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Grand HotelvsWaldorf Astoria Cairo
Both hotels are rated very highly by experts. On balance, Fairmont Towers Heliopolis scores significantly better than Grand Hotel. Fairmont Towers Heliopolis comes in at 80 with recommendations from 3 publications like Fodor's, Oyster and Star Service.
Grand Hotel
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Lonely Planet
17, Sitta-W Ashrin Yulyu, Cairo, Egypt
From $24/night
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Family Friendly
- Dry Cleaning
DK Eyewitness "Built in 1939, the Grand is situated in the bustling heart of Downtown. The rooms are clean and its marbled bath rooms are divine, but most period fixtures have gone."
Rough Guide "Art Deco edifice featuring original lifts and furniture, a fountain, coffee shop and old-fashioned, homely rooms with immaculately varnished wooden floors."
Lonely Planet "Retro-tastic." Full review
Waldorf Astoria Cairo
Star Service
Fodor's
El Shaheed Sayed Zakaria Street, Horreya, Heliopolis, Cairo 2480, Egypt
From $162/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Star Service "In the heart of Heliopolis (the city's diplomatic neighborhood), this sleek hotel has a glass lobby curved in the shape of the eye of the Pharaonic god Horus." Full review
Fodor's "Cairo's most architecturally stunning hotel, the six-story building is designed to mimic the eye of Horus." Full review
