Sonesta st George

... patiently for "pink" to be called. This designation was for the world cruisers who were staying at the Sonesta St. George Hotel, a 5-star property (by Egyptian standards) overlooking the Nile. Our journey through the desert was interesting, and a ...

... hotel to be quite a good one.  Fortunately he was right and we are now staying at a wicked 5 star hotel called the Sonesta St George hotel – just so that I remember (Oasis Hotel in Giza and I think it was the Isis Hotel in Aswan – since ...

... nbsp; 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 much ...

... Restaurant April 18th - fly to Luxor; explore the Luxor Musuem; 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 ...

... 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 ...

... my poor liver needed a break! Not complaining though, seeing as though I wasn't paying for it. One night we headed to the Sonesta St. George hotel and had Teppinyaki-great times. The chef even let me cook, which is not my forte..I can't even cook a piece ...

On the Nile, somewhere north of Edfu A childhood dream realized! ...

... 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 be three ...

... 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 ...

Today was also a great day. We had a leisurely morning start; breakfasts at the Sonesta are fabulous.  We eat heartily to same some money on lunch…. We took a horse drawn carriage (another dream of Fiona and Tatiana) down to the ferry landing ...

Marjolaine and the girls were quite tired, so we decided we would have a rest day today. They wrote journals and rested in the morning.  We had lunch around the pool and they spent the rest of the afternoon on the beautiful pool deck right on the ...

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 ...

We were met at the airport by a local representative of Aerocontact Travel. He started to talk about doing the Hapschesut Temple today and Abydos and Dendara tomorrow.  I stressed that we had to be on our cruise ship by noon tomorrow and needed to ...

Today the girls and Marjolaine rested in the morning and enjoyed the pool again, while I went out and scouted on the other side of the river. I took the local ferry across the Nile, so I got to experience more of local life.  It only cost about 70 ...

1/31 Luxor Luggage out this morning- it will be transferred to our cruise ship while we do our morning tours. We visit the Luxor temple-very nice intact pylons and rows of sphinxes. At one time the temple was almost completely covered by sand. The ...

1/30 Luxor Early 7am departure for the West Bank. First to the Valley of the Queens- we visit the tomb of a prince and a queen. The prince's is quite touching- scenes of him with his boys scalp lock being led to meet the gods by his father pharoah. ...