Grand Hyatt Cairo
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Corniche Al Nil, Garden City, Roda Island Cairo, Egypt, 2-365-1234
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For my Asia blog, I began with the idea of Commencement. I found it odd that we consider graduation - a culmination of four years of work - as a beginning. But I realized that on graduation day, I was in fact ready to commence on the next stage of my life. So while my friends plug away in their cubicles, I sit here in my Cairo hotel typing this message. No longer Jason Stern the Student, I'm Jason Stern the Traveler. The obvious question, then, is where am I going. My best answer is I am not ...
Cairo, Egypt jes242
Before heading south down the Nile, we first spent a day in Cairo (we'll spend more time at the end of the tour). Not wasting any time, the tour group headed straight for the Pyramids. The Pyramids of Giza have always dominated the Cairo horizon. To get a sense of how old they are, even in antiquity they were considered ancient. The Pyramids stood for 2600 years before Queen Cleopatra personally led Julius Caesar to Giza to gaze upon their splendor. Rising from the grit of the Egyptian desert...
Cairo, Egypt jes242
So I think I'm going to update with more fairly mundane details, if only because I haven't written anything here in a while... So right now it's Saturday afternoon, and I just came back from a free lunch courtesy of Georgetown and the government of Qatar. Long story made short, Georgetown opened up a sattellite campus in Qatar this year, sponsored in part by the Qatari government, which paid for several other American universities (inc Carnegie Mellon, Cornell and Virginia Commonwealth Univer...
Cairo, Egypt kerryevelyn
First Impressions We were both busy leading up to our departure, so we really had little time to read the pile of books that Jason suggested. Oh well. Our trip is as much to try and understand where Jason will be living as he stays to study Arabic in Cairo for the month of January before he heads on to Jordan, Dubai and who else knows where. (We guess the genetic code that requires an itinerary for a trip or vacation skipped a generation.) As our plane descended into Cairo, we could see the c...
Cairo, Egypt larrystern
no matter to have a 4 day stay before departing to frankfurt
Cairo, Egypt rgyjilp
March 14th Immediately after arriving in Cairo we were met with a sign and 'given' our tourist visas. The same representative walked us through customs and handed us to our driver and guide to the hotel. The representative then asked for $50 or €35 for our visas even though it should have cost only $30 or €20. We told him this and then he said it was a company charge. We told him that we changed all of money to Egyptian pounds and then they said they didn't take anything but Euros a...
Cairo, Egypt rvkline868
We met Mohamed at the hotel for a full day of sightseeing. We trotted off to the Citadel in Cairo where we visited the Alabaster Mosque (Mohammed Ali Mosque). Our impressions were that it was large and had an ornate courtyard, but the inside was just so-so. Not that I'm a critic or an expert on Mosques though. The Soque or the Khan al-Khalili bazaar was next. It was fun haggling with the shop keepers for about five minutes, and then it just became annoying dealing with everyone bothering us. ...
Cairo, Egypt rvkline868
View of Cairo on the Nile from our Hotel We made it! The flight was faily easy. When we arrived we enjoyed first class treatment from the tour company. Here's our impressions of Cairo: hugh, crowded, chaotic, mad, crazy, noisy, dirty, primitive. There are 15 million people here and except for a few places along the Nile, not very attractive. But all these things added together make it completely different that any other place we've ever seen. The men ar: (1) beggars, old, bearded, dirty; (2)...
Cairo, Egypt snasser
Historical Traveler Reviews of Grand Hyatt Cairo
Very good choice
The suites are very good size with an extra guest toilet and seperate lounge.
The Club Lounge has 3 computers with free internet but gets very busy at breakfast. Although what is out is limited, they will make eggs, smoked beef and other items for you.
The hotel is wonderfully situated away from the noise and smells of Cairo on the tip of an island in the Nile with great views from the pool and gym. From the Club Lounge and our room we could also see the Pyramids at Giza in the distance.
The complimentary airport collection was very useful.
The lobby can get very busy and on the Thursday evening it is necessary to book for any of the restaurants in the hotel
Mixed, but mostly positive feelings
We stayed in a suite, which was reasonably priced compared with any (Nile view) rooms at Four Season at Nile Plaza. The views were spectacular, as promised in the net pages. There was also a complimentary airport transfer with an air-conditioned Mercedes to the hotel (but not to the airport).
There was not a sign of a butler wake-up call, actually the staff had never heard of it, not to mention any other services mentioned in the net pages (i.e. no welcome drink etc). When arriving, we were escorted to the wrong reception, and when this came apparent, no one escorted us to the club reception, nor further to the suite). Well, the welcome drink was not so important, as there is a happy hour in the lounge every day.
We found the lounge quite comfortable after coming from the city or before going to a dinner. Also there the staff was very friendly, but sometime a bit clumsy: they would not clean the tables before serving coffee or drinks, and if I mentioned it, they would send another person to take care of it - afterwards!
One part of the fun in the hotel was that a great deal of the clientele is from other Arabic countries, so there was a certain exotic athmosphere there.
The pool area (app. the 8th floor) was very nice, with unrestricted view over the Nile and no hinder for the sun.
As it was not too easy to find places to eat in the down town, the Food Court of the hotel was a nice option: tasty local food and pizzas at reasonable prices (to a western person any way). The little souvenier shop in the Gallery turned out to be an easy way to buy reasonable priced and qood quality products without bargaining (which I hate).
The location was very good, as the hotel is situated on the tip of an island. The views were good everywhere in the hotel, and it was a bit aside from the bustling city. The security check was not annoying to us, but Egyptian weddings were: it was of course nice to observe elegant Cairones people in the lobby, but it especially one night it was not possible to sleep because of the ourdoor party/band. Complaining did not help, so we had to change the suite in the middle of the night (and you could still here the bases through the building!).
The suite was spacious, even though the double hallway wasted some of the surface. There was some signs of slitage, for example missing buttons in the sofa, but otherwise it was elegant. The bathroom was wery nice in tones of beige and brown.
We also looked into the Nile Hilton, which looked very outdated and worn-down. On the other hand the garden of the Marriott hotel (Zamalek island) was a lively and relaxed meeting spot, so that might be an option instead of the a bit uptight athmosphere in the Grand Hyatt (having said this, I must admit that I do not know about the rooms in the Marriott). The food in the Marriott was also very reasonable priced.
In total, I could stay in Grand Hyatt again, and I would also choose a Club level room in order to get access to the lounge. And we loved Cairo: dirty, too much traffic, poor, polluted and simply wonderful!
Club services not up to scratch
Most hotels, if not all hotels we have stayed in, when guests of club rooms, allow the option of breakfast in the main restaurant but not this hotel. This meant having to have the same monotonous breafast each morning.
The restaurants are lovely though by the Nile.
Good facilities but average service
Superb location for Nile enthusiasts
Excellent hotel!
The hotel has fantastic public facilities with many small restaurants (the Japanese is excellent) and a Hard Rock cafe next door. Riverside seating is available with a nice selection of meals. It has a grand lobby with a nice coffee/pastry shop and is attached to a 6 story (albeit small) shopping mall with a movie theatre.
A few notes:
- It is a 15 minute walk (nice walk, along the river) to the Museum and the "downtown" areas.
- The hotel has a taxi/car service that is very reasonable to hire to go to the markets or sites. It is not expensive so you may want to pay for them to wait until you are ready to return to the hotel. Most drivers speak some English.
- Service in the hotel (dining, room cleaning, etc) is outstanding.
- There is an executive floor that has snacks/drinks/work areas. worth a few extra bucks if available.
My only complaint is the desk staff. They seemed to be disorganized and understaffed continually. But, other than this minor problem the hotel is outstanding.
Terrific hotel & location
Excellent Choice
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