Pyramisa Isis

... all round to the crew and our fellow passengers and then we were off in the taxi (for 150egp!!) to our hotel – The Pyramisa Isis Hotel where we checked in and dropped our luggage off before heading to the airport which is quite a way out of town. ...

... renovations and this was the reason for its less than modern interior! We then made our way to our five star hotel, the Pyramisa Luxor (I thought I must have been dreaming!) where we would be staying for our one night in this city. To our surprise, our ...

... long year, just a pity the camera was filched, I would have posted a lot more photos.    arrival at Pyramisis Isis, well first impressions are important, the foyer certainly looks five star, the reception staff appear to be a little aloof, ...

... own for significantly cheaper but we ended up with more time at the site in the end]. After we reached our amazing hotel, Isis, which was on the Nile and complete with granite bathrooms and amazing pool we headed out for our first excursion of the trip ...

... gie de dernières minutes. Une fois au petit port privé, une navette nous a amenés sur un Resort situé sur l’île Isis au milieu du Nil. Lors du trajet, nous avons fait la connaissance du responsable de l’agence du Resort qui voulait ...

... 9am and began traveling towards Aswan. We drove through many small villages along the Nile and finally arrived at our hotel, the Isis, in Aswan. The rooms were set up like bungalows and we were right on the Nile with a pool and restaurant overlooking the ...

The Isis Hotel is lovely and situated right beside the Nile.  From here we visit the huge Aswan High Dam.  This Dam has made the largest man made lake on earth, Lake Nassar.  The Hydro Electricity created here supplies all of Egypt.  ...

... out.  Our driving today had brought us from Aswan to the city of Luxor.  We arrived at the beautiful Isis Resort (I swear, our accommodation gets nicer each time!) this afternoon and immediately got to business:  pool time!  ...

The star rating for this hotel is slowly rising from 5 to 2. What a night, hit the sack around 22.30, sleep? not a chance, a reincarnation of Pavarotti was warbling in the ground floor, we could hear him quite clearly in our room. he stopped about 22.50, ...

What a long drive we had to get to Luxor. We drove about 6 to 6.5 hours through the desert.  We passed through many police & military checkpoints.  One rest stop to enjoy tea, Turkish coffees and bathrooms, Ebrahim managed to have a hookah ...

May 25, 2009 For those of you who thought the Pyramids of Giza were buried somewhere in the vast desert, as I did - I'd like to formally educate you now!  Before reading on, however, keep this in mind - In the last 8 months or so I've truly tried ...

24 April We were up even earlier than the previous day getting up at 4:15am for a 4:30 pickup.    When we went down to the lobby there were 8 others waiting.  It was comforting to see that we were not the only people going ballooning. ...

22 April After the big day yesterday it was time to catch a break and relax. Following a late breakfast we relaxed by the pool.  In the afternoon we took a taxi to the Luxor Museum.  Before going to the museum we walked along to some shops ...