Accommodation

Holidays by Destination Africa Egypt Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh Accommodation 

Cairo

The Garden City House
23 Sharia Kamal ad-Din Salah
+ 202 354 4969
A popular hotel - a 1930s pension, with Nile views from some rooms but pricey for what it is.

The Lotus Hotel
12 Sharia Talaat Harb
+ 202 575 0627 fax 575 4270
One of the best hotels in the mid range prices.

The Cosmopolitan Hotel
Sharia Ibn Taalab, just off Sharia Qasr el-Nil.
+ 202 392 3956 fax 393 3531
In a refurbished Art Nouveau building.

The Odeon Palace Hotel
6 Sharia Abdel a- Hamid Said.
+ 202 76 637 fax 767 971
A modern three-star.

The Grand Hotel
17 Sharia 26th of July
+ 202 575 7700 fax 575 7593
In an Art Deco building with original furniture and a service to collect from the airport.

Nile Hilton
+ 202 578 0444
nhilton@brainy1.ie-eg.com
One of the most central hotels and has fantastic views over Cairo. Althoughone of the most popular hotels in Cairo, but it is not up to the standard of other Hiltons elsewhere in the world.

Ramses Hilton
1115 Corniche el-Nil
+ 202 574 4400 fax 575 7152
Luxurious and with pool.

Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel
+ 202 355 7171
cairo@interconti.com
Right on the Nile, again elegant rooms, plus gym, pool and lots of restaurants.

The Cairo Marriott Hotel
Sharia Saraya el-Gezira, Zamalek
+ 202 340 8888
Marriott@link.com.eg
Modern rooms in a palace built for Empress Eugenie with facilities including a pool, out on the northern half of Gezira island, generally quieter and fresher than central Cairo.

The Cairo Meriden
Roda Island
+ 202 362 1717 fax 362 1927
Good views at the northern tip of the island, with good view and facilities including pool, health club and range of bars and restaurants.

Sharm el Sheikh

The hotels are all mainly 5 star and I would recommend the following:

Hilton Sharm Dreams Hotel

Hilton Fayrouz Hotel

Movenpick Hotel

Movennpick Golf Resort

Ghazala Hotel

Sonesta Beach Hotel

There is plenty to do for children and all the hotels have beach access. Most hotels offer water sports, including sailing lessons, windsurfing lessons, pedalos, glass bottom boats, banana boats.