Before going aboard, though, I wanted very much to spend a night at the Old Cataract hotel in Aswan and had manipulated our schedule slightly in order to squeeze it in.

And Agatha Christie fans will want to head to the Old Cataract Hotel where the crime writer wrote her acclaimed novel, Death on the Nile. Both easyJet and TUI operate direct flights to Luxor from ...

The southern city of Aswan – located at the first cataract or rapids of the Nile – overflows with notable stops, too. Among them are the Unfinished Obelisk, and the High Dam.

Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. Credit: Anton_Ivanov / Shutterstock. Perched on the banks of the Nile in Aswan, the Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Hotel is one of Egypt’s most iconic properties. Opened in ...

The old Cataract hotel is considered to be one of the leading landmark hotels in Egypt, noted for its ancient look and strategic location fronting the Nile River. The hotels consist of 138 ...

My itinerary is bookended with bucket-list accommodation at two of Egypt’s best-known hotels, the Sofitel Winter Palace in Luxor and the Sofitel Legend Old Cataract in Aswan.

One morning, the Sphinx docked in the southern port city of Aswan, renowned for its Philae temple complex, which dates to the 7th century BCE, and the Old Cataract Hotel, frequented by Agatha ...