Shahhat House

What an absolutely perfect place to stay. We loved every minute. Fantastic location - the views are stunning. Breakfast on the terrace watching the hot air balloons, a quick stroll to a temple then back for a coffee, an evening walk to see the Colossus lit up. It's so quiet and peaceful as well. The villa is beautifully decorated. We all loved each of the living spaces, from the ground floor to rooftop terrace. Kitchen is well equipped. We didn't actually use much beyond the kettle but I saw plenty of pans, a food mixer, Italian pot style coffee maker, pretty much everything you would need. I'd highly recommend trying their evening meal though - authentic and delicious home cooked Egyptian food (thanks, Amira!) - and so much of it! The breakfast on the terrace is also good and worth a try. Mahmoud can help you arrange trips and is a fantastic guide as well. He has detailed knowledge of the archaeological sites and speaks perfect English. He helped us a lot to find our feet and was on hand just to make life a bit easier in general with tips on what to bring and good things to do and see.

The view are so nice, love it. And the host were very helpful 👍🏻

Beautiful place with an amazing view over the Habu Temple from the rooftop. They serve an amazing Egyptian breakfast so we highly recommend to try it! House is spacious and clean. The hostess of the house helped us a lot and answered all of our questions. Perfect place to stay while visiting Luxor!

While location is nice because of the temple, it is quite far from the city centre, so be aware of that.

28.04.–11.05. 2024 we spent 15 nights at Shahhat House. This is a beautiful, spacious, clean, comfortable house with a large terrace, in a quiet area of the West bank, right in front of Medinet Habu Temple. The house has a lot of space and everything you need for a comfortable and quality stay. Hamdy, the owner of the house, communicated perfectly with us. Since he was not in Egypt at the time we arrived, his acquaintance, Mahmud, stood in for him. He came to the airport for us, stopped with us in the Village to buy food, water and an Eg. SIM c. He handed over the keys to the house, and arranged for us to have another great, challenging tour of the sights of Dendera, Gebel el-Silsia, and up to the Nile Islands in Aswan, and many other wonderful sights, exactly according to my itineraries. The house has a kitchen with equipment that is more than sufficient for preparing meals. Two beautiful bathrooms, always hot water. Comfortable beds. It's quiet around. A short distance behind the house there is an equipped pharmacy and a shop with water. There are two restaurants within easy reach. We went to Model Village for shopping by tuk-tuk or by taxi. Bakeries, lots of grocery stores, you name it. People here are friendly, always willing to help. There are many sights within easy reach. You can easily get to Luxor by boat from the port under the Village. Careful, always agree on the price in advance. The house has air conditioning and fans. You only need to turn on the air conditioning a moment before going to bed, the fans ran all night. It was enough. We didn't use the washing machine, but we did use the fridge. On the second day you get to know the surroundings and on the third day you already feel at home. I recommend this beautiful house to all. Six people can comfortably fit here. You can relax on the beautiful large terrace at sunset over the Medinet Habu temple. We thank Hamdy and Mahmud for the unforgettable experiences. Petr + Iva Prague CZE

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We loved everything. What a beautiful house. And you will not get a better view anywhere. Just cross the road and you can visit one of the best temples in Egypt. The village is peaceful but an easy taxi ride anywhere. And Hamdy was simply the best host. Thank you. We will definitely be back.

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We liked everything! It’s an exceptional villa freshly refurbished and stunning. The views and location are incredible from the roof top. We ordered a delicious and very generous breakfast from the hosts every morning and also had a fantastic dinner. The hosts were incredibly helpful and friendly and a pleasure to talk too. I can’t recommend this Egyptian gem more highly!

We enjoyed the location being on the West bank away from the tourist hordes. The views of Habu temple (Medinet Habou) and the sunset are great. We enjoyed our morning coffee and our evening snacks and beers on the roof. There are several restaurants nearby and we walked to Malkata House and Marsam Hotel for dinner on different evenings .. both were excellent.. especially at the Marsam Hotel. We would grab a taxi or a tuk tuk by Habu Temple to go down through town to the public ferry dock or the shared boats docks to go to the East side. Haggle hard to get a reasonable price! The home is decorated attractively and the owner's wife is very pleasant as is her brother who actually went to purchase dried hibiscus flowers for my friend. If you were here when the need for A/C wasn't necessary, it would be more comfortable. The beds were quite comfortable. Also, it was great having the washing machine available!

The WIFI signal was very weak and I couldn't use my VPN which I need for work. The A/C units are only in the bedrooms and the rest of the house was very hot! We would leave the 2 upstairs A/C units on and close the door to the lounge by them and it would be tolerable. So, if you need to use WIFI for work or really like the A/C cool, this isn't the place for you. It is also very windy for part of the night and the shutters rattle quite a lot. Also, neighborhood dogs set to barking at odd hours of the night and can disturb your sleep.

Beautiful view, friendly people, great breakfast on the roof for a small extra cost

The location was fantastic, an exceptional view, quiet and the locals are friendly and welcoming. The ticket office is a quick walk around the corner and trips to valley of the kings etc are only about 10 minutes in the car. The rooms were spacious, there were 2 bathrooms with showers and the beds were comfortable. The roof terrace was my favourite: warm, comfortable and private. The washing machine was really handy and there was a large fridge/freezer for fruit and water. There are at least 2 cafe/restaurants within easy walking distance and a small convenience shop.

The kitchen was unkept and aside from the kettle most of it was unusable. We only stayed a couple of days and eating out locally was so inexpensive that it wasn't an issue for us at all but it's worth noting. The WiFi didn't work the entire time that we were there, which made it hard to communicate with tour companies for day trips given the huge cost of mobile data.