For a hundred years, the Steam Ship Sudan has been sailing down the Nile and back in time. Inaugurated at the dawn of the 1920s, the steamship offers a completely different approach to travel. On board, you take your time, gently, serenely, as you sail along, totally disconnected from the present. A century later, the magic still works. Travelers flock to admire the Nile and the four millennia of history that surround it. Immediate boarding: on the banks of Luxor, you'll discover the steamer aboard which Agatha Christie set the plot of one of her most famous novels.
Both legendary and intimate, the Steam Ship Sudan houses 18 cabins and 6 suites spread over 3 levels. To perfectly recreate the ship's original atmosphere and add to its distinctive Belle Époque charm, the ship's decorator has sourced gold and copper beds, classic furniture, brass fittings, blond parquet flooring, old-fashioned dial telephones, thick fabrics and numerous Oriental rugs from the bazaars of Cairo. The kitchen, meanwhile, was designed by Jean Imbert.
Revealed in 2012 by the TV show Top Chef, the Frenchman, attracted by mythical places and destinies, is now at the culinary helm of several prestigious establishments, including the Plaza Athénée hotel, Monsieur Dior restaurant in Paris, the Venice Simplon-Orient Express, and The Brando hotel on the Polynesian atoll of Tetiaroa. The Steam Ship Sudan easily stands alongside these institutions, legitimately claiming its iconic status as a mythical pavilion of legendary travel, the likes of which are now few and far between.
