Old Winter Palace Hotel

Right in front of the Nile. My room is the second window up on the right hand side before the photo cuts off. I'm right next to the Royal Suite, with the big patio in front.

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Travel Day to Luxor

July 13th 2012
Another almost too easy day of travel. Left on a short flight South to Luxor (around 1 hour) from Cairo at around noon, and then at Luxor, a driver was waiting, and drove me the 15 minutes or so to the hotel, the Old Winter Palace. I'm still shocked by this hotel, mainly because I wasn't expecting the sheer opulence of the place. This is an old Victorian gem of a hotel right along the N ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more

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