This hotel is a mix of very good and very bad. The location of the hotel was mixed as well. the hotel is out in the middle of nowhere, which is good because the town of Luxor is a horrible place to walk around and to be. To get to the hotel is about a 15 minute drive from the town of Luxor and about 20 mintues from the airport partially on a dirt road in the middle of an agricultural area. Now this may not sound to good, but the town of Luxor is even worse! The streets and sidewalks are dirty and in horrible condition. Everyone is either trying to sell you something or just plain take your money (with or without you consent). Not a very relaxing environment. So, the hotel is a bit of a sanctuary from that living he**! Even though the town of Luxor is horrible the sights are definitely worth seeing.
The hotel is quiet (except for the call to prayers 5 times a day from the local Mosque), with very comfortable, but in need of updating rooms. The service though was lacking in our wing. The bathroom was barely cleaned, usually they did not replace our towels, and they never replaced the dirty glasses. In fact, our friend in the next room asked one of the service people for clean glasses and they came into the room and pointed to the dirty ones and said there they are and left. Also, we had a used ice bucket in our room for 3 days. On the other hand, friends of ours in another wing of the hotel had great service and even had their towels made into cobras or swans everyday.
The breakfast buffet was mediocre at best. The scrambled eggs for example were drowning in their half-cooked selves, very unappetizing. And, because we had booked around new years we had to pay and have dinner at the same buffet for three of our five nights. It too was mediocre and I think everyone got sick there to some extent, a few of our group very much so. The restaurants in town were not better. They are typical tourist places where they know you are not coming back again and serve the lowest of lows at a premium.
Unique Qualities: The pool area and gardens are beautiful. By far the most outstanding feature of the hotel.
The hotel does provide a free shuttle from the hotel every hour into Luxor stopping at Karnak Temple and a few other key stops and does a return trip as well. However, it has limited seating and if you miss it you have to wait an hour for the next one or take a taxi. Note: you should not pay more than 20 Egyptian pounds ($3.50) to get from the town of luxor to the hotel for the whole cab, not per person, remember to negotiate
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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$40-80
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Address: El Zinia Gebly Street, , LUXOR 0
Directions: A 15 minute cab ride from the center of Luxor and 20 minutes from the airport. In the middle of fields on the banks of the Nile.
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