Baron Resort Sharm El Sheikh is a 360-room resort at Ras Nasrani, about 15 minutes from the airport and close to nothing else. It was built for the sea, and the sea is still the point: a 600-metre private sandy beach, a floating pontoon that drops you onto the house reef, and Tiran Island across the strait from the sea-view balconies. Reviewers who come for snorkelling leave happy.
Around that sits a conventional big-resort set-up: a large lagoon-style pool heated in winter, a saltwater adults-only pool overlooking the sea, a splash pool, two age-divided kids' clubs with an indoor play area and a beach playground. Restaurants run to the Sinai buffet, Taj Mahal (Indian), Oasis BBQ, an Italian and an Egyptian à la carte, seven bars, and a spa with a Turkish bath and a massage tent on the sand. A new Lagoon Wing of swim-up suites and pool-view rooms is listed as adults-only 16+, though the hotel's own site was silent on it when we checked.
The honest cons: rooms are dated, in-room Wi-Fi costs extra and is patchy, à la carte tables need booking, and nothing is walkable — Naama Bay is about 20 minutes by taxi. Meal plan varies by rate. For an adults-only version of the same coast, the sister hotel Baron Palms is nearby.