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International Hotel WiFi: Cairo's Nile Hilton Gets It Half Right
April 16, 2008 at 9:35 AM | 0 Comments
Last time we visited Egypt it was sans laptop, but we're intrigued to know how the WiFi situation is doing there now. According to the website of the Nile Hilton in Cairo, their hotel "boasts wireless internet access throughout" and they plug it a second time when describing the rooms by enticing guests with the opportunity to "keep in touch with wireless internet access".
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Room With a Killer View: No Pyramids, But Still Pretty From Grand Hyatt Cairo
December 13, 2007 at 10:43 AM | 0 Comments
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
Think historic Cairo, think Roda Island in the middle of the Nile River and you've got the perfect location for a hotel: and it's the Grand Hyatt Cairo. This view comes from here and looks over a sunlit Cairo downtown.
If your room doesn't have the same killer view, just head to the revolving restaurant for dinner and you'll get all possible views. (If you have a long stay there are eleven more restaurants to try in the Grand Hyatt complex). And then of course there are plenty of other Cairo views to be had once you get outside your hotel: the pyramids, the old town, and museums galore.
[Photo: tzoutzou]
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· Hotels in Cairo [HotelChatter]
· Travel Stories in Egypt [Jaunted]
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Room with a Killer View: Pyramisa Suites & Casino
February 1, 2007 at 10:20 AM | 0 Comments
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
Here we have a Killer View with an anti-service review. The Pyramisa Suites & Casino in Cairo is billed as a five-star but as shahzad_wigan found out, has the "world's worst service". TripAdvisor reviews also echo the "not a five-star" sentiment.
But for those of you headed to Cairo and determined to stay in luxury settings, shahzad also has this bold booking tip:
Hotel rooms are about 40% cheaper if booked through a local travel agent. Easily available at airport. Rates vary from 100- 120 USD a night for a five star. Yes, damn cheap.
Related Stories:
· Pyramisa reviews [TripAdvisor]
Egypt Hotel Reviews
The Charm of Sharm el Sheikh
December 12, 2006 at 3:25 PM | 0 Comments
What to do in Egypt when you grow weary of the Pyramids of Giza and the ancient Sphinx...when the tales of Cleopatra's romantic and political connections and influence to the Roman Empire get old... when the sprawling city of Cairo seems like one big dusty drag and you just wanna go pool-hopping?
Then get yourself over to Sharm el Sheikh at the Southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula and do a little dunk at the Hilton Sharm Waterfalls Resort. This area of shore along the Red Sea is reputed to offer the best diving in Egypt.
Here the Hilton chain takes advantage of the waves and throbbing sea with a 401-room resort that has six pools, a beach, and a jetty out to the "house reef." It's more relaxing than a handful of hieroglyphs.
Tripadvisor reviews boasts that the resort is popular with Russians and Eastern Europeans; the pools are kept deliberately cool to offset "the devils' anvil" (what Omar Sharif called the sun in "Lawrence of Arabia"), and it gets big points for liberal towel dispensation.
On the downside, it suffers from a slow funicular that brings you from pool to lobby level.
And food? Did someone say food? There's an Italian restaurant, a Lebanese restaurant, a main dining room and, of course, the Seashore Pool Bar & Restaurant, not to mention the usual American fare if you want it - pizza, burgers, and the standard US breakfast buffet. There's also four bars, a health club, Jacuzzi, massage, dive center, and steam rooms, plus a cyber café.
Ask the hotel concierge about the shuttle vans over to the nearby resort strip in Na'ama Bay for a change of pace, or take a desert exploration trip for a bit of sand in your shoes. One day outings to Petra in Jordan are available, so you can get back to feeling like a big dusty drag.
[Photo: Danrees]
Related Stories:
· Hilton Sharm Waterfalls Resort Reviews [TripAdvisor]
