But despite the enticing swimming pool at the Winter Palace Hotel, the thrilling felucca ride on a windy Nile afternoon with sails billowing, and the bountiful dinners of hummus and salads all the more delightful for being actively encouraged to eat with one's hands, one pressing question remains.
But many of the other rooms are not--you can comfortably play billiards on the fine English table, a twin of one at Buckingham Palace, but the library or Jade Room may get a bit sticky.
Cynics might argue that a more accurate view of modern Britain could come from the likes of Plan B, whose "Ill Manors" single sticks the knife into Cameron's Britain, but a gig at Buckingham Palace was never going to be the place for punk sentiment.
But as the democracy talks were starting at a Lima hotel, at the presidential palace Mr Montesinos gave a rare news conference.
Choreographer Josh Rhodes said the script originally used dance only at the palace ball, but director Mark Brokaw and writer Douglas Carter Beane asked him look for danceable moments.
The government-owned Cham Palace has long had a go at producing Japanese cuisine, but the trend took off recently when several sushi bars appeared in rapid succession.
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But in his inaugural speech at a ceremonial palace in the old city centre, Mr Pena Nieto said the state had "lost ground" since his party left power.
At Balmoral, the Royal Standard flew at full mast, at Buckingham Palace not at all-both in accord with arcane royal protocol but both jarring to the mourners' raw sensitivities.
But from then on chances dried up at both ends until Palace regained the lead through a strike of real quality by Ambrose after 70 minutes.
What if, when you look back, you find at the bottom of all its archeological strata not a forum or a palace but a corpse?
He led by about three lengths but once Canford Cliffs, who won last time out in the St James's Palace Stakes at the Royal meeting, got into gear and quickened up, they looked dangerous.
The former Crystal Palace player has had few opportunities since Neil Warnock arrived at Loftus Road, but said he was confident of making his mark under Charlton boss Phil Parkinson.
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