I would not hesitate to stay at this hotel again. It was a wonderful holiday and we plan to return again.

Breakfast was self service with a good range to suit all tastes, hot breakfast included eggs cooked to your preference by the chef. Lots of fruit, cereal, different types of bread and cold cuts.

Snacks are available during the day and there is a choice of a themed buffet, Fleur restaurant or terrace dining each evening. Room service is provided if needed.

The hotel was spotlessly clean and there are lots of staff sweeping the paths, tending the gardens and keeping the rooms clean and tidy. Nothing is too much trouble.

The hotel is situated on Crocodile Island in the middle of the Nile with fantastic sunsets. The island situation makes it a really safe place to holiday.Vehicles are checked as they cross the bridge to the island and an airport style scanner is situated at the hotel entrance. The gardens are wonderful.

Staff are extremely polite and very good at remembering names, favourite drinks, etc.

Entertainment depends upon your taste. If you like to sit and listen to singers each evening then you are stuck with MR CITI who has a liking for Frank Sinatra. The same songs each evening, but an experience not to be missed..."My Way" in a strong Egyptian accent. However, there is classical music while the sun sets, traditional music in Fellah's Tent, bike rides, 2 pools, a zoo, garden tours, the usual table tennis, a football pitch, two tennis courts.........the list goes on and on. Something for everyone.

My only grumble would be the weather!!! I expected Egypt to be hot..but 45C was our coolest day. We will certainly return, but at a cooler time of year.

Brillant hotel everything was perfect. Children enjoyed the hotel all I can say is brilliant.

Breakfast buffet excellent, great selection. Hotel reception very plush and bungalows spotlessly clean, sheets changed everyday.

Showers quite powerful, towels plentiful. We were given rooms next to each other without even requesting them, which was great.

Food was good in the hotel bar but found the international buffet nights disappointing as the food was nothing like the country it represented even the desserts which look fantastic don't taste fantastic. room service meals were excellent, fast and very tasty, always displayed nicely with a vase of flowers for a romantic touch. Ice-cream was the best.

It annoyed me that the signs were up not to save loungers by the pool but they were being saved anyway and even if you were at the pool first you had to find a lounger without a towel already on it.

I felt safe in Movenpick, I liked the location as the free shuttle bus and boat service were very reliable, the taxi's were very cheap, you had to haggle a bit but that was ok.

The staff were very friendly and helpful if you asked for a kettle to make coffee for yourself they would get you one, no extra charge.

Entertainment left much to be desired it was the same man every night singing the same songs, but you always had the town of Luxor to go to or you could visit another hotel and see what they have on.

I would visit this Swiss run hotel again, for the little touches alone make you feel pampered. The views at breakfast over the Nile are breath-taking.

The Swiss owned Hotel Jolie Ville Movenpick, in Luxor is set on 'Crocodile Island', it's own island in the Nile. Rooms are in bungalows throughout the grounds, and thus all have either a Nile or garden view. Standard rooms have large twin beds, bath/shower, hairdryer, direct dial phone, satellite TV, mini fridge, 24hr room service, and are spacious and comfy. Linens were changed daily, each night someone would come round with a free insert for the plug in mosquito repellant supplied, turn down the bedcovers, and place a little 'crocodile kiss' treat on the pillow.

The hotel has one medium size pool currently, but were in the process of completing a new pool whilst we were there - a huge glamorous pool with waterfall, and generous sized children's pool with play equipment. We saw the pool being cleaned every night. There is a lifeguard on duty during the main day.

The grounds are well kept and attractive, sunbeds are plentiful, although finding shade can be tricky if you arrive later in the day. The hotel provides towels free of charge. There is a poolside snack bar, serving the like of burgers, chips, spring rolls, tortillas, pop etc, as well as very high quality movenpick ice cream, with waiter service at the pool side. Each morning about 11am, free fruit juice cocktails were handed out around the pool, and about 4pm coffee, tea and cake was served.

There is plenty to keep you occupied on the island, it has it's own felucca boat, which you can charter to go out onto the Nile, a 'Fellah's Tent' where Egyptian evenings are held, a small zoo including camels and donkeys which you can ride on, tennis courts, football pitches, hairdresser, 2 masseuses (the male one Mr Ibrahim was very good), ping pong, giant chess, staff employed to facilitate what you wanted to do - helped my OH get set up to fish in the Nile, jogging track etc.

Every evening at sunset, classical music was played on the sunset terrace - a very nice touch. There is an area for sitting of an evening sipping mint tea, and watching the stars over the Nile - quite romantic.

The food is superb - breakfast is buffet style, with an overwhelming array of choice. Served from 5.00am until 10.30am. Fruits, cereals, yoghurts, cheeses, meats, breads, pastries, cooked meals, jams, fruit juices - best breakfast selection I have ever seen. Tea and coffee are served by waiters.

The evening meal is either taken a la carte on the terrace, or there is a themed buffet every night - mexican, fish, egyptian, international etc - again with a fantastic selection from which to choose. Food appeared to be well cooked, beautifully presented, and the waiter service was excellent.

The hotel goes out of it's way to make every little touch perfect - from the ability to change your pillows to differing softness, to the fact that the loos are spotless, cleaned every hour and stocked with fresh flannels etc.

Safety deposit boxes are free, and located in reception. There is a small lending library, a gift shop, and an outlet of the Bank Of Egypt in the lobby, complete with ATM.

There is a courtesy bus into Luxor that runs regularly, and a few boat trips each day into Luxor also. However, taxis are very cheap, and will wait for you and take you back to the hotel. Prices are very low also, to be taken by taxi to the many sites and temples around Luxor.

The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful, as all people in Egypt appear to be. We felt safe and welcome wherever we went, but then we made sure that we were dressed appropriately if we went into Luxor, which we felt helped. Not once were we hassled or stressed out with haggling - indeed mny of the shops had large signs proclaiming tht they were 'hassle free', or that staff were not allowed to push a sale.

All in all, the Movenpick Jolie Ville is an impressive resort hotel, that I would have no hesitation in recommending, and which we are planning to go back to at the earliest opportunity.

My husband and I stayed at this hotel last Sept and have just booked again for next May we cannot wait. This hotel is the best everyone was so friendly and helpful nothing was too much trouble they were in the middle of doing some building work there but it did not disturb us in any way.

The zoo is very good' pool is good too' very clean.

Rooms are very clean, fresh sheets towels every day.

Free buses to the town. Boat trips very romantic settings

We are so exited to be going again we would recommend this hotel to every one