El Massa Hotel

Top choice in Southern Nile Valley


This relatively new hotel has very comfortable rooms with fridge and TV, and a pleasant coffee shop that serves snacks and fresh juices. From the rooftop are excellent views over the temple and the market.


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1. Temple of Horus

0.12 MILES

This Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 and 57 BC, is one of the best-preserved ancient monuments in Egypt. Preserved by desert sand, which filled the…

2. Al Kab

9.11 MILES

Originally known as Nekheb, Al Kab was one of the most important and oldest cities of ancient Egypt, dedicated to the vulture goddess Nekhbet. The site is…

3. Al Kab Tombs

9.88 MILES

Cut into the ridge across the road from the village of Al Kab is a row of tombs. The most interesting is No 2, from the New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC), which…

4. Speos of Horemheb

22.81 MILES

The Speos of Horemheb was started by the New Kingdom pharaoh Horemheb (1323–1295 BC) and finished by the officials of the later Ramesside kings. The small…

5. Gebel Silsila

22.92 MILES

At Gebel Silsila, the Nile narrows considerably to pass between steep sandstone cliffs, cluttered with ancient rock stelae and graffiti. The good quality…

6. Emari Minaret

28.87 MILES

Built in 1082 AD, this Fatimid minaret is one of the oldest in Egypt. The various layers, square base, cylindrical upper part, concave octagonal drum and…

7. Temple of Khnum

28.88 MILES

Construction of the Temple of Khnum, the ram-headed creator god who fashioned humankind on his potter’s wheel, was begun by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180–45…

8. Caravanserai

28.9 MILES

The best-preserved of the caravanserais in Esna, the beautiful Wikalat Al Gidawi was named after the merchant Shahbandar Al Tuggar Al Sayed Hasan Al…