Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa

This stylish hotel – Luxor’s best – is the perfect, central Luxor base and a rather pleasant place to linger for a few days.

Most rooms and facilities have a superb Nile view, the gorgeous spa is the only serious one in town and the infinity pool looks across the Nile to the Theban hills.

Diwan, the in-house lounge bar set right on the Nile, is a sublime spot. Watch the sunset while sipping mint tea or Arabic coffee, and smoking a shisha with flavoured tobacco.

A car ride away from the city centre, it hosts some of the best restaurants in town. The hotel is a 15-minute walk from the Karnak temple complex.