As you walk in the lobby, you are met by a mass of cool marble and very good airconditioning. There is a large seating area on your left and the entrance to the bar on the right. further back is the reception desk and the coffee/snack bar and door to the rather nice pool which has a volley ball net. the accommodation does not live up to the rest of the hotel but is more than adequate, if a little tired, and very clean.
we were lucky enough to be given a nile view room at no extra cost but it was over the bar and if we came home before 11pm we had to suffer/enjoy the vocal talents of a local female singer doing her versions of britney spears and other great american singers....
some of the rooms are in a block behind the hotel.
overall the hotel was nice but very large and impersonal. we never got to know the staff as there were so many and the dining room for breakfast (where a chef will cook your eggs anyway you want) was vast and so the oppotunity to talk to other guests was limited. we never tried the hotel disco but heard rumours it was always empty.
the main gathering place for families was the pool...great for organising mass trips at greater redunctions with the local guides.
see above Theme: HotelComparison: about averageDirections: opposite the nile
