I contest those times in traffic. Since the revolution, traffic has significantly incased. I got sick of spending 5 hours in the car to get to and from our family members.

Heliopolis is not convient i. It was the best suburb in Cairo, where all the diplomats lived, and it does have CityStars but the traffic can really affect the travel.

Depending on your budget, we moved to the Four Season's First Residence which has views of the pyramids, the Nile and the Zoo. There is another FS, about 5 mins away.

I head never stayed in a FS prior, it was always *wood and Hyatt, and I extremely impressed. As opposed to only treating elites very well, FS seems to to do this for every customer. The service was exceptional, particularly for Egypt.