" L 'Old Cataract " is a Victorian-style inn with well hundred twenty rooms and 8 suites, was built on the banks of the Nile from Aswan to Thomas Cook in 1899 on the highest point of a base of pink granite, on the train of the Nubian desert, facing the island of Elephantine and has become legendary for hosting the filming of "Death on the Nile" from the novel by Agatha Christie "Poirot on the Nile." The hotel has had guests such as Czar Nicholas II, Howard Carter, Sir Winston Churchill, Agatha Christie, the Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria 's Aga Khan III, il re Farouk di Egitto, lo Shah dell'Iran, Nahas Pacha, Khedive Abbas Helmi Soverein d'Egitto, il re del Marocco Mohamed V , Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Helmut Kohl, la regina Noura di Giordania, Lady Diana e la princiessa Caroline di Monaco, nel 1992 è stato ristrutturato mantenendo lo stile originale con soffitti alti, lunghi corridoi e decorazioni moresche; attualmente è chiuso al pubblico, ma, potrebbe essere riaperto a settembre 2011.
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PS I want to thank Joseph for the hilarious post that I dedicated!
Who wants to read it can make it on his blog Breath
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