Achti Resort Luxor

It is a very beautiful setting, the patio and pool overlook the Nile and the mountains and valleys beyond. The staff were helpful and the breakfast quiet exceptional … best ever! The hotel is stunning and classy throughout. Swimming in the pool by the Nile day and night was quite magical. There are some lovely local restaurants near in walking distance, the Lanterns and for a cheap meal Maximes. We stayed for six nights and loved it,

The hotel was in a state of change when we stayed and there was little or no tourist information available to help us orientate ourselves. The Nile Cruisers a few hundred metres up river ran their diesel engines all the time, some with dirty exhausts. It dented the ambience a little. Maybe when its more busy they would be away up river. Personally I didn't like being greeted by Egyptian musicians whenever we returned. After a day of hassle on the streets I wanted a place which was baksheesh free!

The rooms are beautiful, breakfast selection is by far the best we have experienced in Egypt, all staff are lovely and friendly and the pools are amazing!

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Brilliant hotel, good, polite, friendly service from all the staff. Friends felt safe in there first visit to Luxor

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Excellent hotel, staff,and fabulous location. We had room service and that was also excellent all in all a fabulous all round experience 10/10. Thanks everyone at the Atchi

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The Achti is right on the bank of Nile and just 10 minutes from the centre of Luxor by Taxi. The staff are outstanding. They were friendly, willing and took the time to get to know my family. Our room was clean, cool and we could walk straight onto a terrace to watch the sun set over the river. There's a desk at reception for organising private tours. They booked our visit to the Valley of the Kings plus some of the more distant sights one morning. That took 5 hours, so we started at 7am to avoid the midday heat. For other sites closer to the Hotel, such as Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple, we took a taxi. If you need a guide, you'll commonly find one at any of the larger sites. We hired one for the first hour of our Karnak visit. Karnak and Luxor Temples are linked by an 3KM ancient road. It's lined with sphynxes and our taxi driver stopped to let us take photos from a bridge spanning it. We're adventurous with food in any Country, but Egypt doesn't make is easy to find a decent meal outside of the Hotels. The Achti does a great job and the breakfast buffet is excellent. It's not quite the Four Seasons in Cairo (top class), but you'll find an good selection of hot and cold foods and an Omelette Chef. For dinner, their Italian restaurant does a good job of things and their main restaurant has a decent enough menu to please most people. Getting onto the river was easy. The staff organised that for us with a local sailor at just one hour's notice. The boats are berthed next to the Hotel and you can sail as the sun sets or pop over the river by motor boat to Banana Island. It's probably a small thing, but TV in Egyptian Hotels seems a bit hit and miss. The Achti has a good selection with BBC World Service, CNN and movies. That was handy, because I had picked up an illness in Cairo. A few hours of downtime in the room one day was just a little more pleasant.

We're pretty hardy travellers, so walking around Cairo and Luxor wasn't an issue for us. You're celebrities if you do, but "No" is a word that sometimes falls on deaf ears. Be prepared to say it politely, but firmly.