Luxor, Egypt

Al Moudira

Price per night from$350.74

Price information

If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (USD350.74), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Cool of the Nile

Setting

Valley of the Kings vantage

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The gateway to both Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, luxury hotel Al Moudira has a location even the most discerning pharoah would approve of. A natural spring feeds the verdant, landscaped grounds on the west bank of the Nile. As well as exotic gardens to waft about in, the estate is home to various restaurants and bars, a spa, and a library filled to the rafters with papyrus for any budding Egyptophiles. 

 

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

54 suites.

Check–Out

Noon. Check-in, 2pm. Early check-in from 8am is possible free of charge, on request and subject to availability (before 8am requires the previous night to be booked). Late check-out until 6pm costs US$80.

More details

Rates don’t usually include breakfast (from US$30, including the buffet and à la carte items).

Also

If you have limited mobility, Al Moudira has reserved spots in its carpark, accessible public restrooms and communal spaces, and some of the Deluxe Suites have specially adapted bathrooms.

Hotel closed

The hotel opens annually between September and June. In 2027, it will open in July and August for the solar eclipse.

At the hotel

Free shuttle bus to and from Luxor, library, nightclub, tennis courts, gym, bicycles to borrow and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: 55-inch TV, Sonos speakers (both on request), air-conditioning, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, minibar with complimentary soft drinks, slippers, tote bags and Ortigia bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Up the drama in a Fountain Suite, which has a tinkling water feature as its centrepiece, a bureau at which to channel Agatha Christie and a spacious lounge; or go for a dome-ceilinged Signature Suite with eye-catching (and neck-craning) coloured glass overhead.

Poolside

The outdoor pool is open until 6pm, but you can have a later dip on request and subject to availability.

Spa

The spa at Al Moudira has a resident yogi, authentic Arabian hammam, and a squad of masseurs, beauticians and personal trainers on hand to whip you into your best self, using Ayurveda, Swedish and Thai massage techniques. It’s set in a glass-walled winter garden, close to the main pool and gym.

Packing tips

Your best starched neutral linens for 1920s explorer chic; glamorous outfits for cruises down the Nile. Accessibility

Also

The hotel’s 7,000-book-strong library holds more than a thousand tomes on Middle Eastern archaeology, history and art. For travel tips on the region, you can studiously (and delicately) thumb through its first-edition Baedeker Guides.

Pet‐friendly

Al Moudira does not accept any pets; your four-legged friend will need to make alternative plans. See more pet-friendly hotels in Luxor.

Children

All ages are welcome, and there are two-bedroom Family Suites available. Babysitting can be arranged with eight hours’ notice; there’s a three-hour minimum for US$80, with each additional hour US$20 (US$25 after 10pm).

Sustainability efforts

The hotel’s architecture was recognised with the Unesco-endorsed Prix Versailles, which identifies designs that are not only sustainable, but promote local culture. The expansive grounds extend to a farm next door, which supplies produce to the kitchen. An organisation has been set up to support the local village and improve living conditions and employment prospects. At the hotel, solar panels are used to heat the water, efficient air-conditioning is in place, and minimal plastic is used.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Out by the fountain in the Courtyard, though inside admiring Ottoman Hall’s rainbow dappled light is no second best. On Khan al Moudira’s terrace, be seated with a view of the climbers on the pergola.

Dress Code

The lavish interiors will encourage you to get creative — this is the perfect place to bust out any treasures you’ve unearthed in Luxor’s markets.

Hotel restaurant

The hotel has its own farm, supplying its restaurants with organic produce such as eggs, butter, milk, yoghurt, wheat, poultry and other meats — it’s aiming to be 80 per cent self-sufficient in the next couple of years. The grand Ottoman Hall, with its vaulted ceiling, arched painted-glass windows, candlelight and murals, takes guests globetrotting through the Med, Middle East, Asia and South America. The decor is equally opulent at Khan al Moudira, which has seating in the garden, inside and on the rooftop terrace — this eatery is modelled on the coffee houses of colonial Cairo. Moudira Farm Kitchen has an Argentine-inspired wood-fired oven — in homage to the famous flame-loving chef Francis Mallmann, the mentor of Al Moudira chef Gioconda Scott. You’ll also be able to grab a bite at the Courtyard, a shaded outdoor spot for casual coffees, dinners and drinks, and enjoy relaxed poolside pizzas courtesy of Il Forno.

Hotel bar

The Eastern Bar has more vintage furniture sourced from abandoned palaces in Alexandria and general oriental splendour you’ll by now have become accustomed to — settle in for a suitably classic cocktail. If the night is young and heading in the right direction, bookmark Shererazade nightclub, inspired by the Cairo of the 1930s, for a nightcap.

Last orders

Breakfast runs from 6am to 10.30am. Ottoman Hall and the Courtyard serve breakfast, 6am to 10.30am, and dinner, 6pm to 10pm. Khan al Moudira serves lunch and dinner, 12pm–10pm. Moudira Farm Kitchen is open 12pm–4pm for lunch and 6pm–9pm for dinner.

Room service

Available around the clock, with a limited menu on offer between 10pm and 6am.

Location

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Address
Al Moudira
Luxor West Bank
Hager Al Dabbeya
Egypt

Al Moudira is on the west bank of the River Nile in Luxor, six kilometres from the centre of Luxor across the water.

Planes

Luxor’s airport is closest, 30 minutes away by car. Hotel transfers start from US$50 one way for up to three people, US$80 for up to eight people. You can also land at Hurghada, but the drive will take three hours.

Trains

There’s a train station in Luxor for any arrivals with an Agatha Christie agenda. The hotel can arrange private transfers from here, too.

Automobiles

Parking at the hotel is free of charge. Not that you’ll need your own wheels — the hotel’s 11-strong fleet caters to every vehicular taste, whether you prefer to travel by Sixties Mercedes, Eighties Defender or perhaps-more-practical people-carrier.

Worth getting out of bed for

On especially hot days, you likely won’t make it very far from Al Moudira’s grounds — and luckily they’ve been cultivated to be an oasis of gardens, palm groves, orchards and vegetable patches in the desert.

The hotel’s 37-metre dahabiya (a traditional wooden sailing boat) Nefru is moored nearby, ready to be chartered for cruises along the Nile. It’s one of the few early 20th-century boats still in service on this legendary river, and you can hire it for long or short trips. You can take the hotel’s free shuttle into Luxor twice a day (or board one of the colourful public ones going back and forth across the Nile), or reach the city by road over the bridge.

The team can arrange sunrises at the Karnak temple complex, sunsets over the Nile aboard a felucca vessel, workshops on textile design, metalwork and pottery, and everything in between — including hot-air balloon rides, trips to the ancient city of Thebes and the Valley of the Kings, visits to local artisans, and candlelit dinners somewhere of your choosing on the estate.

 

Local restaurants

If you fancy a night (or day) out in Luxor, try Sofra, set in a residence dating to the 1930s — alongside typical Egyptian dishes, you’ll be able to admire the antiques surrounding you. For yet more local fare, this time with a view of the Nile, El-Kababgy serves up classic koftes and stews, alongside stuffed pigeon for the bolder of palate. 

Local bars

Step into an Agatha Christie novel at the Royal Bar in Luxor, where wood-panelling, burgundy walls, timeless textiles and a classical piano soundtrack provide an evocative salon backdrop for champagne, cocktails or cognac.

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this riverside retreat in Egypt and unpacked their spices and scrolls, a full account of their history lovers’ break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Al Moudira in Luxor… 

‘Oasis in the desert’ may be a cliché, but at least it’s accurate at Al Moudira in Luxor. This grand riverine residence is on the west bank of the most storied waterway in the world, promising old-fashioned glamour, respite from the heat and general decadence — just no Hercule Poirot. A shuttle takes guests back and forth between Luxor, or you can hop aboard one of the colourful boats crossing the river to town. Also tempting you from your sunlounger is the ancient city of Thebes and, of course, the Valley of the Kings, where you can see the final resting place of various pharoahs of Ancient Egypt.  

The resort may be in the desert, but the savvy planners chose a site right next to a natural spring (we did say it was an oasis), which explains the endless (25 acres to be exact) greenery — a landscaped vision of palm groves, exotic gardens and courtyards with tinkling fountains that most certainly isn’t a mirage.  

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