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This hotel is 100% outstanding. The hotel design and landscaping are stunning, the views of the Valley of the Kings across the Nile are breath-taking. Our room was extremely comfortable (the pillows were soft and bed a good size) and had a lovely 2 seat balcony with a Nile view. Cleaned daily to perfection. There are 3 restaurants. An award winning oriental/curry restaurant, which we didn't try. We chose the Olive, which was outside and had a menu with a very wide range of choices from Middle East to Western. The Shawarma sandwich is worthy of mention. Every meal was really enjoyable and the Egyptian wine, Chateau de Granville white was perfectly good. The pools are stunning and loungers everywhere, with one of the staff delivering towels and every comfort as soon as you sit down. The staff were, without exception absolutely wonderful. Extremely polite, wishing to please and keen to make your stay memorable. This a a highly trained and professional team, led by the GM Florian Gruhl, whom we asked to meet, so we could tell him how well the hotel had performed. This was the first time we had taken the rouble to do this, so impressed we were. Finally, we would like to say how impressed we were with the staff. We can't mention them all, but Marina facilitated our stay and was so lovely and helpful. Ahmed and Hassan at the Pool Bar were eager to make a delightful drink and enjoy some laughs at the bar. Mesab makes a wonderful Shisha smoke, which was delightful after dinner. The staff can arrange anything and do it brilliantly. Last I must reference our Taxi driver, who came recommended from a old Luxor hand. His name is Saeed and his number is +201006573591. He will take you wherever you want to go...safely and at sensible prices. He is really delightful and no hard sell and you can trust his advice for shopping, getting tickets to the sites and avoiding the touts. We shall not hesitate to return, as the hotel is calm and relaxing and away (but not far) from the hubub and hassle of the centre of town. A perfect base to see the extraordinary sites of Luxor and then return to relax.