Cairo Ramses Hilton

... those that you can peel...anything else would have been washed by their water. TIP: No matter how good the salad buffett at the Ramses Hilton looks....do not eat it!! Lesson learned for me! All we ate the whole time was pasta, potatoes, bread, chicken ...

... perhaps missing out on some of what Abu Simbel had to offer by making our stop so short. We checked back into the Ramses Hilton in Cairo by late afternoon.  We had special dinner reservations tonight.  After almost 2 weeks of eating out, we ...

... drink and then left us to our shopping. Ahhh chocolate! Finally we hailed a cab, and headed back to central Cairo and the Ramses Hilton.   Once there, we realized we were hungry. Not hungry enough for the 200 Egyptian pound dinner buffet (Italian ...

... ; “The toilet,” he says, “you’re on your own there.” They check me into my hotel, the Ramses Hilton on Tahrir Square.  In my room, I step out on the balcony, which overlooks the Nile.  There’s a ...

... to that old computer game, Frogger, except you can't press the reset button when you get hit...you're dead! Checked into the Ramses Hilton. Beautiful hotel right on the Nile. Our room has a beautiful Nile view. But it didn't have a third bed. A ...

... cannot or want to know what it is... none is on ice in 24 degree heat... yikes... We found a shopping center next to the Ramses Hilton with 6 floors of shops, cafe and threat playing the new James Bond movie. We stopped at the McDonald for a break.. Dave ...

... out further and further and experiencing new parts of the city.  A few days ago we went to see Prince of Persia at the Ramses Hilton on the Nile since it seemed fitting, as we are in the Middle East.  Pretty terrible.  Yup.  Ma'elesh, ...

... in the end when a kind local who spoke good english pointed out my error of direction. For tonight most of us headed to the Ramses Hilton shopping mall for the cinema.  We walked there and back from the hotel and "played chicken in Cairo".  This ...

... minutes before we had to have our bags packed. We got it all done without a problem and had a leisurely breakfast downstairs at the Ramses Hilton. (Lesson learned: take your own travel alarm clock or watch.) At 7 am we met our group in the lobby again for ...

... the wicked witch of the east began to throw stones at tourists. we made a quick retreat from that scene. across from the hilton ramses is the much advertised and way way overhyped "shopping mall". it's a rather small building with six floors and ...

... us we had the very friendly "meet and assist" service provided by hilton hotel. you have to go there to understand why hilton provides this service in cairo. one more airport note. if you are going to change money and there are a line of bank windows, go ...

... much. Lots of falafel, kabobs and other stuff we can't pronounce or spell. As a side note, Dave and I used some Hilton points to stay in Cairo, and the hotel has treated us like royalty. They sent up a birthday cake to our room the first night. ...

... this popular mythological creature. But it was worth it.   Anxiety moments: Is 2 hour enough for tour of the Cairo Museum? Delightful moments: Eating lunch with the Pyramids in the backdrop! Tummy moments: Basic chicken dishes at the Mena Palace. ...

... in tody.  In Cairo - 20 million and looking tired.  Saw a service and babtism at the Hanging Church in Cairo yesterday - absolutely fantastic - the services was Coptic and very olde world.  I think the Church was built about the 1200s on ...

... for about 21 hours! We boarded a full size and nice travel bus (it even has a restroom) which then took us into Cairo and our hotel which is the Hilton. On the bus we met our local Egyptian guide who will be with us for the entire trip. His name is ...

... 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 ...

... at Giza is like. A number of status around. Then we went inside a building to look at the giant Statue of Ramses II made with red granite ... You can touch it and it is beautiful .. The statue lays on the ground missing its ...

... have to buy separate ticket to enter the room - 100 LE each (less then $20.00) ... It was well worth it.. The body of Ramses the II is the most famous along with other royalty. You can see finger nails and hair, some has teeth.. freaky! I would not want ...

... worthwhile to buy.  We walk around the Midan Hussein quite a bit and end up in the hotel shop of the Hilton (they had nice white pyramid reproductions).  I wish we had gone to the touristy Egyptian Pancake House just off Midan Hussein but we ...