We stayed here 4 nights in February 2007. Although the le Meridien chain has been broken up following Granada's hostile takeover of THF and the name has changed to the naff sounding Nile Palace, the hotel seems not to have suffered. We had a Nile view room although the room (134) was a side Nile view (there are Front Nile View rooms - check before you go). The hotel is right next to the Nile and for that you have a good 10-15 min walk or a taxi ride to The Sights - if you stay more in the centre of things there is the Corniche Road between the hotels and river so a Nile View is unlikely. The pool area, on a terrace right next to the Nile, is particularly good. There are 3 main reatuarants - the Nubian which is OK-ish in a mass catering sort of way, a Lebanese which is very good - e.g. skewered lamb or flattened chicken breast roasted over charcoal, and an Italian which serves competently done pasta based dishes. We enjoyed our stay and I would recommend it but don't let its slightly off centre location stop you getting into the fascinating centre of Luxor.
Unique Qualities: The pool, the view across the Nile to the Mountains in which there is the valley of the Kings, the agricultural flood plain opposite, the felucca ride to Banana Island........ the rooms aren't bad either!
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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Phone: 20-95366999
Address: Khaled Ben El Walid St
Directions: The souther part of Luxor where the road turns away from the Nile bank
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on Mar 4, 2007
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