The Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa

July 20, 2019 by Egypt Travel Blog

The only property in Luxor to make the Egypt Travel Blog’s and the Egypt Travel Podcast’s list of Best Hotels of Egypt for 2019 is the Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa. This property is exquisite from the moment you step into its lobby and I am 100% confident that you’ll be thoroughly impressed by and happy with a stay here. The decor in both the public spaces and in the rooms is very posh and elegant, and the staff have been very obviously well trained to provide among the best customer service in Egypt.

The Hilton Luxor’s rooms and public areas are both ultra posh and spacious.

The main restaurant for the property is called Rosetta and is located in a spacious area one level below the lobby with enormous floor-to-ceiling glass windows looking out over the pool. Breakfast and dinner buffets in this main restaurant are enormous and absolutely phenomenal, and I could seriously eat here for every meal every day that I’m in Luxor.

The main restaurant in the Hilton Luxor is Rosetta, a fabulous buffet with gorgeous views.

Another nice restaurant encircling the pool area is called Olives, whose menu is Mediterranean-themed with a wide variety on its menu. Most notable about this restaurant is that they can set up an candle-lit intimate, romantic, or just quietly private dining experience out on the terrace overlooking the Nile for an amazingly memorable meal in the best location in Luxor.

The Hilton Luxor’s outdoor Nile-side restaurant is called Olives.

No review of the Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa would be complete without telling you about the property’s ultra-posh, and often under-utilized, spa facility. In most hotels, spa facilities are designed around the provision of paid spa services and reserved for guests who book these high-priced services. However at the Hilton Luxor, the spa is open to all guests of the hotel and free to use. While they do offer paid spa services and packages, use of the enormous spa area is completely free, including the steam rooms, dry saunas, relaxation rooms, foot baths, and the separate infinity pool overlooking the Nile.

Use of the gorgeous spa at the Hilton Luxor is free and open to all guests.

For me, this amenity alone makes staying here completely worth the already modest and affordable price, and the rest of the luxurious resort and amazing restaurants are just a series of major bonuses. Without a doubt, this is seriously the nicest hotel in Luxor and one of all of Egypt’s best resort properties. And with such reasonable rates, the Hilton Luxor Resort and Spa is without a doubt take the #1 spot on the Egypt Travel Podcast’s list of Best Hotels of Egypt for 2019.

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