Luxor Hotel

Advantages: Read Opp
Disadvantages: None

...newspaper delivery, 2 bottles of water, Nurture Fitness Centre Admission, and unlimited local, toll free and domestic long distance telephone calls. The rooms generally come with bigger sizes, and a greater service, but this will obviously depend upon how much you have paid for the room. Now what I really found great about the Luxor was that it had so much to see and do inside, you soon find yourself wanting to stay exclusive just in the hotel, all that you could ask for is inside, anything ranging from spa and health centres, casinos, restaurants and nightclubs and live shows, all of which will be detailed below. It can be pricey, but for me you can never really go to Vegas on a budget, you are always bound to spend more than you desired to in the first place. DINNING: The Luxor has a number of different restaurants, cafes and snack bars...

jaygami1986 14.08.2009 · Read review
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Our stay in Luxor

Advantages: Grea views, clean, close to centre and sights
Disadvantages: Not a lot of entertainment

...Iberotel Luxor Having stayed all inclusive at the Iberotel in Sharm el Sheikh, and found it to be good value and quality, when we visited Luxor, we decided to stay at the Iberotel Luxor. The hotel is situated on the banks of the Nile and when we were looking at phots of different hotels, this is what appealed to Little miss, the fact that the pool is on the Nile. The hotel information told us that there are lovely views of the river, its West Bank and the Theben hills from the restaurant and pool, and when we arrived we found this to be totally true. It is located in the centre of Luxor, 10 min walking distance from the Luxor Temple and 20 min from Luxor Airport. So, given that we wanted an all inclusive clean hotel close to all of the ?sights?, this looked to be exactly what we wanted. FIRST IMPRESSIONS... Given that we had...

danielalong 11.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Iberotel Luxor, Luxor

One Day In Luxor

Advantages: overwhelming
Disadvantages: none

...After 28 years my husband and I decided to revisit Egypt, not that we expected the millennia-old monuments to look any different, but the first visit had impressed us so much that we thought we´d enjoy a second visit. On 20th December 2003 Egypt Air took us from Frankfurt/Main directly to Luxor in Upper Egypt where we landed at 1 am the following morning due to a delay at departure, when we finally hit the hay it was 2 am! The view from the balcony of our hotel room some hours later rewarded us for the trouble: after winter-grey Germany eye-hurting, bright sunshine, palm trees on the bank of the Nile, cruisers and feluccas - Egyptian sailing-boats - on the glittering river! Why do tourists go to Luxor? The remains of the biggest temple humankind has ever constructed are there, in Karnak to be precise, now a part of the city, in...

MALU 28.09.2004 · Read review
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  Harvester Restaurants

Advantages: Always one close by, quick turn out, children are welcome and catered for.
Disadvantages: Toilets can be quite disturbing, not all dishes taste as good they are described.

...Harvester Restaurants Restaurant Reviewed: Stag and Hounds Winchester Road Basingstoke Hampshire (next to Comet and Home Base) The Harvester chain of Restaurants have over 2000 outlets across the United Kingdom and owned and operated by Mitchells and Butlers, who claim to be the UK's leading operator of managed pubs, bars and restaurants. Harvester claim to offer healthy eating, drinking and entertainment in one reasonably priced outlet. **** Parking and Getting a Table ***** As with most of the Harvester's I have visited, there is usually ample free parking at the rear of the establishment. However on Saturday evenings and Sunday lunch times these places are heaving with customers, so avoid the crowds, go early and if possible ring and reserve a table. The Stag and Hounds is no exception but fortunately...

mrsmopples 27.02.2007 · Read review
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Luxor

Advantages: The heat (in winter) Stunning temples
Disadvantages: The heat (in summer) The hassle

...Sunshine childrens home. A charity for abandoned and orphaned children. It is currently situated on television Street but moving to new premises soon. The other is the Horse Veterinary hospital which looks after the many cruelly treated horses (and many other animals). It is situalted on the edge of the town but if you get a callege (Horse and cart) to take you there they will wash his horse (for free) whilst someone will show you around. Both are charites seeking donations (however small) and do sterling work in Luxor. The hotels all are well equipped with pool and restaurants and it is possible to spend a week in Luxor and never see the town. Since we first visited restuarants in the town have improved greatly and it is possible to eat cheaply and safely. However be prepared I have not yet visited without a samll stomach upset...

Janeg888 12.01.2007 · Read review
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Luxor

Advantages: Awe inspiring place full of culture
Disadvantages: Local water could make you quite ill

...My husband and I went to Luxor a couple of years ago for two weeks. Although we were worried about security we didn't have any problems and a trip we went on to a Red Sea Resort was chaperoned by armed guards incase of trouble. The security of tourists is taken very seriously in Luxor, and we didn't come across any trouble at all. The hotels are excellent and service is second to none, just walking down the street you find yourself offered a taxi or a caleche (the local horse drawn carriages) every few feet and it can be quite hard to refuse. The drivers are always more than happy to take you on a tour of Luxor culminating in a trip to the local papyrus museum, which is very interesting with a demonstration of how it is made and a hefty commission for the driver if you buy a papyrus! In fact, every driver we used had a brother...

mokee 07.08.2000 · Read review
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Luxor West Bank by taxi

Advantages: Independent travel
Disadvantages: No tour guide descriptions

...I would like to recommend anyone travelling to Luxor to arrange themselves a trip around the Luxor West Bank using a local Luxor taxi. I have visited Egypt on 3 occasions now as a backpacker and the taxi trip to the west bank has always been one of the highlights for me. You really get to travel around not only at your leisure but in the company of a real local resident making himself a proper living. Your money will not be going to a tour company, it will be going directly to the local with the family to support. It is my opinion that Egyptian taxi drivers have been the friendliest and most helpful of anyone you are likely to meet. The taxis may look to be in a poor state of repair but they are functional and pretty comfortable in all honesty. You can usually hire a cab driver in low season for half a day for around £75 to £100...

Jimbo583 12.08.2006 (16.08.2006) · Read review
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LUXOR....BUT ITS NOT PAINFUL

Advantages: Climate, Friendly People
Disadvantages: None

...CURRENCY : Egyptian Pound (£1.00 = approx 10 Egyptian) TIME DIFFERENCE: +2 GMT FLYING TIME : Approx 4 1/2 hours In October this year my partner and I managed to pick up a bargain break to Egypt for 7 night?s bed and breakfast for the princely some of £798 for the two of us, courtesy of Mr Thomas Cook Our trip started two weeks before departure as we had to have the following vaccinations before leaving: Hepatitis A, Tetanus, Polio and Typhoid. Please note these vaccinations are not mandatory these days but according to the Foreign Office website they are recommended. Be warned, the Polio vaccination tastes like what I imagine would be sweaty socks that have been worn by cows for 3 months and not washed! We landed at Luxor airport at approx 21.30 local time (+2 GMT) and as it...

phil2001 18.11.2003 · Read review
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Honeymoon in Luxor

Advantages: Good bargains and a lot to do
Disadvantages: The museums are too expensive

...My husband and I spent 2 weeks in Luxor for our honeymoon. It was our first time in Egypt and the first time my husband had visited an Arab country. We stayed in a small, family run hotel called the St Joseph. It was very friendly and all the holidaymakers staying there got to know each other so the atmosphere was really good. The hotel provided entertainment most evenings which was just as well because there wasn't much going on at nights in Luxor. I loved Luxor but I was disappointed that the only places you could safely eat in were hotels which served up international food at more or less the same prices you would expect to pay in the UK. We did the usual tours of the various temples and we did find the entrance fees for most of the museums a bit expensive at around £7 a time. I wondered if any of the locals could ever afford...

rustifer 16.02.2001 · Read review
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Couldn't get enough of Zuma? Try Luxor!!

Advantages: A challenging game, improves eye-hand coordination
Disadvantages: Very addictive

...I always keep an eye out for new downloadable games and do make it a point to try out any interesting ones. When I came across the game Luxor on the Big Fish Games website, it reminded me of the fantastic game Zuma I had played a couple of years ago. Zuma was a novel game then and had me completely addicted to it. Being an avid fan of Zuma, I couldn't resist playing Luxor which I found to be an adapted version of Zuma with some variations. What is Luxor all about? ************************** Luxor is basically an action-puzzle game with an Egyptian theme. The game consists of 88 challenging levels and requires a great deal of accuracy to win. A stream of colourful orbs keeps rolling down a maze that leads to a pyramid. The aim of the game is to shoot at and destroy all the orbs before they disappear into the pyramid. A winged...

supreah 12.01.2007 · Read review
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