Mayfair Hotel is on the first floor of a six-storey apartment building. It is located on Gezira, an island in the Nile.
The elevated 26th July Road is one of the main thoroughfares in Cairo and runs across the island. It is two blocks away from the hotel. We had an inside room, no view. At first I did not like this, but this a great advantage as there was no traffic noise nor did the sun shine in to the room to make it unbearably hot.
The island has leafy streets. It’s a 15 minutes walk to the nearest metro station: Nasser. The Egyptian museum is a 20 minutes’ walk.
Next to the hotel is a small shop selling bottled water. Water in Cairo is not dangerous to drink but it has a very unpleasant taste: too chlorinated. On the 26th July Street there are some restaurants.
We wanted to visit Giza, Memphis and Saqqara in one day. The hotel can arrange a taxi with or without guide. If you let them know your flight number they can also meet you at the airport.
Address:
9 Sharia Aziz Osman, Zamelek Cairo Al Qåhirah Egypt
