience with the breakfast buffet.
The food was fresh and the staff were amazing, specially Maen. He was avery helpful and kind guy.

2025-12-03 via Tripadvisor