Iberotel Egypt

... ; Pyramids of Giza; Sphinx Other points of interest: Egyptian Museum; Ben Ezra Synagogue; The Hanging Church; Aswan Dam Lodging: Sonesta Cairo; Iberotel Aswan; M/S Lady Diana for Nile River cruise; Overnight sleeper train from Luxor to Cairo

... one obelisk -- the other was taken by the French and sits at the Place de la Concorde.  Notably, many countries, including Egypt, are demanding that France and England give back all of the stuff they stole/plundered.  It will be interesting to ...

... drivers, shop owners and people trying to sell tours. After another persistent taxi driver incident, we arrived at our hotel, the Iberotel, in Luxor. It was again very pleasant and occupied a great location on the banks of the Nile. Our first stop was ...

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... the pharaoh to boast about his achievements and as the walls filled up with tales of great victories against the enemies of Egypt, new outer perimeters were built. Thus the First Pylon, the most recent and through which today visitors enter Karnak, was ...

... 12:15am with me still sitting in transit and around 3am more staff came to see me to tell me they had booked me into the Iberotel at airport for 3 days with everything paid.  I insisted that I needed to get home before 3 days and why couldn’t ...

... are breath-taking, and will take all day on their own. After the long trek, we settled into our familiar Luxor hotel, the Iberotel, and tried to decide how we wanted to spread out the planned activities over the next couple of days. It was the first ...

... The embarkation point for Nile Cruise at Aswan is just about a kilometer from the station. We had booked a superior double room in Iberotel's Crown Empress. This is a five star ship with good rooms, a lounge bar, a small (read baby) swimming pool and gym ...

... though they served us good hibiscus tea. Our cruise concluded the next morning and after leaving the ship we checked into Hotel Iberotel at Luxor. The room was comfortable and given the heat outside, having a shade above your head seemed a pretty good ...

... the Suez Canal ("out of Africa" and into the Sinai Wilderness.  Depending on the time, we may be able to see Mt. Sinai on our way to the Red Sea city of Dahab.  We dine and sleep at the Iberotel Dahabeya (www.iberoteldahabeya.com) in ...

Ever since I had been a small boy I have been fascinated by Ancient Egypt. The Tutankhamen Exhibition had come to The British Museum when I was 8 years old and we had done an extensive school project on the pyramids and the pharaohs. This interest has ...

... of the wide screen projector, otherwise 5s all round, beautiful setting on the riverbank. El Choury, end of Corniche, near Iberotel, good food in here, extensive menu, serving Egyptian as well as European dishes, good service, nice location, probably ...

... Whilst smaller, every inch of the walls and ceiling were beautifully decorated, much with superb scenes of everyday life in ancient Egypt - farming, baking, making pots, hunting etc.  This helped to bring the historical epoch to life in a way that the ...