Mg Nefertiti Hotel

“Decent place to stay in El Minya”

The hotel looks five star but is a little run down. The original building has three floors with an old elevator. We stayed in the new annex behind the original building. It continues the numbering of the original building - 4 on the ground floor and 5 on the upper. This building only has stairs, on… Mais

The hotel looks five star but is a little run down. The original building has three floors with an old elevator. We stayed in the new annex behind the original building. It continues the numbering of the original building - 4 on the ground floor and 5 on the upper. This building only has stairs, one internal but others exiting externally into the garden. One of the outside stairs has a broken bottom step, some areas are a little dusty but generally it is clean. There are a number of seating areas in the garden and a pool that looked very clean but no-one was using it in the cooler weather. The pool is closed overnight to allow it to be chemically treated. They had run out of king beds so we took a double room and got the beds pushed together. There were two comfortably large chairs and a small table. Initially we heard a bit of road noise but closing the window and curtains made it absolutely quiet. The air conditioner worked well all night, the beds were comfortable and we had a really good night’s sleep. The smallish bathroom is a bit old fashioned with a shower curtain instead of a door but the water is hot and the pressure good. There was a bar fridge we could use. The hotel has tourist police at the entrance but, after checking, they let us go off and we had a pleasant walk on the Minya Corniche along the Nile. As it was less touristed we were less accosted by locals. There are some nice restaurants nearby (one we had lunch at, I think it was Orkeed) and also some takeaway chains that might be an option because we weren't impressed by the hotel food at breakfast. The breakfast buffet was pretty basic with a few hot dishes, three types of pastries and some salads and was basically unappetising. The restaurant on the third floor has lovely views over the Nile. Other issues were that the reception had mislaid our reservation, we had to ask for bottled water, a second towel and there were some difficulties with our magnetic room key. However, if you are visiting El Minya then this might be as decent a hotel as is available though obviously I didn't have a chance to try the alternatives. It’s not perfect, it doesn’t have the extras we had been used to getting in Egypt nor a special vibe but I thought it was a good place to sleep and walk the Corniche.

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“Basic hotel but was fine for a single night”

How can a new building look so aged so quickly? We had a room in the new building and it was already cracked and down at heel! Lift to dining area was distinctly basic but food was adequate and we slept well, it is a quiet location. A feature is a large swimming pool at centre of large courtyard