We stayed here for one night in April, 2011, as part of a 4-day trip across the desert and through the oases we designed from Siwa to Luxor. The hotel is charming, with rooms spread through a garden. The interior hot spring isn't fabulous, but does the job. In the early morning we walked up the hill behind and had a great view of the oasis. The meals (evening and morning) were serviceable if not outstanding. Still, the place is lovely and the owner, Peter, is very, very helpful. He can arrange trips into the desert as well. All in all, a good place to stay

My husband and are both in our 60s and retired. Normally we like to stay in elegant, luxurious hotels. Our agency who handled the land portion of our Egypt trip picked this facility for us. We stayed 1 night, on May 19, 2011. This is classified as a 3 star property. We were greeted by the owner/operator Peter Wirth. Peter is very outgoing, very gracious, and very informative about his surroundings/town. Later we find that this hotel as well as our overnight camping experience is part of White Desert Tours.

Everything was great. The only hiccup was that at dinner which was outside in the garden we were swamped with insects that ended up all over the food making it impossible to eat. Some sort of repellant candle could have helped. We had lunch earlier inside the restaurant bldg. and it was delicious, no insects at all.

I enjoyed a relaxing soak in the hot spring pool by the reception area. All the staff were courteous and friendly.

The local tour we had that same afternoon led by our Bedouin guide, Humvee (phonetic spelling) was excellent despite some sites being closed due to after effects from the "revolution." He would be our guide for the desert camping experience. The camping overnight part of this excursion was the best and I give this a 10 out of 10. It was a magical experience and part of the package which included the 1 night at the hotel in Bawiti and the 1 night camping in the White Desert.

The hotel did not make the best use of its potential beauty and location. Tourists were a commodity with little genuine care and attention. The rooms smelled, the toilet only worked after three complaints (and then not properly), and the place looked run down - with the exception of a lovely bar: possibly a recent addition. The springs were a round pool into which spring water was pumped once a day.

Our children got badly bitten by mosquitoes and it would have been helpful if a sign or a note in the rooms had indicated taking the necessary precautions.

The restaurant served good food although we ate under a hushed rather awkward silence with the hotel owner's mother presiding over the buffet. The whole enterprise seemed a little odd. It felt like a very poor version of the wonderful Kibbutz Ein Gedi hotel in Israel.

We stayed in this hotel because we wanted to do desert tour. They can arrange good desert tour.
Hotel itself is very nice, quiet, safe, claen and staff are very friendly. They have a small hot springs, massage service, small kids park, bar etc. We relaxed a lot after 6 hours bus trip from Cairo. They serve European style meal as well. Prices are probably more than other hotels or restaurants but it was worth staying there for us. We want to come back again !