About 10 years ago my wife and I with our 10 yr old daughter arrived at Cairo around 2 in the morning. We were to connect with Kenya Airways who decided to cancel the flight and we were stuck for 2 days. That first night we stayed at the hotel in the main terminal complete with no a/c, nasty grey sheets, very brown water, no towels and lots of noise. The next night we took a taxi and stayed at the Mena House Hotel near the pyramids. It was wonderful and we talk about it to this day. In this brief time we were able to experience the worst and the best hotel stay back to back.