A stay at Aracan Eatabe Luxor Hotel places you in the heart of Luxor, steps from Luxor Corniche and Nile. This family-friendly hotel is 9.6 mi (15.4 km) from Valley of the Kings and 0.2 mi (0.4 km) from Mummification Museum.
Take time to pamper yourself with a visit to the full-service spa. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as a health club and an outdoor pool. This Art Deco hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Grab a bite at Dakka, one of the hotel's 4 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 6:00 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Luxor? This hotel has 269 square feet (25 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room.
Make yourself at home in one of the 306 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Rooms have private balconies. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature spring water baths and designer toiletries.
"Property looks impressive and it's right on the river, close to both Luxor and Karnak Temples, the Museum and even the hot air balloon ride (though we didn't do that). So, full marks for location.
Staff is very helpful, so again, full marks.
After that it's all downhill.
Poorly maintained property, our bathroom door was too swollen to shut properly. Shower water pressure and temperature were very low. The room key would stop working pretty much every time we left the hotel and came back, so we had to keep going to reception to get it recoded. Eventually we took to just going there every time without first going up to our room to check.
Breakfast was a huge spread but very poor quality and not well planned - providing traditional Egyptian dips but no pita, only Western style bread or the very sweet Egyptian pastry.
So, overall, a very average experience. It might be that this is the best option in the area but I don't know that, so I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
Also, and maybe this isn't something they can control, the hotel does not help with calling cabs. You either take your chances and haggle with the crooked cabbies outside or pay a big premium for a short ride to the airport in the hotel's ”luxury” car, which is just a Chery sedan, not a Benz or BMW."