Cairo & Giza — Places to stay
Where the pyramids pop up in your taxi window.
- Marriott Mena House, Cairo — An 1869 royal lodge with the Great Pyramid over the garden wall
- Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza — A 30-storey riverside tower with feluccas below your window
- The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo — Next door to the old Egyptian Museum, between river and square
- Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino — An 1869 palace lobby and a garden café locals love
- Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir Cairo — A four-star on Tahrir with a pool, at half five-star prices
- Turquoise Pyramids View Hotel — Pyramids and the GEM from the roof, from about US$20
- Doudou Pyramids View Hotel — A pyramid view from the jacuzzi in a 2024 hotel
- Saint J Hotel by Brassbell — Studios with kitchens on a quiet Downtown street
- Swisstay Downtown Cairo — 12 rooms on an old building's sixth floor, around US$35 a night
- Heritage Hostel Cairo — Four minutes from Tahrir, with women-only dorms
- Kempinski Nile Hotel, Cairo — Calm Nile hotel in Garden City
- Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah — Nile hotel at Gezira Island south tip
- Novotel Cairo El Borg — 4-star by the Nile and Cairo Tower
- Le Riad Hotel de Charme — Old-city riad with a roof terrace
- Zamalek x Hostel — Small budget stay in central Zamalek