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Al Moudira

Hotel

Africa, Egypt

From $330

Al Moudira is a 54-room hotel on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, set between desert and farmland, about four kilometres from the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens and the Temple of Hatshepsut. Although it was built in 2001, it looks centuries old, with Moorish arches, domes and courtyards decorated with arabesque details. Each room is individually designed, with stone, tile, gold leaf and antique furniture. Life revolves around the central courtyard and the palm-filled gardens, with a pool, Turkish baths and four restaurants. The hotel holds two Michelin Keys. Its seclusion is part of the appeal, and the east bank of Luxor is reached by car or by the ferries that cross the Nile throughout the day.

Mena House

Hotel

Africa, Egypt

From $480

Mena House sits directly beneath the Pyramids of Giza, turning one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites into part of the everyday view. The historic hotel began life as a royal hunting lodge in the 19th century and still carries that sense of old Cairo grandeur through landscaped gardens, arched interiors and rooms facing the pyramids. Its greatest luxury is the location itself: sunrise and sunset over Giza, with the plateau just minutes away and Cairo unfolding beyond it.

Adrère Amellal

Hotel

Africa, Egypt

From $490

Adrère Amellal rises from the edge of Siwa like part of the desert itself, built almost entirely from kershef — the local mixture of salt, clay and straw — beneath the White Mountain and overlooking the oasis and salt lake. Its 40 hand-built rooms are deliberately elemental, with palm-trunk ceilings, Siwan rugs, salt beds and tiny shuttered windows, and there is famously no conventional electric lighting: after dark, beeswax candles and lanterns take over. Meals use produce from the lodge’s organic gardens and are served in different corners of the property each day, while a natural spring feeds the palm-shaded swimming pool and excursions head into the Great Sand Sea, ancient temples and Siwa’s springs.