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Carlton HotelvsDahab Hostel
Both hotels are rated highly by writers. On balance, Dahab Hostel ranks slightly higher than Carlton Hotel. Dahab Hostel scores 72 with recommendations from 2 publications including Rough Guide, Lonely Planet.
Carlton Hotel
Insight Guides
Rough Guide
Lonely Planet
21-26th of July Street, Down town, Cairo, Egypt
From $31/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Insight Guides "With its wood panelling, spaciousness and ceiling fans, the Carlton has an Old-World feel."
Rough Guide "A pleasantly creaky old hotel, once quite swanky, built in 1935 and still retaining some wood-panelled period charm, albeit rather worn."
Lonely Planet "If you get one of the renovated (‘class A’) rooms, this is a gem with a whiff of yesteryear... If you get stuck with an old room, it’s not worth half the price." Full review
Dahab Hostel Lonely Planet Rough Guide
26 Muhammad Bassiyuny, Cairo, Egypt
From $0/night
- Free Internet
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Multilingual
- Baggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
Lonely Planet "Perhaps one of the oddest lodgings in Cairo, this small hotel is really a series of very ordinary small rooms built around the rim of the rooftop of a Downtown building, fashioned to..." Full review
Rough Guide Star
"A very laidback hostel that’s like a beach camp from the Red Sea backpacker resort of Dahab transported – surprisingly convincingly – to the roof of a building in downtown Cairo."
