Originally Posted by
Fishbait
Has anybody stayed recently at the Sheraton Cairo and can advise re: towers and location? We are in Cairo/Giza for one night only and deciding where to stay (Giza vs Cairo). Will be in Cairo at the museum daytime and khan el khalili into early evening on day one, but planning to visit Giza pyramids early the next morning. Overnight would be a Saturday night if that makes a difference for traffic, etc. Thought the casino could be interesting for evening, has anyone gone?
Robin
I have never stayed at Sheraton Cairo, but I was looking at Sheraton across the river from Hyatt. Sheraton is in a very good location comparing with LM Heliopolis and LM Pyramid. Because Giza is so dry and half-desert, you will enjoy staying at Sheraton by the river for good contrast between the desert and the river. Leaving Cairo without much impression of the beautiful Nile is almost like visiting Paris without Siene. There is not much around LM Giza and I would be bored just looking at the pyramids after a couple of hours. It should be around 20 min drive from Sheraton to the pyramids in Giza. I would leave early morning to enter the popular pyramid near the gate. When we arrive around 10 am, the tickets were sold out and we could only enter the 2nd pyramid. Sorry I don't remember the names.