The Marhaba Palace Hotel is a whitewashed building with views over the Nile and the desert. The 78 simply furnished guestrooms include air conditioning, satellite television, Internet connections and minibars. The 24-hour front desk can provide any tour assistance required, or help with exchanging currency (there is also an ATM bank in the hotel). Guests may choose to work off the complimentary buffet breakfast in the hotel's outdoor swimming pool, or browse the shops within the hotel selling gold, spices, traditional Egyptian robes and more western T-Shirts. Three is a restaurant, and café serving local and international dishes, and a terrace bar, a good location for a pre-dinner drink watching the sun set, plus 24-hour room service. The hotel also offers a dry cleaning service, safe deposit box at the front desk and a conference room for business meetings. The nearest airport is Aswan International Airport, found 30 kilometres away.