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Hotel CrillonvsSteigenberger Cecil Hotel
Both hotels are highly recommended by professional travelers. On balance, Steigenberger Cecil Hotel is preferred by most reviewers compared to Hotel Crillon. Steigenberger Cecil Hotel is ranked #1 in Alexandria with recommendations from 6 sources like Lonely Planet, Fodor's and DK Eyewitness.
Hotel Crillon
Frommer's
Insight Guides
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Lonely Planet
5 Sharia Adib Ishaq, Alexandria, Egypt
From $0/night
- Laundry Service
Frommer's "This is probably the most charming of the Corniche pensions, and with a pleasant and efficient staff, it represents excellent value for money in both comfort and location." Full review
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Rooms on the sixth floor should be avoided -- they are windowless and reserved for overflow.
Insight Guides "With a central location, lashings of old-fashioned character, friendly and attentive staff, spick-and-span rooms at great prices (some with harbour views), the Crillon is the best budget bet in town."
DK Eyewitness "After the Union the Crillon is Alexandria’s next best budget hotel."
Rough Guide "A time-warped prewar pension on the Corniche, with a lobby full of stuffed birds and faded Art Deco rooms with seaview balconies and clean shared bathrooms on the third floor."
Lonely Planet "Smack-dab on the Corniche, this place has oodles of character but is a little rough around the edges." Full review
Steigenberger Cecil Hotel Insight Guides
Travel + Leisure DK Eyewitness Rough Guide
Fodor's Lonely Planet
16 Saad Zagloul Square, Alexandria 1726, Egypt
From $55/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Insight Guides "The glamour has long gone, but it remains an atmospheric and romantic place with good service. The comfortable rooms boast sweeping bay views."
Travel + Leisure "The setting for much of the Alexandria Quartet novels, with many rooms overlooking the Mediterranean Sea." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Alexandria’s most famous hotel gained its fame in the 1930s–40s when it was one of the city’s glitziest social venues."
Rough Guide "An Alexandrian institution: dead central, and with wonderful views of the Eastern Harbour."
Fodor's "With the Cecil, you're paying for history more than creature comforts, but if atmosphere is what you want you'll find it here in spades." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"The historic Cecil Hotel, an Alexandria legend, has been refitted several times over the last couple of decades, sometimes for the better." Full review
