Cairo Ramses Hilton (Egypt) Hotel - Reviews and Rates

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Cairo, Egypt

We love it here! Aside from the small detail that there is a war raging in the Middle East about a 5 hour car ride from here, Cairo is wonderful. The people are so helpful and curious. They say that they like Americans, and they separate tourists from the government and George Bush (who they don't like). However, we were advised to tell people we are from Canada. Did you know that Dave plays professional hockey in Vancouver? He does now. To encourage the tourists to feel safe, there are armed...

Cairo, Egypt barrowmw

Giza and the Pyramids, Luxor, Karnac and the lock

Day 2-- of our trip and we were up at 6 so we could get out to Giza early and beat the crowds. At 9 the crowds were there in bus caravan after caravan and they parked so close to the base of a pyramid that it was surreal. The pyramids looked like all the TV and videos only 3 dimensional. As we walked around the area one of our members quietly came over to me and said we were being followed. A man in an over-sized green suit appeared to be mirroring all of our moves. Who was he-- he was the se...

Cape May Court House, New Jersey, United States craigster

Byeeeeee

So yesterday morning I rose at 5.30am and headed out to the pyramids, actually only 14kms from downtown Cairo. I had to leave then as any later and the traffic would have been impossible!! Since arriving in Cairo, Willy had also arrived so we kicked back in the Ramses Hilton for three nights. Me relaxing after 8000kms biking, and Willy unwinding after a particularly nasty cab ride from the airport ;) Even my bike got a little special treatment and was allowed to park on the verandah of our 18...

Cairo, Egypt cycling_azza

Discovering Egypt of Anvar el Sadat

We were whisked from the airport directly to the Hilton and requested to have a quick shower, dress up and be down in the lobby within 45 minutes for dinner with some big shots. John Updike is right although I have sensed, this was before I have read his Rabbit, Run I think, that the inclination to higher standards instantly dissolves in the bloodstream of the human being. Such a comfort after all the shabby rooms of provincial towns around Macedonia!

Cairo, Egypt gogan

Abu simbel and lots and lots of flying!

A day of travel.. we get up and bags out at 8am, for 8.45am departure to the airport of Aswan. We are heading out to Abu Simbel and I expect a propeller plane to take us, instead we have a massive plane that is 6 seats across and a short flying time of half an hour to take us there. There is time to down a cup of water before we land..after flying through turbulance and a smooth landing. We board a bus with the Contiki group that is on the same plane. Our guide Mohammed doesnt seem too happy...

Abu Simbel, Egypt jasndan

Museums and Mosques and Churches...oh my!

It's nearly midnight, almost the latest we have stayed up since joining the tour! I am sitting in our corner suite a the Ramses Hilton listening to Egyptian music blaring up from the ground floor restaurant/live entertainment and the beeps of the cars from the massive intersection we overlook!
Today began with a rushed breakfast and a muffin and bread roll to go on the way out, we caught up with our guide Mohammed for a relatively late start..well, 8.30am..to head to the Egyptian museum. S...

Cairo, Egypt jasndan

Cairo - Day 3

Cairo and Ancient City of Memphis - Day 3, 3/21/09 Step Pyramid of the Pharaoh Zoser (near Sakkara) which started the art of pyramid building. Here are wall painting and reliefs showing scenes of harvesting, fishing, music making and dancing. Memphis, Colossal alabaster statue of Ramses I IThe site of the early capital of Egypt has rock tombs and some statues Islamic Cairo, Mohammed Ali Mosque whose 5 domes can be seen throughout the city. Sultan Hassain Mosque Abu Sirgha Church which is beli...

Cairo, Egypt jbdsalem

Train to Aswan

We spent the day in Cairo before taking the night train to Aswan: Jan 7th Sites: Museum, Citadel, Coptic Church, Synagogue, Bazaar Dinner: On the train to Aswan Jan 8th Aswan Sites: Elephantine Island, High Dam, Philea Temple, Unfinished Obelisk, Hotel: Ramses Hotel Lunch: Abeer Dinner: Floating Restaurant Jan 9th Sites: Abu Simbel and the Nubian Museum. (The Nubian Museum is new and very modern. It was a pleasure after the jumble of stuff in the Athens and Cairo museums to see a well organiz...

Aswan, Egypt jeffandmarie

Leaving Egypt. Meeting Ioana and Family.

This was a reflective time for Grant and me, as we sat in the airport lounge at Cairo we had thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Egypt and were now quite tired as we didn't have a lot of rest time. We left Cairo just after midnight and settled down for the long flight to Singapore. We flew over Arabia and India and down the side of Malaysia before arriving at Singapore just before 4.0p.m. Ioana picked us up from the airport and took us to our hotel, the Allson in Victoria St. We felt sticky and sm...

Cairo, Egypt jokertrekker

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Historical Traveler Reviews of Cairo Ramses Hilton

Cairo Landmark

from A TripAdvisor Member

I stayed at Ramses Hilton (18 flr.-Great view of Cairo Tower-famous landmark) 6 nights in Jan 2006. My Egyptian friend living in USA indicated that Ramses Hilton had more Arabic guests. Upon arrival it appeared that many Egyptian locals visited ground floor lounge where they smoked shisha, drank tea, and listened to Arabic singers. This enhanced my cultural/Arabic language learning experience as opposed to interacting at hotel frequented by more English speaking Western tourists.

The first night I had dinner at Windows on the World (36th Flr) and had rack of lamb, Omar Khayyam red wine. The view and nightly belly dance show should not be missed (Outstanding). I had dinner at The Citadel Grill and had Omar Khayyam red wine and Moroccan Couscous with lamb (Outstanding). I also had lunch at the buffet restaurant with great window seats and views of Cairo street activity (Outstanding). Ramses Hilton also has shopping mall with movie theatre-Arabic movies across street.

Overall my experience was outstanding and so was the Egyptian hospitality. Hilton website indicates Ramses Hilton is a Cairo Landmark.

Bad sevice Corrupt staff

from JDNewYork

Just came back from 1 week trip to Cairo. Stayed at Rames Hilton for six days. This is the worst hotel I ever stayed in. Arrived late in the morning...requested a quiet room..but given a noisy room facing highway. Worst experience was with INFORMATION DESK, RECEPTION DESK and BELLMAN. They have there own agencies setup from where they eat commission on any services eg. guided tour, cruise on nile & limo service. We ended up buying our tours from Nile hilton as we came to know that Ramses information desk was fooling us. If you plan not to take the taxi from the hotel as they charge 10 times the rate...they will send one to follow you and they give you a headache for fare.

Please do not use the both the BANKS for exchange in the Ramses hilton lobby. If you do....do count the money on the counter as they always keep 20 to 30 bucks in their pocket....happened with us twice we exchanged the money.

Lobby is crowded by strange looking local men...which I guess are there to sit in the lobby and stare at tourists all day.

So for 6 days we avoided staying at the hotel except sleeping at night. We been to all the other hotels in cairo...e.g Grand Hyatt, Nile hilton, Le Meridian, Mena House & Four Seasons...these places looked like hotels for tourists and to enjoy your vacaton.

Very Helpful Staff

from Skipsr

We stayed six nights at the Ramses Hilton during September and October. Our room was on the 26th floor which eliminated a lot of the street noise. Our room overlooked the Nile and we could see the pyramids if it wasn't a hazy day. The food and service was very good. We are Hilton Honors members and we had a wonderful fruit basket, bottles of water and sweets delivered to our room. Our room was very large and the bedding was very nice. The furnishings and carpet are in need of updating. The concierge helped us with all our needs for day trips and maps. All the staff was very helpful. Overall we had a great stay.

Exceeded expectations

from Lyndyr

We have just returned from a 3 week tour which included 11 days in Egypt

For 5 of those days we stayed in the Ramses Hilton in downtown Cairo.

After reading earlier reviews about the Ramses before our trip I was a bit worried about what I would find.

The reality was actually much better and far exceeded all expectations in every way.

We have stayed in many hotels around the world and the Ramses has been in the upper standard in service, comfort and ammenity for the price.

Our room was very spacious and comfortable, the bed with it's feather pillows and quilts was heaven after long days of adventuring.

The included breakfast was sumptuous and catered for a very wide variety of tastes. Being a predominantly Muslim country you won't find bacon on the breakfast menu but you won't miss it with all the other choices.

Our first breakfast served at 3:00am to accomodate tour time schedules was no less delicious than any we had a later times and at the mention of the desire for fruit individual plates of beautifully presented and varied fruits arrived at our table. Fruit in Egypt has to be tasted to be believed, rich and delicious and ripened to perfection. Safe to try in a hotel of this size.

Our room on the 18th floor looked out over the Nile with it's incredible traffic over the bridge and we could see the pyramids in the hazy distance.

The staff at the Ramses were all delightful, from the doorman who offered to bring the shop complex across road to us if we would "wait just a moment madam" all encounters were marked with similar good humour.

I have no hestitation in recommending the Ramses Hilton in Cairo.

Cairo and Ramses Hilton Hotel

from ding4

Just returned from 7 night trip to Cairo Egypt where we stayed at the Ramses Hilton Hotel. The trip was booked with Gate1. The entire trip was outstanding! The Hotel was Super, the service was outstanding. The breakfast meals were ample and the staff was attentative. The clubs in the hotel were pleasant and the club at top of hotel overlooked Cairo and down the Nile river.At night, it was a awe inspiring sight{ the belly dancering show was pretty inspiring also}. The included trips to the pyramids, sphinx, Alexandria, old cairo etc. were flawless. The Gate 1 personel on the ground in cairo, guides, director, airport greeters etc were the best of any trip we have taken overseas{15} so far. I would recommend this trip to anyone, singles, families couples etc. The only downside is the cairo traffic. It is terrible!! When we went out alone without guides etc, we always took a taxi. Do not believe the reports about taxi drivers trying to take advantage of tourists. The hotel made outbound taxi arrangments and we got our own from the market, citidel etc and never even came close to feeling cheated. Haggling prices was a blast! Great trip.

Appearances can be deceptive

from A TripAdvisor Member

When we arrived at the Ramses Hilton I did not think much of it from the outside, however things could not have been better inside, the rooms were fantastic, and the fabulous quilts on the bed were a nice change. Even though you had to almost be a contortionist to see the Nile from our balcony on the 20th floor, we had lots of fun watching and listening to the unbelieveable traffic. Thank goodness for excellent double glazing, once the doors were closed we couldn't hear a thing.

The first night we had a meal in the Citidal Grill in the Hotel, it was fantastic, the service was the best I've ever know and the food great.

The second night we went for a Chinese meal in the Hotel, however there was no atmosphere and the food was very average, needless to say we went back to the Citidal Grill for our last night. If I ever go to Cairo again I will book into the Ramses Hilton

Spaghetti Junction

from DubDee

This hotel looks OK when you arrive at midnight into the lobby but the beds are terrible (we both had bad backs at the end of a business trip staying on different floors), the pool is closed for winter even though it's 30C+ and the gym is tiny and grotty looking. The hotel is slap bang in the middle of a huge junction of flyovers and motorways, the noise of which can wake you up even on th 13th floor at midnight with the windows closed. It's impossible to go for a walk from here without risking your life since there is no such thing as traffic lights. No wonder we were the only foreigners out dodging the traffic and breathing in the fumes. We went to the Marriott for a drink last night and were cursing we hadn't booked in there as it was the same price.

Standard poor and rooms dirty

from A TripAdvisor Member

stayed at this hotel at the end of october 2004

the hotel lobby and general communial areas are ok but the two rooms that we were givenwere very dated like going back to the seveties! certainly not a 5 star as rated. the mattresses in the rooms were old and rotten and the baths had enamel flaking off. if i went back to egypt i certainly would not stay here.

Lovely view mingling with the sounds of Cairo

from queenofhearts1979

I thought the rooms at the Ramses Hilton were beautiful. Mirrored walls, huge bathroom, nice sofa and sitting area and every room gets a balcony. The staff will bend over backwards for you, and the restauraunts had great food.

The only problem was the fact that the Hotel is directly across from the bus depot and major highways, so I reccomend that the faint of heart dont cross the 6 or 7 lanes of traffic to get to the Mogamma or Egyptian Museum. The sound of yelling at the bus depot mixing with the call for prayer in the morning absoluteley defines Cairo. I definitely will return to this hotel.

Comfortable base in Cairo

from A TripAdvisor Member

Cairo never sleeps, and with all-night car-honking you may not either, but at least here you'll be comfy!

The hotel seems to cater mostly for business travellers, although it does a nice trade in tourists on short trips from the Red Sea resorts and Luxor also. The huge columns in the lobby make for a very impressive reception area, and staff are pleasant and professional. Room decor is quite subdued, but the rooms themselves are spacious and comfortable.

The hotel also has a small pool overlooking the Nile, and a panoramic restaurant and bar on the top floor with incredible views of the city (although your ears tend to pop in the lift on the way up). The hotel has a choice of restaurants, all expensive by Egyptian standards, but okay if you are only staying a few nights. We had breakfast delivered to our room both mornings we were there, and it was good.

The general area is quite good (near the museum) but access to the hotel is across a very busy junction, which makes for a very interesting game of dodge-the-car when crossing the road (I'm not sure why car insurance is optional, but once you see Cairenes drive, you begin to think that maybe the insurance companies just gave up...) Less mobile guests or those with younger children may wish to take one of the readily available taxis from outside the hotel.

All in all, you definitely won't get a taste of the real Cairo in this hotel (although the many bodyguards of the Saudi prince who is in residence on the top three floors do lend an air of the unusual), but you will be glad of a clean, comfortable night's sleep at the end of your day in this incredible city.

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