Cairo
Days 1-7 · 6 nightsA small hotel in Zamalek, on Ismail Mohamed Street, 2.7 km from the city centre. A leafy residential district to come back to in peace after a day in the bazaars.
€70 a nightSee on Booking →On the Nile, in the Boulaq district, 800 m from the city centre. A four-star Downtown hotel, handy for walking to Tahrir and crossing the bridge to Zamalek.
€90 a nightSee on Booking →On Gezira Island, on the Nile, 900 m from the city centre. A four-star hotel between Downtown and Zamalek, for those who want a quiet night without straying from the centre.
€85 a nightSee on Booking →Mohamed Mazhar Street, in Zamalek, 2.9 km from the city centre, on the Nile side. For stays of several nights in a residential district, away from the noise of Tahrir.
€110 a nightSee on Booking →In Giza, 7.6 km from the city centre, on the pyramids side. A four-star hotel for those who want to see the plateau and the Grand Egyptian Museum without crossing the city every morning.
Heading into central Cairo, traffic can double the journey time at rush hour.
€70 a nightSee on Booking →A rooftop hostel in Downtown, on Mahmoud Bassiouny Street, 400 m from the city centre. Khan el-Khalili and Islamic Cairo can be reached on foot or in a very short ride.
€20 a nightSee on Booking →A guesthouse in an old building in Azbakeya, on Mohamed Farid Street, 1.2 km from the centre. For those who want to stay in old Downtown rather than in a tower on the Nile.
€25 a nightSee on Booking →Ramses Street, in Downtown, 700 m from the city centre. A hostel close to the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square, for small budgets sightseeing on foot.
€25 a nightSee on Booking →A 1928 Art Deco hotel in Downtown, in the Bab el-Louk district, 600 m from the city centre. For those who love the old buildings of the centre at a low price.
€50 a nightSee on Booking →Mohamed Mahmoud Street, near Tahrir Square, 600 m from the city centre. A small, simple hotel for those getting around by metro and on foot between Downtown and Islamic Cairo.
Sadat metro station, beneath Tahrir Square, is a few minutes' walk away.
€30 a nightSee on Booking →In Giza, on Pyramids Road, 12 km from Downtown but at the foot of the plateau. For those who want to start the day with the pyramids rather than an hour in traffic.
A former khedival lodge turned into a hotel in 1886, for a long time the only address at the foot of Giza.
€250 a nightSee on Booking →On the Nile Corniche, in Garden City, 1.1 km from the city centre. The river on one side, the Citadel and Islamic Cairo a short distance away on the other.
€300 a nightSee on Booking →In Garden City, on the Nile, 800 m from the city centre. A five-star hotel for those who want the Corniche and Tahrir on foot, and Islamic Cairo a short ride away.
€190 a nightSee on Booking →On Tahrir Square, on the Nile, 400 m from the city centre. A palace hotel for those who want everything on foot: the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir, the Corniche and Sadat metro.
€280 a nightSee on Booking →In Garden City, on the Nile, 400 m from the city centre. A five-star hotel on the Corniche, within walking distance of Tahrir Square, for a first stay that is easy to organise.
€170 a nightSee on Booking →