Sonesta Cairo

... Of A Lifetime with STI Travel Sept 13 Flying BGR - LGA - shuttle bus to JFK - CAI Sept 14 arrival CAI and overnight at Sonesta Hotel Sept 15 - 18 Flying CAI - Aswan to catch river cruise for 3 nights (sailed Aswan to Luxor) Sept 18 - 19 Flying ...

... ; 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

... in Cairo at approximately four in the afternoon. I got off the bmi plane which is AA's  partner airline. Distance to the Sonesta Cairo Hotel is seven kilometres, about 10 minutes away from the airport. I took a taxi to get to the ...

... way up a two dual carriage way!!. It was noticeably warmer too with a perfect temperature of around 26 degrees. Our hotel, The Sonesta St.George, was little dated and kitsch but offered a good base for our stay. This was our 7th hotel since leaving the ...

... money. After returning we still see lots of police and weapons but there are now tanks on the streets of Luxor. We check into the Sonesta hotel and finally see some English news (CNN Europe). We did not realize how bad it was getting in Cairo as they are ...

... school) we flew the 500 or so miles south to Aswan, the last city in Egypt. Our residence for five days in Northern Egypt was the Sonesta Sun Goddess river cruise ship. It is a bit early-1980's in décor and color schemes but hey, with friendly service, a ...

... are quite damaged but good for a photo anyway. We were glad to be taken to our hotel which was an absolute steal being Hotel Sonesta a five star hotel costing only $70US. We were ragged when we arrived and just couldn’t wait to wash up and have a ...

... is supposed to be one of the most beautiful tombs of all. Following these visits we drove back across the Nile and checked into the Sonesta Saint George.  At first I had been a bit upset that our four-day cruise on the Nile, was only turning out to ...

... . We headed straight to the Nile in our taxi and passed around 50 cruise ships (no exaggeration) until we reached the immaculate Sonesta Moon Goddess. It really was the most beautiful one we passed and we were immediately so content with our choice. Every ...

Cairo to Aswan & the Sonesta Moon Goddess This is the name of the vessel on which I am staying from July 20th through the 25th.  The cruise begins in Aswan and ends in Luxor.  I will post pictures soon, so you can see how impressive this ...

... late.  Taxi to hotel (10EGP) with some fella that tried to make us do tour with him next day for 200EGP, we declined. Sonesta St George hotel, awesome place for the money (11 GBP off season)  I love staying here and it makes sightseeing in Luxor ...

... and wolf them down- its after 2:30 by now. We have a lot of garbage for the flight attendant. When we arrive it Cairo it's like a homecoming- our same bus and driver and CTT agent meet us. Inevitable traffic jam in Cairo- I really missed all the ...

... , of course! I got a taxi back to the hostel, coming back here was like coming back home. It's been a mad few days, I have a guided tour of Cairo planned for tomorrow, it starts at 10am so I'm looking forward to a good nights sleep and a bit of a ...

... an unfair approach. Instead, I'm glad I reserved judgment for my overall evaluation of Egypt, as my sporadic bouts of sickness in Cairo might instead have falsely led me to believe that the most settling thing about it was knowing I had the right kinds ...

We are just back from dinner at a street corner café in Cairo. Whilst eating we saw a cyclist balancing a huge pallet of pitta breads on his head, a herd of goats, a group of men welding showering sparks over us whilst we ate and another group praying ...

... are olive trees over 500 years old - Ian not that impressed ("lots of trees"). You feel as if you could be in Cairo or Istanbul here. Some lovely houses next to tips. The roads are full with constant beeping. It is relatively clean but somehow feels ...

... ; visit the ship used for the AHI Egypt programs (the MS Sonesta St George) and have lunch aboard; check into our hotel, the Sonesta St George; visit the Luxor Temple; dinner in the hotel restaurant, Serapis April 19 - visit the Valley of the Kings and ...

... get to visit Jerusalem and Bethlehem.              We had lunch at the Sonesta Saint George Hotel. It is a five star hotel adjacent to the Nile River. At the large Marina near the hotel, ...

... Aswan: http://www.sofitel.com/sofitel/fichehotel/gb/sof/resort/1666/fiche_hotel.shtml Nile Cruise: http://www.sonesta.com/egypt_nilecruise/ Alexandria: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=438 NYC: ...