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When it comes to your Cairo hotel choice, think location. Travelers who plan to focus on the pharaonic sites of the Giza Plateau, a 45-minute drive from the city center, on the west side of the river, may prefer the Mena House, an updated and recently refurbished colonial-era hotel across the street from the Great Pyramid. Fans of Islamic Cairo, with its mosques and souks—along with the 19th-century Europeanized downtown, known as Paris on the Nile—will find an east bank river location more convenient. Privacy seekers, meanwhile, should consider the Sofitel, isolated at the southern tip of Zamalek island, a cosmopolitan enclave favored by embassies and expatriates (and a pleasant walk or short taxi ride to the Egyptian Museum), or the Four Seasons at the First Residence, in a nontouristy neighborhood on the Nile's west bank across the street from the Cairo Zoo. Wherever you choose to stay, remember that Cairo is Africa's largest metropolis, with a population of more than 16 million people, 3 million cars, and epic traffic jams.
Occupying conjoined 1920s villas in Maadi, a leafy suburb created to house British civil servants and Egyptians working in the court of the Khedive Abbas Hilmi...more
Renovated in 2007 in an elegant, minimalist style by the French luxury-hotel chain, this round tower at the southern end of Zamalek island offers panoramic...more
Built in 1959, this blue-and-white 430-room hotel on the Nile's east bank just north of Tahrir Square has a convivial ambience and an unbeatable location next...more
One of the most famous hotels in the Middle East, the 486-room Mena House fuses two modern wings with a former royal hunting lodge built in 1869. Situated among...more
This sleek, white, Y-shaped tower looks out over the Nile from the northern tip of Roda Island—which is picturesquely set in the middle of the river. The...more
Across the river in the embassy and old palace district of Garden City, Cairo's newest Four Seasons hotel has become the city's see-and-be-seen business...more
Small by Cairo standards, this 269-room hotel is set one block back from the Nile's west bank, 35 minutes' drive from the Pyramids. Designed to emulate the feel...more
Set on the east bank of the Nile opposite the northern tip of Zamalek island, this blocky white high-rise caters to the business crowd. The 617 rooms and suites...more
With 1,089 rooms, this Marriott on the Nile island of Zamalek is Cairo's largest hotel. The centerpiece of the property is a palace built for the French empress...more
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