Meridien Cairo

... , I found a place to play basketball from talking to this guy, and I cruised over there after getting home from Le Meridien. Normally, this club, the El-Gizira, is pretty busy with soccer, clay-court tennis, the swimming pool (which inexplicably had a ...

... words for links to websites with more information)l, located in Giza, within walking distance of the Pyramids and Sphinx, Le Meridien Pyramids has a wonderful outdoor pool. The air conditioning works well and is it necessary.  Temperatures ...

... the afternoon, my friend met me at the airport and from there moving in slowly in the heat and the traffic to our hotel, Le Meridien, just nearby and with view towards the pyramids. I just love to take in the pulse of what each country, each city ...

... showering us with dust, grit and shingle. Tooting was constant, even at midnight. We arrived at our hotel in Giza, Le Meridien Pyramids at 1.0a.m. Where a wedding was still in full swing with a colourful band holding sway briefly. Then it was off to ...

... built within an area of one square mile.  There are only five remaining, but these are certainly a must see when visiting Cairo, along with the earliest Mosque ever built in Egypt.  In addition, after the fall of Jerusalem in about 70 ...

... ; It reminded me of an Arab New York City with its seemingly endless streets filled with mid-rise apartments.  The taxis of Cairo have a reputation for wild rides and they didn't disappoint.  I never felt that I was in any danger while in the ...

... was missing their luggage (forgot who it was) so we had to wait which gave me a good observation about the airport in Cairo.The airport is very sad. It's an international airport but it looks so shady and poor even the Indonesian airport looks so ...

... .  Got some pictures of this also. Citadel of Shalah El Din   Citadel of Salah El Din dominates Cairo's eastern skyline with its raised rocky platform on the edge of Cairo. Citadel was built by the famed Muslim general Saladin in 1176. ...

... as the pyramids themselves. We had used up our awe quotient by that point in the day. 5. Lunch followed at Le Meridien Pyramids, a 5-star hotel that offers views of the pyramids in all their splendour. Another buffet with great hummus and mahallabiyaa, a ...

... a tackiness about the Egyptian custodianship of one of the wonders of the world which leaves a bad taste. We had lunch at the Meridien Hotel in a very large dining room where the food was excellent and wine was included. We were then loaded on to the bus ...

... able to see the sun rise and set over these fabulous and awe inspiring monuments. And how good to be staying somewhere like the Meridien when my luggage arrived nearly 2 days after I did! of course I survived without too much hassle but I can safely ...

Pyramids keep cool sphinx me and egypt Ali Tupac and the one camel laters.. ...

... of the World it is an incredibly significant place in world history. We started the day today with a wonderful breakfast at our hotel, Le Meridien.  We LOVE this hotel.  I don't know if that is because it is the best by far of the other ...

... it hit a speed bump. But we made it to the hotel. The worst hotel we've stayed in (in terms of service, only). Meridien Pyramids. No one at the hotel was helpful. The "Concierge" wouldn't give us information, couldn't tell us about anything other than ...

... both private and museum collections.  Come to think of it - how many Egyptian collections have we all seen!!?!?!   The Cairo collection was amazing - far too much to see in one day.  However, our new guide - Ehab, did a fantastic job ...

... other areas of Cairo.  We came to an area that looked pretty darn upscale.  There are several hotels up in north Cairo that are beautiful, luxurious chains.  We had driven past them our first night.  The area right around the hotels is ...

... AlItalia. ( the AlItalia flight out of Rome ended up been late 3 hour). So at the end we got lucky!. When we arrived in Cairo there was a bit confusion about the Visa, but we solved. We were met by someone from the agency that book us the trip and ...