Tolip Alexandria was advertised on the Hotels.com website as a 5-star hotel. I would give it at most 3 stars. its a huge hotel, yes but dark and dingy lobby and sitting areas. it is a very old hotel and shows it, everywhere feels dark and dinghy, rooms are not very clean, when i opened the patio door and then went to close it, the outside of the door was caked in dust and dirt like it had never been cleaned. Staff took forever to do anything. room was not ready, promised one thing that changed to another. breakfast was okay - the yogurt at the breakfast buffet was not even cold - how can you eat diary that feels warm to the touch. Very, very disappointing stay; ruined my vacation. the hotel put me in such a bad mood, was difficult to enjoy anything not that there is much to enjoy about Alexandria. they advertised a private beach which is not at the hotel; you have to be shuttled to it but shuttle was closed due to "winter" though it was quite hot when i was there. very disappointing.