Sofitel Winter Palace

... de LOUXOR via LE CAIRE Vol MS302 09:30 /10:30 hre     et   Vol MS359 11:30 /12:40 hre. Acceuil a LOUXOR et installation a notre hotel .  Temps libre et/ou repos toute l`après midi Logement au  sofitel winter palace ...

... start to walk with you and try and get you to talk.  Arghhhh  So back to the comfort of the Sofitel Winter Palace, which i have to say is like a luxury retirement village, because thats how old the other guests were.  Again the temperature ...

... crown princes and princesses. Spend the afternoon at leisure. A visit to the Luxor Museum is just one suggestion. Hotel: Old Winter Palace. (BB) DAY 8 - TUE - LUXOR - CAIRO After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight back to Cairo where ...

... did help at reception and arranged for our train tickets to be bought/ dropped off). Pulling up to the ramp at the Old Winter Palace was a really good first impression, and reception was in the old building even though we were slumming it in the pavillion ...

... ;Beban; sal the Nile on  a felucca, a traditional Egyptian sailboat; dress pretty for dinner at the Tarboush Tent at the Sofitel Old Winter Palace Hotel April 20 - visit Karnak Temple; BBQ lunch on the Nile pontoon at the hotel; fly back to Cairo; ...

... we made the lonnnnng drive from the airport, which, I think, was closer to the Chinese border than downtown Hanoi, and I reached the fabulous Sofitel Metropole around 10:00 p.m. (Yea, I know. Very decadent, but when I knew I was going to be in Hanoi, I ...

... was planned for us today by our tour guide, Sam Hu. After enjoying another lovely breakfast at the buffet at the ultra luxury Sofitel hotel, we headed on to the tour bus to begin our journey to the Great Wall at Mutianyu. This particular location of the ...

... It is a massive, sleek, good smelling lobby! I was greeted by a lady who handed me a card with the address of the Sofitel, Chinese phrases, tourist sites (English and Chinese) and a number so that the cab driver recognizes which hotel to bring us to. How ...

Awesome.  That's the word to describe our first glimpse of ancient Egypt.  While at Luxor we visited Luxor Temple, the Temples of Karnak - one of the most spectacular pieces of architecture yet- and the Valley of the Kings and Queens along with ...

It was a quiet day, fortunately for Ivan and me, as neither of us was feeling all that well. We suspect that it was the chocolate mousse TT ordered but didn't eat, the one that her parents gladly devoured. :( We did manage to take a stroll down the ...

The Valley of the Kings should also be known as the Valley of the Touts. The moment you step out of your vehicle, you are bombarded. You start by being polite, smiling and saying "No, thanks." You add a few flourishes and become firmer in your tone as ...

Much more village life. Abydos has a blue hue. Lots of colour painted on the walls. The town is heavily guarded. There was violence in the 90s. It's the only temple we've been to where a guard with a semi-automatic machine gun followed us around. He ...

Our day started with a wait for the train. Lots of interesting sites. People continued to cross right up to the moment the train passed in front of them, including the blind man guided by a family member.  Good thing the train was only going about ...