Nile Palace Hotel

... was at a modern style takeaway in the sharia al-Karnak. Behind the Luxor temple. We then booked into the Steigenberger Nile Palace Hotel for the night. The afternoon was spent on a walk along the corniche and picking up our caleche (carriage) driver ...

... to exchange a cold and autumnal Manchester for the desert and sun that is Luxor. We had booked to stay in the New Winter Palace Hotel in the centre of Luxor and right by the Nile. We were not disappointed! Funds for this holiday only stretched to the ...

... finished in Luxor Things we did East Bank Luxor Temple, Karnak Temple, Luxor Museum, Mummification, Museum and Winter Palace Hotel West Bank Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu (memorial temporial temple of Ramesses ...

... pool, drinks in the courtyard and a slightly bizarre meal of asparagus, beans and Parmesan. We were staying at the Nile Palace Hotel and I'd highly recommend it. Yes it's a real tourist hotel complete with nightly, truly dreadful live entertainment but it ...

... in the vast desert that surrounds it. You get a real sense of how important the Nile is for the country. Arrived at the Nile Palace Hotel. A bit of a tourist dive but comfortable with a small pool and a range of places to sit by the Nile and watch life ...

... until recently were used to transport food and of course, the materials used to build all of the historic monuments in the Nile Valley.  Today, adventurous tourists from all over the world take fellucas to see the small villages and rural ...

... our boat-mates: Cast of characters: Captain - 30 to 40 year old Egyptain man that sailed The Shagadelic Palace of Floating Love down the Nile Mohammed - 24 Egyptain that watched out for our "fridge" Julian - 23 year old French Neuroscience major just off ...

... 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 stayed there while writing ...

... and wiping out all the towns that are reliant on it. This temple was also rather amazing. On the way back we stopped at a Perfume Palace and got to smell all the amazing perfumes and oils that they make here. Next we went on a Felucca Ride where we sung ...

... good but I was heading for the airport so who really cares? After a 5am flight (UGH.), I checked into the Old Winter Palace, which apparently is where Howard Carter stayed during the time he was searching for King Tut's tomb. It's very colonial, you ...

... with the dirty, rumbling Cairo that we had left the night before.  We checked into another beautiful hotel – the Steigenberger Nile Palace Luxor – then hit the streets for another full day of sightseeing. Luxor is actually three ...

In Aswan, we walked from the train station to Marhaba Palace Hotel.  Washed my shirt and socks in the sink, took a shower, and put on the tshirt the girls let me borrow.  Off to get lunch, we all walked into a restaurant with A/C but the prices ...

No matter what time of year...it's hot, hot, hot!  The Winter Palace hotel is the best in ...

... of Estonia was. I yelled back running to the bus, "I've got no fuckin' idea!" I'd read so much about the grand Winter Palace Hotel that I decided to spurge a bit and enjoy some air-conditioning and a swishy lunch. Flagging the bus to a stop I called ...

Location: Luxor Egypt Dates: 25th-26th June 2007 Where we are staying: Old Winter Palace Hotel What we are doing: Egyptian Elegance Tour DAY 7 - MON - LUXOR AT LEISURE Disembark your cruise boat this morning and check into your famous ...

... afternoon on the beautiful pool deck right on the Nile.  I went out and scouted a bit in Luxor and across the river.  I had a walk through the Winter Palace Hotel, the great historic hotel in Luxor, and the place I want to stay next time I ...

... a visit. I think we even preferred here to Hatshepsut. This evening Matt, Jo, Riazat and I went to the super posh Winter Palace Hotel for drinks for Riazat’s birthday. Jo had been topping hers up with what she thought was fruit juice and the waiter ...

... around and it was nice to just stand and admire this wonderful building.  As too was the case of The Old Winter Palace Hotel, a wonderful throw back to colonial architecture and a spitting image of the Grand Hotel in Brighton. From here it was just ...