Luxor Old Nile Hotel

Scammers! Stay Away!

I was looking for a charming place to stay with my family, and picked out this hotel for its location by the Nile and beside a canal. At first it seemed to fit the description (except that there were towels and shampoo missing from the rooms, and dirty unclean sheets, and mosquitoes, but this didn’t bother me too much). Also the breakfast is not included like in many Egyptian hotels and very expensive compared to local prices (3x that of the closest restaurant). An excursion we organized with them to Dendera (supposed to be a 1:15 hr drive with their “luxury” taxi) completely ruined my experience and vacation in Luxor. Firstly, the price for their “luxury taxi”, which revealed itself to be a rickety old van was way too high. Then about halfway through the trip, we figured out that the hotel had not organized for our travel permits on the way to Dendera so they could make more money off the taxi surcharge. This added about 4 hours to the total time of the trip, with the taxi driver desperately taking rough back roads to avoid police checkpoints. Thankfully we were able to get back to the hotel, whose owner and employees vehemently denied they had done anything wrong (he repeated many times that the driver was not trying to avoid the police over the phone, when the driver was literally swerving and crying in fear when he saw police vehicles). Not one gesture was made towards us to repair this experience and they didn’t even say sorry once. Please find somewhere else to stay, away from these scammers. I think most of the positive reviews here were made as economic arrangements with the hotel for recompensation btw.

Can’t say much about the place as the owner overbooked and didn’t care that we didn’t have a place where to sleep when we arrive at midnight after a train being delayed…if you book there be sure the owner doesn’t forget you !!!!!!!!