Cataract Hotel

... hot and tasted great. After the 13 hour trip up the Nile, we arrived at 9:00 AM in Aswan. Aswan is located at the first cataract of the Nile. The old Aswan Dam (some now call it the low Aswan Dam ) is located just upstream of the city. Twenty Kilometers ...

G'day all, Well another fine day  a bit of cloud but no rain, we decided that we would do the Cataract Gorge here in the centre of Launceston, Bill had done a sort of a walk through it last night and said to get just to the Gorge is  about a 30 ...

... the way, but there really were really great views of Launceston and around, And it was quite poorly maintained. Once we got to Cataract Gorge, we took the chairlift ride over the gorge. It was a beautiful day and the view from the chairlift was lovely. ...

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... not be more picturesque! And I'm not just saying that because the train was less than luxurious!  We're in the New Cataract Hotel - adjacent to the Old Cataract - the nicest hotel in Aswan, where the president's stay!  The views over the ...

... ; It was hard to leave behind, but all good things must come to an end.  I am now staying for 1 night at the Old Cataract Hotel, which figures into Agatha Christie's novel "Death on the Nile" as well as the movie.  I think she may have even ...

... for this trip) to get off the boat, see more temples, then get on a bus bound for our single night stay at the New Cataract Hotel. The "old" one is right next door, and very cool to see in person after watching the movie twice (my preparation for the ...

Location: Aswan Egypt Dates: 21st-22nd June 2007 Where we are staying: Old Cataract Hotel What we are doing: Egyptian Elegance Tour DAY 3 - THU - CAIRO - ASWAN A morning flight across the Egyptian desert takes you to the exotic city of ...

... stiff back and sore legs.  But the splendors of Cairo called and so I sucked it up and pushed through!  We're back a Cataract Hotel and I'm beginning to feel the whole "full circle" thing.  Not gonna lie - I hate it.  Screw ...

... with him many a time to be widely consumed here. Aswan lies on the former first Cataract of the Nile (site of the famous Cataract Hotel). The Nile is dotted with many islands here and the western desert reaches right down to the water of the mighty ...

... Heathrow then a wait of seven hours in terminal 5 lastly a 4 hour flight to Egypt we landed in Cairo. Ahmed from the Cataract Hotel and Resort had us buy visas and got us through customs very quickly. Interestingly he is moving with his family to ...

... fun we thought, so off we headed in the direction of the Unfinished Obelisk. En route we checked out the nice old Cataract Hotel and the huge orthodox Christian church, but it was the cemetary that was most interesting. Basically just a barren wasteland ...

After a ghastly ride across Sinai [I can see why Moses did not like the place] we arrived at the Cataract hotel within sight of the Great Pyramids.  A very nice place, probably constructed during the British tenure there. Our tour leader, Mr.Ahmed ...

... as the light disappeared over the giant sand dunes. I'm going to miss these sunsets. On the way back we passed the famous Cataract Hotel, and what remains of the Jewish temple on Elephantine Island. It was a good day; an adventure. That's right mom ...

... a ploy to get us into to tacky tourists shops. No club, we walked to other hotels and even tried our luck at The Old Cataract Hotel, famous for Agatha Cristies 'Death of the Nile'...of course 5 Star only darling so no entry here..off to a bottl shop ...

... ;  Many decades later when I took my sister for a visit to Egypt, I took my sister and two ladies to the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan to visit the Agatha Christi suite.  The maid offered to show us the Winston Churchill suite after our visit to ...