MS Grand Rose
5* Operator’s Rating - Monday Departures - All-Inclusive Nile Cruise - Available from May 2009
MS Grand Rose Prices
Departure Dates
14 Jun 2010 £469 :: 21 Jun 2010 £479 :: 28 Jun £499
05 Jul 2010 £589 :: 12 Jul 2010 £609 :: 19 Jul 2010 £795 :: 26 Jul 2010 £795
MS Grand Rose Facilities
The MS Grand Rose was built in 2005 and is a comfortably furnished Nile Cruise ship with a beautiful lobby (230 sqm) with reception area. In the large lounge bar and on the upper deck you will find 128 seats spread over a generous 320 square metres. Enjoy the view from the panoramic windows and see the shores of the Nile passing you by as you sail gracfully along the Nile.
Guests onboard the MS Grand Rose enjoy a varied entertainment programme including music, shows, a galabaya party and belly dancing displays in the lounge bar, where guests can also take advantage of a billiard table.
Complimentary towels, sun loungers and umbrellas await you by the pool and on the sundeck. The MS Grand Rose’s sundeck is also home to fitness equipment and table tennis facilities. The ship has its own hospital clinic, shops, a hairdresser and 24-hour room and laundry service.
Cabins
The MS Grand Rose has 60 exterior Nile-facingvcabins and two suites. The tastefully furnished cabins offer two single or double size beds, a cosy lounge area, bath/shower/WC, air-conditioning, hairdryer, telephone, satellite TV, mini fridge and safe. Each cabin is fitted with panoramic windows.
Food & drink
The pleasantly decorated restaurant offers you a rich breakfast buffet, lunch and dinner buffet and afternoon tea or coffee and cake.
MS Grand Rose Itinerary
Day 1
Depart from either London Gatwick or Manchester, fly direct to Luxor. On arrival transfer to the MS Grand Rose Nile cruise ship to begin your journey along the Nile.
Day 2
After breakfast on board you will travel to the West Bank of Thebes. Visit the final resting place of a succession of mighty pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings, littered with intricate tombs - beautifully coloured and decorated with hieroglyphics. Whilst on the West Bank discover the Temple of Hatshepsut, the famous female Pharaoh, and see the gigantic statues of the Colosi of Memnon. In the afternoon, visit the East Bank to see the Temples of Luxor and Karnak. The Luxor Temple was erected by Amenophis III as a palace for Mut, the vulture-headed wife of the God Amun.
Day 3
Enjoy a day at leisure where you can take advantage of the ship’s facilities or enjoy one of the optional excursions - including an early morning hot air balloon ride of half day visit to Denderah. In the evening thre is a further option to visis the sound and light show at Karnak Temple.
Day 4
Enjoy a day sailing to Aswan. On the way, visit the Edfu Temple. Edfu is home to the wonderfully preserved Temple of Horus dedicated to the falcon-headed God of the Sun and Plants. Return to your ship for lunch and continue on towards Aswan via Kom Ombo where you may visit the Sobek Temple two gods, Sobek and Horus.
Day 5
The day begins with a half-day visit to the Philae Temple dedicated to the gentle Goddess Isis. You can also visit the High Dam built in the 1960’s to save Egypt from devastating floods. You will also see the unfinished Obelisk set in the granite quarries of Aswan. After lunch, enjoy a felucca ride (traditional Egytian sailing boat) along the Nile before dinner.
Day 6
Today allows time to enjoy the ship’s facilities or take an optional excursion to Abu Simbel (by air or by bus), the great sun temple built by Ramses II who had four gigantic statues of imself hewn into the mountainside to confront travellers as they enter Egypt from Africa. Another option is to take a trip to an Aswan Nubian Village and National Park.
Day 7
A leisurely sailing to Luxor via Esna allows a leisurely day on board.
Day 8
After breakfast disembark from your ship before transferring to the airport for your return flight home.
Please note that due to local operational circumstances the order and /or components of the tour may be subject to change.
