Should you book a hotel room with a balcony in Hurghada, and how bad is the evening noise near the stage?

Some rooms in Building 6 do not have a balcony, so confirm this detail in advance when choosing a building.

In the 7000-numbered rooms, faint background noise can sometimes be heard from the balcony, but it was described as not serious.

If you end up in a room without a balcony, you can ask the hotel for a portable drying rack — some guests reported staff bringing one, and it fits several items, not just a couple of small pieces.

A separate clothesline wasn't needed — the balcony already had something fixed to the side that was used for drying laundry instead.

Rooms booked as 'Sea View' don't actually have a sea view from the room's own balcony — the sea can only be seen from the hotel bar's balcony.

The balcony door can only be locked/opened from inside; there's no lock on the outside, just a vertical handle — you can step out onto the balcony but can't get back in from outside.

Paid $230 extra for a room with a view, but only uses the balcony to hang laundry to dry — the curtain (sheer) is always kept closed, and the view itself doesn't matter at all.

Standard rooms without a balcony (window only) exist in Building A, which hasn't been renovated, and also in Building B, where the no-balcony standard rooms are likewise unrenovated. Sometimes guests get a free upgrade to a room with a balcony, or you can officially pay extra for a higher category room with a balcony.

Without a balcony, guests dry clothes on chairs; there's a drying line in the bathroom. Some people rig up their own DIY line on the balcony. For balcony drying, clothespins are recommended since strong wind can blow items away.

One newly occupied room with a balcony was described as dated, but the air conditioner worked and the essentials were there. In practice, a balcony may matter more than a fresh renovation if you want a functional stay.

For evening noise, music was reported near the fish restaurant at the far end of Building 6. Even from Building 4, if the balcony faces the stage area, the sound becomes much more tolerable once the balcony door is shut.

A room without a balcony can be inconvenient for a beach holiday because there is basically nowhere to dry swimsuits and towels. A simple clothesline does not fully solve the problem if there is no balcony at all.