Fairmont Heliopolis

... by a young Egyptian man. Seems we were the only pick up so we loaded ourselves into the bus and got taken to the Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel. After a guard and canine sniffing the bus for bombs at the hotel driveway, we were taken to the desk to check in. ...

... financial and commercial centers of Africa.  The central business area is modern with upscale facilities.  Our hotel, the Fairmont Heliopolis, near the airport, would be a five star hotel in any city.  On the other hand, neighborhoods ...

... in the background.   With amazement, once again our driver drove us back all in one piece to our hotel, the Fairmont Heliopolis and this without even a dent or scratch on the van. This completed our 2 days private tour with Karen from ...

... nbsp; Just hold on tight and enjoy the ride if you can! It was 5:00pm by the time Michel and I were dropped off at the Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel where we would stay for the next three nights before the start of our tour, the Grand Tour of Egypt! ...

To all of you who have followed me through my journey into the magical kingdom of Jordan, a special "Thank you" for all of your words of encouragements, best wishes and comments along the way.  Hoping that my blog has opened in you a little taste ...

Not too far from the Bent Pyramid, the mysterious Black Pyramid stood by itself reminding me that not all pharaohs were as great as we thought. Originally named Amenenhat is Mighty, the pyramid earned the name Black for its dark, decaying ...

      Cairo is less than a four-hour flight from Paris, but one feels he or she has traveled back millenniums.  The desert heat wrapped us in Cairo's ancient culture as Egypt revealed its exotic essence kilometer by ...

Once Michel and I finished eating our breakfast at one of the hotel's restaurant, "My Kind of Place" which had a generous selection of international and local favorites, it was 7:00am by the time we made our way, suitcases in hand, to the hotel's front ...

The "Felfela", a kind of Red Chilly Pepper restaurant was the reputable local Egyptian restaurant we stopped by for lunch in downtown old Islamic Cairo.  Being one of Karen's favorite eating place, it had a very pleasant atmosphere and we were all ...

After departing Islamic Cairo, Michel and I were driven to a place very close by;  we were driven to the Qarafa Cemetary better known as the City of the Dead! City of the Dead!  Yes, the name says it all!  Kind of creepy but real!  ...