Name: Mara House Luxor
Address: Salah Al Din Al Ayoubi, Luxor, Luxor, Luxor, 1364225, Egypt
Rating: 9

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An absolute charmer of a guest house in central Luxor, Maras presents a level of sophistication and style that’s usually well above my pay grade. Our suite (yes, suite - not just a room but an apartment) is a wall to wall mini museum of tapestry, carpets, classic furniture and local art, tastefully pulled together in a manner that makes you feel like a very honoured guest.
And that feeling continues when you engage with Mara, Amr and the team - the most genuinely helpful and supportive people I have met on any holiday, and always willing to go the extra mile for your happiness. 
If you are reading this while planning a holiday - book it now. Suite 4 is a charmer,  say yes when Mar offers you tea (the handmade biscuits were astounding), sign up for the feast and visit Abyssinian and Dendara too!

Amazing secret hideaway in Luxor

Wow! An oasis! A charming little hotel more like a bend and breakfast. Spacious and comfortable rooms like a step back in time. Amr and Aylie take great care of you tending to your every need. The Salahadeen feast has to be experienced. So delicious! Mo is an amazing tour guide. Very knowledgeable, keeps you away from the crowds. Mara has great recommendations for tours. Highly recommend!!

Thanks for an amazing stay!

For an authentic experience, leave the modern hotels behind and enjoy the charm of an Ottoman-styled, private house with rich brocades and oriental furnishings. Modern plumbing and a/c, fridge, kettle and sink keep one in the 21st century (CE!).
Manager Amr is a great chef and attentive to culinary tastes. Enjoy the roof deck in the cooler months.
Mara and Amr arranged great tours for me.
All must be paid for up front and in cash. Bring lots!
I had a great stay in Mara House.

Step back in Time

This was a lovely place to stay. My husband and I took our 3 young sons to Egypt and we spent 3 days in Luxor, staying at Mara House. We were very well catered for, the breakfasts and the evening meals were delicious, the apartment was beautifully presented and well-equipped nd very comfortable. We had a peaceful and enjoyable stay. We took a tour to Dendara and Abydos on one day (absolutely gorgeous) , and the Valley of the Kings on another which was everything you would hope for it to be; these were organised by Mara and were excellent. I really do recommend this hotel for travellers with families, we felt well looked after and were sad to leave.

A lovely place to stay for me and my family

We were looking forward to our visit to Luxor and Mara House ever since we first contacted Mara by email in September 2022 and it did not disappoint. Despite booking international hotels in Cairo, our experience with Mara was much more personalized and that was reassuring. Mara was not only wonderfully responsive and very generous with tips and advice, her website is also packed with great information which was of immense help during our entire Egypt trip.

As expected, our family of 3 thoroughly enjoyed our three nights at Mara House. Amr took such good care of us, making sure my husband, who was coming down with a cold, always had a hot cup of tea on hand. Amr and his lovely wife were also such innovative and excellent cooks, we enjoyed breakfast and dinner at Mara House each day and loved all our delicious meals. 

The house itself has such an original and Old World feel. One can imagine one is in old Luxor of the past and that adds to the charm. Add to that the wonderful service (last minute taxis that Amr arranged to drop us off and pick us up at Luxor Temple one night and Karnak Temple the next, packed lunches ordered the night before for our day trips, super early hot breakfasts to get us going before the 7am pick-up by our cruise operator) and you can't beat the experience!

A Lovely Stay

Amazing experience at Mara house! Everyone was so friendly, the rooms were beautiful, and the food was amazing! Would absolutely stay again! It’s only about a 15 min walk from the center of the city, and felt very safe the whole time. We loved the hospitality from Amr and Mara was very communicative and helpful!

Amazing Time!

I read Mara's blog for a couple of years, always thinking "someday, when we go to Egypt, I want to stay at Mara House!" And even with all of that buildup of anticipation, she did not disappoint - in fact, our experience surpassed expectations! Mara was so kind and so helpful as we were planning our trip. She found a guide for us in Cairo when our initial plans unexpectedly fell through, and she arranged an awesome guide and driver in Luxor who took my husband and I, and a couple of other charming Mara House guests, to see as many temples and tombs as we could pack in. But the real treat for me was coming back to Mara House each evening to a home-cooked dinner by Amr, the house manager. So delicious, so healthy - it was food for the soul. We didn't want to eat anywhere else - we were hooked! And being greeted with sweet mint tea... aaaah. Heaven! My only wish is to meet Mara in person someday (she was out of Egypt at the time, but still so responsive to questions!) and say how much we appreciate what she does and the care with which she does it. Mara House is magical. Also, special thanks to Amr and his family for all the little touches that make this place feel like visiting a friend's home.

The most memorable and special part of Egypt for us was Mara House!

AMAZING, words cannot describe how welcome and cosy my family felt while staying at Mara House!. The site is a true oasis in the middle of Luxor, and I am not only talking about the house itself but also about the cherished service we were provided by Amr and his family who is the house manager; we never felt like one more guest in hotel chain but rather we felt like friends or family invited to stay and it that way you get a perspective of how Egyptians live by staying in a real Egyptian house rather than a hotel. With that in mind Mara House is not for you if you are looking for a big hotel chain with restaurants, buffet, swimming pool, luxury, lots of tourists, big reception desk and people working around in suits; Mara House is about being independent, free spirits, and have different points of view of Egypt; and YES you should order The Salahadeen Feast dinner because I can guarantee you that it will be the best meal you will have in your Egyptian vacation because it is cooked with love like your granny will do and it taste delicious. 

Apart from staying at Mara House we also booked our entire Egypt tours with her, from Cairo to Luxor, including the Nile Cruise and some add on sites we wanted to see; Mara did a  pristine job on coordinating everything and providing information along the way (both at the time of booking but also when we were in Egypt) and despite we had an issue with a driver pick up at the airport in Cairo; Mara quickly corrected it and even reimburse us for that pick up without having to ask her to do it. 

I would truthy recommend Mara and her team for your Egyptian adventures. 


This is the PLACE to stay to be welcome and personal and not being just one more tourist in Luxor

We decided to visit Egypt at short notice and started organising it ourselves. When it came to organising the details of the Luxor section it became even more difficult and complicated.  Luckily we found Mara's blog and website. We liked her style and approach and booked both accommodation at Mara's House and tours with a guide. All organised by Mara, who is a great communicator.
Arriving in Luxor by train we were met by Mara's driver (the train was 2 hours late) and comfortably driven to Mara's House and met by Amr ( the housekeeper). It was like a breath of fresh air.  The house is lovely and feels very Egyptian with large, clean and comfortable suites. It is in a local, residential area of Luxor. All  the transport was provided by Mara's driver.
Amr and his wife are excellent cooks so the food was extremely good ( with wine and beer available if required). More importantly Amr obviously cares deeply about his guests and went out of his way to make sure their stay was an enjoyable experience. 

Our guide to the many sites of Luxor was Mohamed (Mo). He is extremely knowledgeable with good English and just as importantly very personable. The tours we went on were recommended by Mara and provided an excellent introduction to this historic ( and complex) area. The temples and tombs are obviously very impressive but were brought to life by Mohamed's detailed explanations , observations and historical context.

Mara's House is a great place to stay in Luxor but what makes it so special is the team of dedicated and caring people she has assembled to make your visit special. We thoroughly recommend using Mara. Egypt is a unique and special place but can be challenging for an independent tourist, made worse by the country trying to recover from the economic effects of COVID. We wish we had found Mara  sooner for other parts of our Egyptian experience.

Excellent, caring hotel with great food tour guiding

We first read about Mara  and Mara House in an Egypt guidebook when we we’re looking for someone to manage some tours for us. 

We had a lovely suite and stayed for 4 nights. Breakfasts are included and wonderful. The hotel manager Amr is charming and very helpful.  We had dinner in the hotel a couple nights after long days sightseeing and the food is as good as or better than anything else we had eaten in Egypt. 

Mara arranged tours for us and we were joined by two, sometimes 3, other guests. The guide, Mohammed “Moh” ( pharaohsson74@gmail.com ) and the tours were good. They’ll manage the driver. They even managed a day seeing sights in Aswan before we arrived in Luxor. 

We highly recommend Mara House and the tours she offers. Couldn’t be happier.

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