The Venus Hotel has an excellent location near to the station, the river Nile and the Luxor Temple; in the hotel you can find some facilities like free internet, transfer to the station and more without charges. Venus Hotel is a clean, comfortable and quiet hotel in downtown Luxor. We are located next to the Egyptian bazaar street"al Souk", in the area of banks, pharmacies, supermarkets, bookshops and coffee shop in the heart of Luxor. From Luxor Railway Station we are about 2 minutes by taxi and 5 minutes on foot. From the airport to the hotel, we are just 15 minutes by taxi, if you let us know the details of your arrival: date, time and place (airport, train station or bus) one of the cars of the hotel can pick up you for free. CONTACT US VENUS HOTEL, MARS RESTAURANT AND BACCHUS ROOF TOP BAR Call us (002) 0189280085 - 0952361327 E-mail: venushoteluxor@hotmail.com Website: www.freewebs.com/venushotelluxor VENUS FACILITIES & SERVICES All rooms have fully air conditioning, fan, balcony and most rooms have private bathroom with hot water, although there are some rooms with shared facilities. We also have a fully equipped apartment for a family with a kitchen, living room, bathroom and 3 rooms. The hotel has a business centre with internet access, photocopier and international direct dial telephone and fax. Room service 24 hours are also available. We have laundry service, but if you want to wash by yourself, you can use the laundry machine in the roof for free. The breakfast is included in the price of the room and you can take anytime and anyplace of the hotel. MARS RESTAURANT In the second floor there is an onsite restaurant where you can enjoy fresh food any time of day and take the breakfast in the morning that includes seasonal juice, tea or fresh Arabic filter coffee, bread, eggs, honey, cheese and butter. Our restaurant are specializes in Egyptian foods, there you can savor the authentic and home cooking Egyptian cuisine in Luxor, but if you want another kinds of meals, our menu has plenty options for you with price cheaper than others tourist restaurants. GARDEN TERRACE & BAR OF BACCHUS We have a roof top garden where you can enjoy your complimentary breakfast or meals, drinking Egyptian tea"Shai", coffee or a cold beer. The best in the terrace of Bacchus is the panoramic view and the festivals celebrated there, come join us to dance reggae, rock, Arabic music, belly dancer and any kind of rhythms. There is a corner entertainment where you can find some games to learn Arabic, dominoes and cards, in addition to books, magazines, tourist pamphlets and book guides, in different languages on various subjects such as Egyptology, history, novels or the news today. Bacchus is the Greek mythology god of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, some of our customers created in the Bachuss terrace the"Nothing Club" if you want to be a member just come in the Bacchus roof to do"Nothing", take the sun, smoke or drink, listen music and relax... The reception provides 24 hours service and our friendly and helpful staff are always available to help you and give you all the information on arranging tours, making travel bookings and international telephone calls as well as faxes. HERMES TOURS Hermes is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology; he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them. He is the protector of the road travelers. In the same way the hermes tours offered at the hotel working under the philosophy of helping the traveler, this is possible because Venus Hotel has a lot of experience as a tour operator, we organize trips for less money than another tourism companies because we are an independent family business for adventure holiday trips, we have different kinds of new cars (limousines, jeeps, buses) and guides in any language, so we are specialist in travel itineraries anywhere in the ancient and modern Egypt. Some of our tours are: *West Bank (Kings Valley, Hashepsut, Medina Habu, Memnon Colossi) *East Bank (Luxor and Karnak temple, Museums, ride calesh horse chariot, and belly dancer show) *Sailing a felucca wind boat or a cruiser in the Nile. *Fly in sky of Luxor in a Hot air balloon or ride a quad four wheels motorbike in the desert, rent a bike, a Camel, horse or donkey in the village. *One day sightseeing tours to other cities such as Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Hurgada in the Red Sea or the safari in the desert and oasis. Just come and take a look of the tours in the information desk, a Colombian anthropologist & archaeologist, will give you an introduction in English or Spanish on the city´s history, provide you with maps, pamphlets and cards with all the information that you need to make your holiday a cultural exchange and learn about the Egyptian lifestyle in the present and in the past.