Photo of Nur el-Gurna Hotel Luxor
View from baclony outside our room, Nour El Gourna Room, Nour El Gourna Hallway, Nour El Gourna gente muy calida

Nur el-Gurna Hotel Luxor

Gurna Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelNur el-Gurna Hotel Luxor

Valleys of eternity

A travel blog entry by hdh

1
26

The bus to Luxor left at 9.30am, give or take a couple of hours. We couldn't have air-conditioning going up hills because it diverted too much power from the struggling engine. The desert was barren and rocky with almost nothing living holding its own. Along the road, at desolate little shack bus stops and end of nowhere cafés, devout Muslims had …

Travel Blogs Nearby

Immersed in ancient Egypt

A travel blog entry by mrsmac

1
5

... Each of the columns are covered by deep cut hieroglyphics which still retain their splendour even after 4000 years. There are also huge statues of Rameses standing guard to keep watch over this special place. You approach it through an avenue of ram headed sphinxes and then plunge into the enormous interior.There is also the Sacred Lake which not only was there to honour the god Amon -Ra but also to check the level of the Nile so appropriate taxes could be levied.
...

Up, Up and Away And Down With An Insurance Scam

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

12

... was a library that once kept all of the writings and ritual texts of the cult of Horus. I couldn’t help thinking that this was probably one of the first places the Romans came to after they embraced Christianity. The evidence here would have been damning and would have been first to have been burned. All that remains today is a wonderful relief of Sheshat, the Goddess of writing.

Edfu is the sister temple to that of the temple of Hathor at Dendara. Identical feasts were held ...

Luxor: Day One

A travel blog entry by aliceatfr

34

... Lake where the secong part begins. This is presented in manhy languages so one needs to check the schedule

Our next stop was the Temple of Luxor (built around 1390 and 323 B'C.). It is located near the edge of the Nile River. It is surrounded now by modern buildings. There is a row of a about at least forty statues on both sides leading up to the temple. The heads of some of the statues were of rams.

...

Once More Into The Valley of Death

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

10

... them was extremely persistent. He asked where I was heading. “The west bank” I replied.

“I have small boat, only £5 to get to the other side, you come now.”

“I’m going on the big boat, only £1 to the other side” I said and pointed to the ferry as I boarded and went upstairs. I sat down and was grateful to get away from the hassle. Well, that’s what I thought.

Thirty seconds later, the owner of the small boat ...

Search Luxor Hotels

City:
Check-in:

mm/dd/yyyy
Check-out:

mm/dd/yyyy
Adults:
Price level:
Previous
View from baclony outside our room, Nour El Gourna
Next