Advice on Hotels in Luxor

I am booked to go to Egypt in June and was due to stay in Luxor for 4 days..

The hotel i am booked in is the Old Winter Palace and ive heard this is a
really good hotel to stay in.. I have recently been informed by my tour
operator that the pool is closed at this hotel between May and July...We
have been given the option to swap hotels..one of the options being the Le
Meridian....or they will bus us to the Karnak Sofitel for the use of there
pool.

Has anyone got any advice on weather we should stay put in the Old Winter
palace or swap to the Le Meridian?.. Does anyone know how far the Sofitel
is from the Winter Palace?

Thanks...

Actually the Winter Palace is a fairly split hotel. A few of the rooms
are in the old section and are pretty much from the 1950's. Alongside
and connecting there is a new Pavilion wing with far less character and
far more luxury. It's a neat place to stay.

Personally I would usually recommend seedy character over modern luxury.
However I'm the type who isn't sure where the Winter Palace pool is
after staying there for 3 days a couple of years ago. If they are going
to give you a room with AC then stay there. 40 years ago I stayed there
in August without AC & it was very difficult.

I have no idea how much they have upgraded the rooms in the old part. I
got some glimpses but they looked pretty original.

Nicola Earl wrote:

> I am booked to go to Egypt in June and was due to stay in Luxor for 4 days..
>
> The hotel i am booked in is the Old Winter Palace and ive heard this is a
> really good hotel to stay in.. I have recently been informed by my tour
> operator that the pool is closed at this hotel between May and July...We
> have been given the option to swap hotels..one of the options being the Le
> Meridian....or they will bus us to the Karnak Sofitel for the use of there
> pool.
>
> Has anyone got any advice on weather we should stay put in the Old Winter
> palace or swap to the Le Meridian?.. Does anyone know how far the Sofitel
> is from the Winter Palace?
>
> Thanks...
>
>

Nicola Earl wrote:
>
> I am booked to go to Egypt in June and was due to stay in Luxor for 4 days..
>
> The hotel i am booked in is the Old Winter Palace and ive heard this is a
> really good hotel to stay in.. I have recently been informed by my tour
> operator that the pool is closed at this hotel between May and July...We
> have been given the option to swap hotels..one of the options being the Le
> Meridian....or they will bus us to the Karnak Sofitel for the use of there
> pool.
>
> Has anyone got any advice on weather we should stay put in the Old Winter
> palace or swap to the Le Meridian?.. Does anyone know how far the Sofitel
> is from the Winter Palace?
>
> Thanks...

I stayed in a very nice small hotel in Luxor, think the name was Ramses
Hotel. If I remember I'll check it up and get back with more info. This
hotel has a nice pool where I enjoyed many cold Stella.

/Anders

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In article <40A36EE0.E63@nilsson.com>, Nisse PowerMan <dud@nilsson.com>
writes
>Nicola Earl wrote:
>>
>> I am booked to go to Egypt in June and was due to stay in Luxor for 4 days..
>>
>> The hotel i am booked in is the Old Winter Palace and ive heard this is a
>> really good hotel to stay in.. I have recently been informed by my tour
>> operator that the pool is closed at this hotel between May and July...We
>> have been given the option to swap hotels..one of the options being the Le
>> Meridian....or they will bus us to the Karnak Sofitel for the use of there
>> pool.
>>
>> Has anyone got any advice on weather we should stay put in the Old Winter
>> palace or swap to the Le Meridian?.. Does anyone know how far the Sofitel
>> is from the Winter Palace?
>>
>> Thanks...
>
>
>I stayed in a very nice small hotel in Luxor, think the name was Ramses
>Hotel. If I remember I'll check it up and get back with more info. This
>hotel has a nice pool where I enjoyed many cold Stella.
>
>/Anders
>
>

-Staying at The Old Winter Palace is an unforgettable experience...the rest are
just hotels!
Enjoy
-
mikeandpambird