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Nour el Nil

Luxor - Aswan, Egypt

Location
The boats set sail from Esna, near Luxor. You are picked up from your hotel in Luxor at about 9.30am on the morning your cruise sets sail (always a Monday). Then, you’re driven down to Esna, where the boat is waiting to depart.

By Air:
Luxor and Aswan Airports are equidistant. Click on the links below for a list of airlines serving these airports.

From the Airport
The hotel offers a transfer service - see Rates - or you can jump in a taxi. Agree a rate before you get in though.

More on getting to Egypt and getting around.

Airports:

  • Luxor Airport 20.0km LXR
  • Aswan Airport 20.0km ASW

Other:

  • beach: 0.0 km
  • shop: 0.5 km
  • restaurant: 0.5 km
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Save to favouritesPrintMailNour el NilIt is hard to overstate the sheer magnificence of sailing down the Nile on one of these glorious dahabiyyas, but be assured it’s the trip of a lifetime and a seriously stylish one at that. Seven chandeliers illuminate the deck, while beautifully embroidered cushions and sofas line each side. The idea is that you plonk yourself down, then lose yourself in the raft of images that pass before you. It is highly unlikely that any of the Pharaohs travelled in such style. It takes 6 days to meander from Luxor to Aswan. You breakfast in the sun at the front of the ship, then decant to see something wonderful, perhaps a visit to a Pharaonic quarry or an enormous temple that spent centuries buried under sand. You can walk in the desert, swim in the river, visit a farm, sunbathe on the poop deck, and if the wind is blowing, great sails will be unfurled and you will glide across the water in serene silence. [i!/places_to_stay_lodging.php?hotel_key=1476!Rooms] below are small, but you’ll spend your time up on deck, and they are also sweet, with super-comfortable beds and screens to defeat mosquitoes. As for the crew, they’re as good as their boat, a highlight of your cruise. Unmissable, so don’t balk at the price.

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