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Nile Cruise Luxor May 8th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Hi friends, Our team has just come back from a great nile cruise trip.I was on the M/S Flurette. We will soon be having alot of friends adding their reviews to the various cruise ships that sail down the nile! you will see their pictures, and their comments both good and bad.

Pumuckl, today we will go to Aswan, Egypt's sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town located about 81 miles south of Luxor. It has a distinctively African atmosphere. In Aswan the Nile is at its most beautiful, flowing through amber desert and granite rocks, round emerald islands covered in palm groves and tropical plants.

In Luxor, we boarded a boat, the Royal Lotus, for a three-night river cruise on the Nile. It was interesting to see how the boats docked along the Nile. Sometimes three boats would sit side-by-side and passengers had to cut through the reception area of the other boats to get on or off the boat.

We booked a 12-day Grand Tour of Egypt with Globus, with the tour highlights described as follows: "Sail through five thousand years of history on this 12-day Cruise & Tour vacation. After guided sightseeing in Cairo, you’ll visit the Sphinx, the Great Pyramids, and the seaport of Alexandria.

The Cleopatra Aswan is located in the downtown area and within walking distance of the Nile. click here to book a hotel or learn more This hotel is located in: Egypt

The Pyramisa Isis Corniche Hotel is located on the banks of the Nile in the centre of Aswan and enjoys a unique location with panoramic views of the Nile and the convenience of being centrally located. click here to book a hotel or learn more This hotel is located in: Egypt

Tutankhamun “I heard his call and I will follow him” – after speaking this words, Lord Carnarvon. perished in the city of Aswan at 1:50 a.m., on the 5th of April 1923. At the same time, his dog, Susie was also dying at Highclere Castle, the family estate in England.

Some drowned, some buried Artefacts immersed in the Nile at Aswan and a 19th-Dynasty funerary collection in Luxor are the most recent discoveries in Egypt, as Nevine El-Aref reports It is surely in the quiet and relaxing city of Aswan that the Nile is at its most beautiful.

All rooms have a Nile view as the hotel is located on an island. click here to book a hotel or learn more Additional info: