Conrad Cairo

Opinion

A polished and comfortable luxury establishment boasting a good array of facilities and stylish dining venues. The refined ambience offers a welcome respite from the hurly burly of the city. Attracts almost exclusively business guests visiting the nearby World Trade Centre.

Exterior

A huge modern 20-storey peach-coloured block with balconies set side on to the road atop a 3-storey rectangular main building with a raised driveway.

Property type: Hotel

Storeys: 20

Interior

The interior is smart and modern and comprises a spacious atrium lounge bar set around a central water sculpture; brass-railed stairs lead to the 1st floor where there is a choice of restaurants including an intimate Italian, a seafood market with an aquarium and a well-appointed buffet and a la carte option with modern fresh decor. A colonial style pub overlooks the Nile.

Rooms: 617

Grounds

The spacious 3rd floor pool deck provides wooden mattressed loungers and shades and has neat hedges, trees and flowering shrubs. An outdoor coffee shop has a shisha pipe area and offers barbeque food in the summer months.

Location

Area Type: At the far North end of the busy Corniche road on the East bank, overlooking the Nile and opposite the tip of Zamalek island; World Trade Centre and Arcadia shopping centre are both nearby.

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