The Steigenberger Hotel & Nelson Village is a resort hotel in Taba, Egypt, just over 100 metres from the Taba Border Crossing.
History
Eliyahu Paposchado began construction of the Aviya-Sonesta Beach Hotel in 1979, while the Sinai was under Israeli control. The hotel was located 6 km from Eilat and next to Rafi Nelson's Nelson Village, also known as Rafi Nelson's Holiday Village.[2] The village was a center for musical and cultural activity and attracted Israel's who's who in the late 1960s and 1970s.
After the peace agreements were signed in 1979 between the two nations, the status of the incomplete hotel and the village were to be decided by future negotiations. Due to a disagreement over the correct location of the boundary markers, it was the stumbling block in negotiations between Israel and Egypt over the final border between the two countries.
The hotel received its first guests on November 1, 1982 and celebrated its grand opening on November 15, 1982.[3] On the bottom floor, there is an 8.5 m high wall relief, made in 1980–81 with a Hebrew inscription by the Jerusalem sculptor, Daniel Kafri.