Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt and Gazīrat er-Ramla - Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt und Gazīrat er-Ramla

Café near the ferry terminal in Gazīrat er-Ramla
Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt, Gazīrat er-Ramla
‏جزيرة البعيرات وجزيرة الرملة‎
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Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt and Gazīrat er-Ramla

Gazirat el-Bairat (also Cheziret el-Bairat / el-Baeirat, Arabic:جزيرة البعيرات‎, Ǧazīrat al-Baʿīrāt, „Island of the camels"), short el-Gazira (Arabic:الجزيرة‎, al-Ǧazīra, „the island"), and Gazirat er-Ramla (‏جزيرة الرملة‎, Ǧazīrat ar-Ramla, „Sand island“) Are two growing together villages on the Nile west bank immediately across from Luxor. Due to its location near the ferry to Luxor in the area of ​​the Luxor Temple, it offers several alternative and inexpensive accommodation options.

background

For a long time, both villages were each on a small island, hence their names. Gazīrat er-Ramla begins directly on the bank of the Nile and extends to the former canal. To the north of the canal is Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt. The canal was largely filled in for building land and can only be seen in the south. The settlements just opposite the city Luxor For a long time they were only known to travelers who specifically opted for quiet and affordable accommodation. But now they are also part of the Luxor redesign project. The former minibus station in Gazīrat er-Ramla near the ferry was demolished and shops and a café for tourists were built in its place. The bus station was rebuilt further west behind the shops.

getting there

Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt's plan

By plane, train and road

The information can be found in the article about Luxor. Both river banks are over a Nile bridge (1 25 ° 38 '11 "N.32 ° 35 ′ 31 ″ E) connected to each other in the south of Luxor.

By bus

The bus stop for shared taxis and minibuses is located near the Nile and to the north behind the youth club (2 25 ° 42 ′ 22 ″ N.32 ° 38 ′ 3 ″ E). The nearby villages can be reached from here.

By boat

The public ferry to Luxor operates 24 hours a day. The stop in Luxor (3 25 ° 42 ′ 6 ″ N.32 ° 38 ′ 20 ″ E) is located near the entrance to the Temple of Luxor, on the west bank south of the bus stop (4 25 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ N.32 ° 38 '8 "E). One trip costs LE 5 (as of 11/2018).

mobility

There is essentially only one road heading west Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna leads. In the west of the village, on the south side of the road, there is a Mobil petrol station.

Tourist Attractions

The only attraction of the village is the small one 1 mosque(25 ° 42 ′ 22 ″ N.32 ° 37 '57 "E) in a side street. In the west of the village there are still those 2 Remains of an old arm of the Nile(25 ° 42 ′ 11 ″ N.32 ° 37 ′ 51 ″ E)so that the part of the name island becomes understandable.

However, the ways are after Luxor, Karnak and to the monuments of Thebes West not far.

activities

horse riding

There are two stud farms in the village that offer horses and camels for riding.

Note: Those interested in riding should bring suitable clothing as they cannot be rented on site.

  • 3  Arabian Horse Stable (Owner Nobi Mahmoud Omar), Luxor, West Bank, Gezirat el-Bairat (west of the Mobil gas station, branch to the south, about 100 east of the Kareem Hotel). Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 0024, Mobile: 20 (0)100 504 8558, Email: .Arabian Horse Stable on Facebook.Rides on horseback or on a camel cost LE 40 per hour (as of 3/2015). Registrations should be made at least one hour in advance. Simple rider helmets are issued. If you like, you can bring boots and pants. Tours typically last one to three hours and pass through the fields, villages and desert in the area of Madīnat Hābū, to the Colossi of Memnon and after Deir el-Baḥrī. There are also suitable horses for inexperienced riders and donkey carts for those who prefer to be pulled. The stud takes care of insurance payments and regular veterinary care.(25 ° 42 ′ 28 ″ N.32 ° 37 '53 "E)
  • 4  Pharaoh's stable, Luxor, West Bank, Gezirat el-Bairat (100 meters north of the Amun Hotel). Mobile: 20 (0)100 632 4961. At least one day in advance you can rent rides with camels, horses or donkeys for LE 40, 50 or 25 per hour. Booking is not possible through travel agencies.(25 ° 42 ′ 25 ″ N.32 ° 37 '49 "E)

Quad excursions

See below Madīnat Hābū.

Exhibitions

  • 5  Luxor Art Gallery (‏الأقصر ارت جاليري‎, al-Uqṣur type Ǧālīrī), Ramla, West Bank. Mobile: 20 (0)111 125 8045, Email: .Luxor Art Gallery on FacebookLuxor Art Gallery on Instagram.Changing exhibitions and music performances. Selling of works of art possible.Open: in summer and Ramadan only in the late evening hours, possibly make an appointment by phone.Price: Free entry, donations welcome.(25 ° 42 ′ 13 ″ N.32 ° 37 '58 "E.)

shop

Shops with everyday goods can be found on both sides of the street Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna.

kitchen

Remnants of the canal between the two villages
Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt mosque

Most of the restaurants are located in the local hotels. Therefore, here only the restaurants without hotels:

  • 1  Africa restaurant (‏مطعم إفريقيا‎, Maṭʿam Ifrīqiyā), Luxor, West Bank, Gezirat el-Bairat (about 200 meters southwest of the ferry). Mobile: 20 (0)122 283 9375, (0)100 191 3403, Email: . The restaurant is located on a roof terrace and offers oriental cuisine. You have such a beautiful view of the Nile. On the walls are paintings from rural and Bedouin life. The menu (à la carte or full menu for around LE 55 (as of 3/2016)) is in English. Meals for tour groups should be announced one to two days in advance.Open: Daily 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.(25 ° 42 ′ 17 ″ N.32 ° 38 ′ 1 ″ E)last change: Mar. 2016 (information may be out of date)
  • 2  Blue Sky Restaurant & Coffee Shop (200 meters west of the local ferry). Mobile: 20 (0)100 381 2188. A la carte restaurant with Egyptian cuisine, pizzas and alcohol.Open: Daily 10 a.m. - 11 p.m.(25 ° 42 ′ 7 ″ N.32 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E)last change: Mar. 2016 (information may be out of date)
  • 3  Nile Valley Restaurant (from the local ferry about 200 m left, onto Nile View Hotel). Restaurant with oriental cuisine on the roof terrace of the hotel of the same name. With a view of the Nile.(25 ° 42 ′ 16 ″ N.32 ° 38 ′ 1 ″ E)last change: Mar. 2016 (information may be out of date)

nightlife

Real nightlife is more likely to be found in Luxor. The 24-hour ferry makes this easily possible.

accommodation

Easy

  • 1  Al Baeirat Hotel (just under 2.5 kilometers southwest of Gazīrat el-Baʿīrāt). Mobile: 20 (0)122 380 7424, Email: . Hotel with restaurant, café, four double bungalows and swimming pool on the edge of a banana farm. The rooms have air conditioning, an indoor bathroom with a shower and a minibar. EZ and Double room 35 or 25 euros per person, respectively B&B. Half and full board on request. The owner is Mahmoud Omar.(25 ° 41 ′ 8 ″ N.32 ° 37 '18 "E)
  • 2  El Fayrouz Hotel (‏فندق الفيروز‎, Funduq al-Fairuz), Gezira El Bairat, Luxor, West Bank (Road to the west in the area of ​​the small mosque). Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 2709, Mobile: 20 (0)122 277 0565, (0)100 553 1339, Email: . The German-Egyptian-run hotel with garden has 17 double and triple rooms and a family room with four beds. They cost single, double, 3-bed and 4-bed rooms LE 85/110, 130/150, 150/170 and 170 including breakfast (as of 3/2009). The higher prices apply to rooms with a balcony or rooms on the roof terrace. WiFi is available. The 113 dishes on the restaurant's menu come from international and Egyptian cuisine and are always on offer.(25 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ N.32 ° 37 '54 "E)
  • 3  El Gezira Hotel, Luxor, West Bank (behind Africa Restaurant). Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 0034, Fax: 20 (0)95 231 0034, Email: . The hotel is roughly equivalent to a one-star hotel and has ten double rooms, which can also be used as single rooms, with a bathroom, air conditioning and refrigerator. The prices for single, double and three-person use are LE 150, 200 and 250, respectively B&B (As of 3/2016). The hotel has a restaurant, a roof terrace and a garden. Room and roof terrace with a view of the Nile. WiFi free.(25 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ N.32 ° 37 '58 "E.)
  • 4  Kareem Hotel & Restaurant (‏فندق كريم‎, Funduq Karīm), Luxor, West Bank, Gezirat el-Boirat (west of the Mobil petrol station, branch to the south). Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 3530, Mobile: 20 (0)100 184 2083, Email: . The hotel has twelve rooms with bathroom, but without television, telephone and refrigerator, and one apartment. The hotel has a roof terrace and WiFi, the restaurant for all meals is on the ground floor. The rooms cost LE 100, 140 and 160 for single, double and triple rooms including breakfast (as of 3/2009). Payment is only possible in cash. The owner also rents out apartments.(25 ° 42 ′ 29 ″ N.32 ° 37 '52 "E)
  • 5  Ramsess Hotel (‏فندق رمسيس‎, Funduq Ramsīs), Luxor, West Bank, Gezirat el-Bairat (a few meters west of the Hotel El Gezira). Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 2748, Mobile: 20 (0)100 152 8668, (0)111 829 1124, Fax: 20 (0)95 231 2748. The 17 rooms of the hotel have air conditioning, balcony, bathroom and international telephone. They cost LE 90, 120 and 160 for single, double and triple use (as of 3/2009).(25 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ N.32 ° 37 '58 "E.)

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Only El Gezira Garden Hotel, Nile Valley Hotel, and El Mesala Hotel have one Swimming pool.

  • 7  Amon Hotel, Luxor, West Bank, El Bairat District. Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 0912, Mobile: 20 (0)100 639 4585, Fax: 20 (0)95 231 1205, Email: . The hotel consists of three buildings in which there are 17 rooms with balconies and four rooms with outside toilets. The buildings are grouped around a beautiful garden with tropical plants, turtles and a pond. The rooms with air conditioning, bathroom, but without telephone and without television cost 25, 30–40 or 45–50 euros per night in single, double and triple rooms including breakfast. There are restaurants in the garden and in the building. There is also a library and WiFi. Payment is only possible in cash. The way to the hotel is signposted from the main road. The owner is Ahmed Mahmoud Soliman.(25 ° 42 ′ 22 ″ N.32 ° 37 '53 "E)
  • 9  El Gezira Garden Hotel (‏فندق الجزيرة جاردن‎, Funduq al-Ǧazīra Ǧārdin), West bank. Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 2505, Fax: 20 (0)95 231 2506, Email: . The two-storey 3-star hotel has 18 rooms and 8 apartments with two rooms each. All rooms have a balcony and a bathroom with a bathtub. The hotel has a swimming pool, which is heated in winter, a garden and a public restaurant on the roof terrace. The single, double room or apartment cost 30, 40 or 70 euros including breakfast. Half-board is also available for an extra 10 euros (as of 3/2015). WiFi free. The Egyptian owner of the hotel speaks German.(25 ° 42 ′ 9 ″ N.32 ° 37 '57 "E)
  • 10  El Nakhil Hotel & Restaurant (‏فندوق النخيل‎, Fundūq an-Nachīl), Luxor, West Bank, Gezira el Bairat. Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 3922, Mobile: 20 (0)122 382 1007, Fax: 20 (0)95 231 4670, Email: . The hotel corresponds roughly to the 3-star standard and has seventeen rooms, a public restaurant (all meals) on the roof terrace and a garden by the hotel. There is no swimming pool. The rooms have a bathroom, air conditioning, but no television, no telephone and no refrigerator and cost 25, 35 or 45 euros for single, double and triple rooms including breakfast (as of 3/2015). Free WiFi in the reception area and on the roof terrace. Payment is only possible in cash.(25 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ N.32 ° 37 '54 "E)
  • 12  Nile Valley Hotel & Restaurant, Luxor West Bank (about 100 meters west of the ferry and 80 meters from the banks of the Nile). Tel.: 20 (0)95 231 1477, Mobile: 20 (0)122 796 4473, Email: . The unclassified hotel has four 3-bed, 13 twin and four single rooms with bathroom, air conditioning, fan, TV and refrigerator. The prices are 21, 28 and 36 euros for single, double and triple rooms (as of 3/2009), at the turn of the year the prices are higher. The restaurant is located on the roof terrace and offers international and Egyptian cuisine. There is a swimming pool behind the hotel. International and oriental dishes are served in the hotel's restaurant. On Sundays there is a buffet with belly dancing, but reservations are required.(25 ° 42 ′ 15 ″ N.32 ° 38 ′ 2 ″ E)
  • 13  Pyramids Luxor Hotel, Nile St., Gezira Ramla. Hotel with restaurant and garden. Rooms with air conditioning, satellite TV, safe and bathroom with bathtub.(25 ° 42 ′ 8 ″ N.32 ° 37 '57 "E)last change: Apr. 2016 (information may be out of date)

Apartments

Even if not to the same extent as in Germany or Europe, a market for apartments and holiday homes is also developing in Egypt. Luxor is the pioneer in this. Cost savings play an important role, especially for long-term guests. Apartments in rural areas also offer greater privacy.

Here are some experienced companies that can help you rent out apartments:

  • Life in Luxor (Claudia Ali and Ali Na'im), El Advisory Board. Mobile: 20 (0)122 655 5972, Email: . Brokerage and sale of land and real estate, advice on building houses, brokerage of staff and holiday apartments, etc.

There is also accommodation in Ṭōd el-Baʿīrāt, Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna, Luxor and Karnak.

Practical advice

There is a post office in the opposite city of Luxor on Bahnhofsstraße near the Luxor Temple.

trips

In the near vicinity

At the location of the capital of the New Kingdom there are several temples, tombs of queens, kings, members of the royal family and high officials. The majority of them are located on the west bank anyway.

Distant travel destinations

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