It is often said that Luxor has the biggest museum in the world – KARNAK – but it also has one of the most beautiful hotels. The Winter Palace.

The lush tropical fauna surrounding the swimming pool in the back of the hotel is like an oasis in the desert, 

But there is no equal to seeing the Nile from  your window

when the sun rises or when the last rays bath the river in a golden glow.

Maybe it is the magic of it all that made Agatha Christie choose this place to write some of her mysteries!

More from Egypt soon