Egypt Trip Report


 

Arrabesque Hotel, Luxor

We arrived in Luxor exhausted. Hamis Travel had set us up at the Arabesque Hotel, and it was pretty bad. Purportedly 3 stars, those were the worse stars we've ever seen. If we had not been as tired as we were, we would have switched. We didn't pay for it (Hamis Travel gave us the voucher for free, but they originally tried to charge us US $30) and it was still too expensive. It was nasty. The linens had holes and dirt marks; the shower was explicitly constructed to inflict maximum head injuries on anyone above 5 feet tall, the street noise was very bad, etc. Fortunately it was only one night and we travel with our own towels.

 

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Cities
Cairo Hurghada
Giza Pyramids Luxor
Dashur/Saqqara/Memphis Edfu
St Katherines/Mount Sinai Kom Ombo
Sharm el Sheikh Aswan
  Abu Simbel
Accommodation
Victoria Hotel (Cairo) Sunshine Hotel (Hurghada)
Berlin Hotel (Cairo) Happy Land Hotel  (Luxor)
St Katherine's Monastery (St Katherine's) Arabesque Hotel (Luxor)
Sheraton Sharm (Sharm-el-Sheikh) Lotus Hotel (Cairo)
Tour Companies
Salah Muhammad/Noga Tours
Hamis Travel (Warning!)
Transportation
Upper Egypt Bus Company
International Fast Ferries
Dining
Egyptian Pancakes Restaurant (Cairo) Felfela Restaurant (Cairo)
Amoun Restaurant (Luxor)