Tag Archives: Cataract
Pagnon and the Grand Hotel, Aswan
A few days back a visitor to this site, Amina Niazi, posted a request for information on the Grand Hotel, which used to be on the Corniche at Aswan, so here’s what I know. The story starts with Ferdinand Pagnon, … Continue reading
Filed under Grand hotels, Nile steamers
Graphics before graphic designers
Although the term was not coined until 1920s, graphic design existed long before there were any graphic designers. The art of combining text and pictures for a range of printed material has been at the heart of the printer’s craft … Continue reading
Filed under Memorabilia
The Cataract aka the ‘Grand Hotel’
Nice to see Aswan’s Cataract hotel enjoying plenty of screen-time as it takes the lead role in the ritzy Ramadan TV series Grand Hotel. I have only seen the first two episodes so far but there are lots of scenes … Continue reading
Filed under Art and artists, Grand hotels
The other, other Savoy
I’ve posted previously on Cairo’s Savoy hotel, at one time the flagship for George Nungovitch’s Egyptian hotel empire, here. I’ve also mentioned in passing the Luxor Savoy, here, which used to stand on the east bank, a little north of … Continue reading
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