Historic Boutique Apartment in Downtown Cairo

5 reviews

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  Lukas

  DE · couple · Mar 2026

  9/10
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  justine

  FR · family_with_children · Mar 2026

  10/10
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  Cathy

  US · family_with_children · Jan 2026

  9/10

  Beautiful, Traditionally Decorated Apartment Within Walking Distance to Tahrir Square and the Nile

  This is a lovely apartment located within easy walking distance to Tahrir Square, the Nile, the old Egyptian Museum, the Cairo Tower across the river. It's less than a five minute walk to Oldish, a wonderful restaurant, on the way to Tahrir Square. The apartment is in an older building in the middle of primarily a residential area. There are stairs to reach it, but it's just one floor up from the ground floor. It's beautifully decorated in a traditional Egyptian style and upon opening the living room and back bedroom shutters, flooded with light. Pola, the owner, was very easy to communicate with and accessing the apartment was very easy via a lockbox. There's a small convenience store right next door to purchase bottled water. Two recommendations (especially if you're coming off a long, international flight). Ask Pola to 1) provide the apartment address in Arabic (we used that a lot), and 2) to arrange for a driver to pick you up at the airport. It is more expensive than just hiring a taxi on the spot, but was well worth it. Cairo airport when we arrived was extremely hectic and frantic. If you've been there before and know what you're doing, likely no problem. If you haven't and you're exhausted after a 12 hour flight, maybe not. Everything was handled -- Visas on arrival, moving through passport control and second security, finding the actual driver in the traffic chaos once you walked outside.

  The only issue we had was that the drain on the bathroom floor (which was under wooden slats) had a tendency to back up and overflow water onto the floor when using the shower. We had to squeegee the floor several times. I don't know if this can be fixed. It is an older building (part of it's charm), and just may be something to live with. It did not diminish our appreciation of the lovely apartment and it's stellar location.

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  Alessandro

  IT · solo_traveller · Sep 2025

  10/10

  Un appartamento di pregio per vivere davvero il Cairo!

  Una piacevole sorpresa immersa nella caotica vecchia Cairo. Un appartamento al primo piano ampio e luminoso. Dieci minuti a piedi dal museo egizio e quindici minuti a piedi dalle rive del Nilo. Abbiamo alloggiato in 6 senza nessun problema. Spazio e privacy per tutti. Forse in sei un bagno solo è poco ... ma il WC staccato dal bagno/doccia aiuta decisamente. Pulito e ordinato. Molto bene anche la presenza dell'host in un paio di occasioni per prenotare una escursione e risolvere un piccolo problema. Una fantastica esperienza che ti fa vivere il vero Cairo!

  Nulla!

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  Philippe

  BE · family with young children · Feb 2025

  10/10

  Exceptional