The pyramids, Nile cruises, hidden alleys of Old Cairo. Where history and modern life meet.
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A Mamluk-era bazaar built in 1382, still Cairo's trading heart
The only Ancient Wonder still standing, built for Pharaoh Khufu
A small hotel steps from Alexandria's Raml Station tram terminus
A large hotel and event venue on the Nasr City, Heliopolis border
The first shopping mall built in Talaat Moustafa's Al Rehab City
A small budget hotel just off Falaky Square in Downtown Cairo
Egypt's first regional shopping mall, opened in 2000 on the Nile Corniche
A Heliopolis hotel built facing the Baron Empain Palace
New Cairo's biggest mall, and home to Egypt's first IKEA
A downtown hostel with a guest library and neighbourhood tips from the front desk
A small hotel a few steps off Talaat Harb Square
A rooftop hostel on the 15th floor of a Ramses Street tower
A compact retail and office block at the centre of Sheikh Zayed City
Majid Al Futtaim's flagship Alexandria mall, anchored by a Carrefour hypermarket
Nasr City's pyramid-inspired mixed-use complex, opened in 2004
An open-air retail strip along Street 90 in the Fifth Settlement
A large Heliopolis hotel with a casino, near Cairo airport
A 1920s belle-époque hotel in Downtown Cairo's Stock Exchange district
A Crowne Plaza inside Sheikh Zayed's Arkan Plaza complex
A rooftop backpacker hostel styled after a Sinai beach camp
A long-running 6th of October mall known for its cinema and ice rink
An open-air, pedestrian-style shopping street in Katameya, New Cairo
A Thai-run hotel and lake in New Cairo's Fifth Settlement
A small hostel with a pool and garden in Alexandria's Kafr Abdou
A 2010 tower rising between Nile City's twin office and retail towers
A Four Seasons built on the site of Alexandria's old San Stefano casino
A 2004 Garden City tower with Nile, Citadel and pyramid views
A long-running backpacker hostel across from Egypt's central bank
A 2014 luxury retail and dining hub on Sheikh Zayed's 26th of July Corridor
A beachfront hotel on Alexandria's Mustafa Kamel Corniche
A Helnan hotel set inside Alexandria's Antoniades Park
A Hilton on Alexandria's Corniche with its own private beach
A hilltop Hilton in Heliopolis, near the Baron Empain Palace
Hilton's all-suite residence tower on Zamalek island, on the Nile
A Holiday Inn built directly into the Citystars Mall complex
A small budget hotel on Alexandria's Champollion Street
The first Hyatt Centric in Egypt, an art-focused hotel near Giza
A Hyatt Regency near the Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx
A 1980s Nile tower on the site of the 1907 Semiramis
A luxury InterContinental tower attached to Nasr City's Citystars Mall
A JW Marriott built around a man-made beach in New Cairo
A garden resort near Giza, minutes from the Pyramids and Sphinx
A convenience mall inside SODIC's Katameya Plaza compound
A Kempinski on the Nile in Garden City, designed by Pierre-Yves Rochon
The only Cairo hotel walking distance from Terminal 3
A downtown hostel on Bank Misr Street near Tahrir
A beachfront tower by Montaza Palace with its own private beach
