Επισκέπτης Χρήστης
1 Μάρτιος 2022
3.5 STARS Here’s my detailed take on this hotel, keeping in mind I’m pretty forgoving. Some expectation management will go a long way when visiting Cairo and Giza. The good: they provide free transfer from the airport (took us about 30 minutes at 4 in the morning, long trip. Our guy Sleb? waited a lot with the plane delay, he was very nice and didn’t expect anything from us - tipped him more that the actual ride would cost, no regrets, very good man) staff is very nice. The hotels provides breakfast with view of the pyramids on the terrace up top (great view). Food is decent, no fresh coffee, just nescafe instant coffee. Room was pretty clean, had some complementary water, tea and instant coffee packs and an electri kettle (convenient - bring your own coffee!). You can see the pyramids from the balcony and can take very nice pics. The not so good: here are some things to keep in mind: Some rooms overlook the pyramids and some don’t have windows at all. Both have cons, while having an ancient wonder outside your window is amazing, the windows are pretty badly done. The room has 3 huge sliding doors, but they don’t seal, meaning you have great lighting and view from inside but at night it will be pretty cold and you will hear everything. I cannot stress this enough, EVERYTHING. Cairo is one of the biggest cities in the world and traffic is a lot more intense than you can imagine (in front of the hotel there are 11 lanes in total and they ar full non-stop). You’ll immediately find out that honking is as common as breathing in Cairo and Giza so from the early hours of the morning and very late into the night you will not count to 10 seconds without hearing a car horn. If your a light sleeper, the windowless rooms might suit you better. Fawcett had barely any pressure, shower was fine though Other than that, most of the city is very rundown, so don’t expect your pyramid view to be perfect. By my estimation I’d say that over 90% of the buildings are incomplete, so make of that what you will. There was no cleaning or towel change during our stay, but we didn’t ask so they will probably do it if you tell them. Lastly, an important aspect, we booked our stay through *********** and the day after arrival we got an email for “no show”. That’s very common in some countries, basically no one gets penalized because the place has a flexibe cancellation policy, but the hotel did save the 15% comission to the site (probably to cover the free transfer and other expenses). If you care about that, ask for an invoice on arrival.
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