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The
Movenpick Jolie Ville, Luxor, Egypt By Jimmy Dunn
What a nice, comfortable hotel. The Movenpick is
almost a Luxor institution, located on its own garden island
(Crocodile Island) at Luxor, Egypt.
This hotel is truly and completely a family
oriented facility and notable  due
to the number of return customers to the resort. Also notable are
the number of guests that seem to come here, without much interest
in the tombs of Thebes are the temples of Luxor and Karnak.
The swimming pool and other areas seems to be filled all through
the day, while many hotels in Luxor seem abandoned during tour
hours.
 The
rooms are bungalow style, with satellite TVs, direct dial
telephones, mini-fridges, private baths with showers and bath and
individually controlled air conditioning. There are also terraces
which usually face large garden areas and sometimes unusual for
Egypt, non-smoking rooms. Movenpicks are not necessarily know for
huge guest rooms, but indeed, there is little reason to stay in
the rooms for long.
 Recreational
activities include an an outdoor pool, four tennis courts with
flood-lighting, a jogging track, soccer field, table tennis,
bicycles, a billiards room, volleyball courts, gymnastics,
massages and felucca sailing. For the kids, there is a children's
club, and a surprisingly large zoo. But we can't refer to it as a
petting zoo exactly. The rather large Croc looks dead, or at
least asleep, but beware, it is not!
For dining and drinking there is the Mövenpick restaurant (ā la carte),
a specialty restaurant offering European gourmet meals in a cozy
setting. The Jolie Ville (buffet, snacks) offers buffet style
meals for breakfast and dinner and daily theme nights.  Shehrazade terrace
has BBQ, sandwich and ice cream bazaar and serves breakfast, lunch
and dinner with a wonderful Nile view. The final dinning
experience is the Fellah's tent which includes sunset sailing, traditional food,
and a folklore show all in a separate area of the island. They say
it offers an evening of Arabian delights right out of 1001.
For casual drinks, there is the Crocodile bar, a
traditional, open hotel bar within the lobby area as well as the Nile terrace bar
which has a snack bar, drinks, coffee and cakes and ice cream amidst
a tropical garden!
The a secretarial service, and a complete banquet
facility with seating for up to 200 people.
This hotel is truly one of Luxor's best values.
While we do not consider it a budget hotel, it is reasonable, and
the amenities, gardens and hospitality are hard to beat.
The
Movenpick Jolie Ville
Crocodile Island
Luxor, Egypt
Phone +20-95 374855
Fax +20-95 374936
email
Reservations
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