Your Hotel Luxor - Winter Palace Hotel
In less than 20-minutes (Luxor Int’l Airport to Winter Palace) you will be arriving at your 5-star luxury hotel. The distance from the airport is just under 10km. Your first vacation begins with a night at the Winter Palace Luxor hotel before joining your Nile cruise the next morning, fit for a pharaoh.
Built in 1886 on the banks of the Nile and surrounded by century-old Royal Gardens, the hotel overlooks the Nile and the West Bank Necropolis. It's an oasis of tranquility and a gateway to the splendour of pharaonic times.
Each room appeals to a dream deep in your heart, calling on the allure of colonial charm, the distinction of fine woods, elegant materials, and harmonious décor with spectacular views. The hotel has a great dining facility, the Victorian Lounge, richly decorated with a majestic crystal chandelier and plush, pink oriental carpets, sip afternoon tea with delicate macarons and scones.
King Farouk, the last King of Egypt, enjoyed the beloved tea ritual in this opulent salon. You will enjoy breakfast as part of your package at this wonderful hotel. The next morning after a fantastic breakfast you are off on your Nile cruise, a sensational and fascinating journey. About Luxor Luxor, once ancient Egypt’s capital during the middle and new kingdoms, is a modern Egyptian city located on the Nile River 500km south of Cairo with a population of around 450,000.
Its name is derived from the Arabic al-uksur (the fortification), the Greeks named it “Thebes”, while the ancient Egyptians called is “Waset”. Nearby lies an ancient city, once one of the most spectacular in Egypt at that time, dating back to 1500 to 1000BC. Luxor is considered an outdoor museum, having the largest collection of historical monuments in Egypt
