City Stars Cairo

... first time on the African continent when we arrive in Egypt. Over the course of 10 days, we tour the immense capital city of Cairo, take a glorious cruise on the eternal River Nile, and conclude our stay under the stars in the Western Desert. Our tour ...

Hung around the house in the morning using the Internet and watching TV. Got a lift about 12 with Helene to City Stars mall and wandered around looking. Angela had to empty her bag at the entrance then again as we were going into Spinney's hypermart and ...

... the Bazaar trip to later in the evening, it was actually the best decision we made. Why?  Because Holiday Inn City Stars,  upgraded us to a lovely suite ( thanks to our Priority Membership) and  the hotel  was next to a ...

... to prayer from a mosque across the street which woke me up the first few nights. I went to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo Tower, the Pyramids, City Stars, and randomly walked around the city.  The Egyptian museum was great to see an although they did not ...

... except for last night, but I'll tell that story in a bit.  That night, after exams, we went to a mall in Heliopolis called City Stars.  This mall was unbelievable and was like 4 Crabtrees one on top of the other.  I got a taste of home with ...

... we made it on and he looked proud of us! We made it to the car lot ( no camels yet...) and were on our way to the city of Cairo! We thought getting on that bus was crazy, then to get out of the lot we had 8 lanes of traffic all trying to squeeze into one ...

... city centre. Later drove with Helene to Ain Sukhna, a Red Sea resort about 140kms east of Cairo. Dinner at an Italian restaurant with family. Visited City Stars shopping centre. Got lost. Sunday had a lovely lunch with the family, including Mike's cousin ...

... a couple of days to fill before our tour starts so after some catch up sleep after last nights drama's we headed to the "City Stars" mall in Cairo. It's pretty big, not as big as the Dubai mall but still good for a look. The streets are a little like ...

... borrowed some things from Alphonse next door, because the walls are solid concrete it was almost impossible. We ended up going to City Stars mall to buy an electric drill and also some energy efficient light bulbs as several in Helene's office weren't ...

... spent an entire 40-hour period within our hotel and the enormous shopping mall it is attached to (the InterContinental CityStars and Stars Centre, respectively).  After five days of looking at really, really old stuff, I needed a taste of newness, ...

... Air and the money exchange guy at the airport, and 3) pyramids and the Sphinx by noon was the goal. Mission accomplished. Battling Cairo traffic, I eventually made it to the hotel and was welcomed by a swarm of Egyptian men full of smiles. My dad had ...

... the sun was very strong.Inside it was so much cooler that I lied down on the carpetadmiring the ceiling decorated with stars. I noticed a guardgoing round with a stick chastening school children who were tempted to fall asleep on the carpeted floor. ...

... ; Were we in for a surprise!  After passing through security, we entered a beautiful lobby.  To call it five stars would be low.  The Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx, Giza is rated seven of the 33 some hotels in and around Giza.  We unpacked, ...

... !) guide had left. Anyway, the Travco representative took us to Khan al-Khalili Bazaar- a major souk in Islamic Cairo. This bustling marketplace has hundreds of small stores selling different items like traditional dresses, spices and souveniors. At Khan ...

... venture inside to find the interior walls well preserved and covered in hieroglyphics.  The tomb ceiling is a sea of engraved stars, representing the night sky.  The guard takes our picture in front of the king’s sarcophagus.   We ...

... was unreal. You have to arrive early as they only let in so many people. We were seated in an open courtyard under the stars. The musicians started the show. There were drums, and flute like things and neys and zills and things I have never seen ...

... it was cool! When the sun went down that night it was the official end of Ramadan for the entire Islamic world and the city of Cairo went crazy! Well as crazy as sober people go.. There were people all over the streets, cars could barley move and everyone ...

... the Pyramids were colossal and impressive as only they could be.  Rising up from the desert, and dwarfing the chaotic city of Cairo built around them, the Pyramids were everything we thought they would be.  Unfortunately, we had a guide that ...

... our time in Cairo we agreed. The next morning we got our first glimpse of the pyramids, which rise in the distance above the city of Cairo. Even from far away they are impressive. We also got our first view of the Nile aka Egypt's trash dump (at least as ...

... -Leste in 2007. It is a very small world. The following day we headed out for a quick breaky before heading to a shopping city called City Stars. It is the biggest in the Middle East and has 600 shops. It was bloody massive. Needless to say the taxi ride ...

... .  One suspects that American families with three children are low on the threat-assessment scale.) Our hotel, the Intercontinental City Stars, was very nice, and our guide got us upgraded to a spectacular suite.  Unfortunately, we have to ...