Old Cataract Hotel

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 ...

... ; 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... or Egyptian Ferarri (horse and carriage). Back at the hotel we joined another couple for a tour. We drove south past the Old Cataract Hotel and eventually over the low dam. This was built by the British in 1902. Crossing this and circling up the west ...

... by the local population, we thought we'd seek retribution by endulging in a little colonial daydream at the nearby Old Cataract Hotel, a venerable institution with more than a century of elitism under its belt. Apparently it had honed its tactics since ...

... where we wanted to go. But there is always a friendly local ready to point you in the right direction. We had lunch at Old Cataract Hotel, the place where Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile." I'm sure it's the best view of the Nile, bar none, though ...

... ; From the quarry our walk took us through a Muslim cemetery and up a hill past the Coptic St. Michael's Cathedral and the Old Cataract Hotel.  The hotel was the location for shooting the film version of Agatha Christie's Death on the ...

... aboard our boat selling trinkets and jewelry items as we ply the waters toward his village.   We pass the Old Cataract Hotel, the historic building from which Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis and Angela Lansbury started their Nile cruise in the movie: ...

... Aswan on the river. It was peaceful but seemed cramped after being on the huge riverboat. That afternoon I ate lunch at the Old Cataract Hotel. It's aptly named as the hotel has been there since 1899. The terrace had a fantastic view of the Nile and ...

... . Once back in Aswan, most everybody needed a nap due to the early start. Helen, Jodie and I went to the Old Cataract Hotel (Agatha Christie supposedly wrote "Death on the Nile" here) later on and discovered Egyptians don't know how to make dessert. ...

... That afternoon we rode a felucca, the tradional Nile boat with the triangular sail. The boat dropped us off at the famous Old Cataract Hotel for some drinks. Yesterday we spent almost the whole day on the 14-hour train ride from Aswan back to Cairo. ...

... with the young host while overlooking the Nile and lit landmark buildings such as Aswan’s Coptic Church and the Old Cataract Hotel (which used to be one of Francois Mitterrand’s favorite holiday spots). After we said our goodbyes we went to ...

... . Some more negotiating, and we finally bullied them into further understand what we required.   We got as far as the Old Cataract Hotel before we pulled over again. At this point, we got out, and were looking for our own translators. Another cab ...

... is on here...but it sounds fun?) -Elephantine Island by Felucca -Visit the patio for beverage (alcoholic I hope) at Old Cataract Hotel (Where Agatha Christie wrote "Death on the Nile") Day 6 Thursday, May 7th, 2009 -Abu Simbel day ...

... the desert of Lawrence. We had a little boat trip back to the hote, coming past the temple of elphantine and the old cataract hotel. I suppose it isn't like Raffles with a famous must have drink but I hear the restaurant is divine. Back to the hotel ...