Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelLotus Hotel Luxor
Day (evening really) in Luxor
Luxor 1
We arrived in Luxor, met but our hotel re, then made our way to the lotus hotel, the streets were pretty quiet, it was 10 pm (ish)
Checked in, the room was nothing like the pictures, so there was a trip to reception, a call to our rep, then we told him about the room, the emails from the manager and after a lot of waffle, …
Day 2 in Luxor
Luxor 2
We were up pretty early, the bed was like a rock, the pillow a brick, the A/C ground away all-night, it wasn't a good night, I was glad to get up, so it was a cup of coffee, a shower then down breakfast, which incidentally better than I expected, fresh bread, eggs cooked to order, fruit juice, cereals, yoghurt, spreads, fruit, so …
Another day in Luxor
We booked a hot air balloon trip, seemed a good idea to see Luxor from the air, so it was an early (ish) night and get up at 4:30 for a 5am pickup
Anne wasn't looking forward to this, heights scare her (heights are fine, its falls that do the damage)
We were up, waiting, the mini bus turned up at 5am, there were 4 others, there was a …
Another fun day in Luxor
We had booked up for the valley of the Kings today, another early start, 6:30, the minibus turned up at 7 am, another bus load, from various hotels, this time we used the bridge to get t9 the West Bank (I never knew it, the West Bank is for the dead and the East bank for the living, the west bank looked pretty alive to me, lush and green with crops …
The holiday of a lifetime
This was a spur of the moment, almost went to Sharm El Sheik! Have always dreamed of going to Egypt, so talked myself out of two weeks on a beach with nothing but sea and sand with a daughter who doesn't much care for the sea and decided to look at Luxor. Somewhere I have always wanted to go! It was truly amazing. The hotel was superb, supposedly …


