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                <title>Lemonade and advice at the Windsor</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[You have to try the homemade lemonade here and also speak to the owner's grandson Wani Dossl.  <br><br>He will be able to answer most of your questions about Cairo and tell you of good events that tourists will not know about.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Have fun with the family and enjoy the chaos</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I was in Cairo for a couple of weeks earlier this year. I stayed in the Hilton WTC (World Trade Centre) Residence, which is like a serviced apartment on the Nile. My children, aged 14, 10 and 3, all loved it. They liked the chaos of jumping into cabs and negotiating the fare, almost all of the food and we all liked Khan el-Khalili market. My older kids enjoyed the spectacle of me haggling for stuff and pointing out how badly I was doing. There are a surprising amount of fast food places if you need them and you can get the supermarkets to deliver food and booze to you for a nominal charge. We also had a great time going to the historical sites.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Mena House Oberoi</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I have stayed there twice. The service is superb - friendly or unobtrusive where appropriate. The main parts of the hotel are overlooked by the pyramids and are evocative of an earlier, more leisurely time. The Indian restaurant is also superb. You can stay with at the Mena House Oberoi with Voyages Jules Verne.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Mena House Oberoi Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If you're treating yourself, the Mena House Oberoi has got to be the swankiest hotel in Egypt. Built in the shadow of the pyramids, it has a great pool and the best Indian restaurant I've encountered outside India. It's truly stunning. And having your breakfast looking out at the pyramids is something else. The rooms aren't anywhere near as luxurious as the Al Moudira in Luxor but it's an amazing place. And wandering up to the pyramids after breakfast (as soon as they open) means beating the throngs.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Longchamps Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Situated in a boring and slightly scruffy building, this place is a real find. The three-star Longchamps Hotel is on one of the upper floors and, with two large terraces, is one of the most relaxing places in Cairo. Its decor could be described as a mix of elegant, Bohemian and ethnic. But what most people find surprising is the food. Menus are simple but dishes are invariably delicious to the point of being memorable. If you are looking for somewhere inexpensive, quiet, clean and pleasant to stay in Cairo, this is it.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Moonbeach &amp; Green Hotel in Ras Sudr</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This is a little gem!  It's all about windsurfing, yoga, kitesurfing but in a fantastically relaxed and friendly environment that is off the beaten track and feels like you have really escaped.  <br><br>Even though I was on my own, it was really easy to fit in and great to try something as full on as kitesurfing on a huge natural lagoon area, but then get into yoga as well.  It's close enough to Cairo to get to see the pyramids which are really awesome.  Moonbeach itself is a 3 star kind of hotel, or there is a new, bigger very nice 4 star Green hotel beside the kite lagoons. There are flight options every day and it felt like a very tailor made holiday - without the price tag!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Dahab Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It's not even close to a 3 star hotel but the people who work there are really friendly and gave us such great advice. They even advised us on places to stay in Dahab and Luxor. Great food and a very safe, cheap place to stay near the Egyptian Museum.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Staying in Cairo</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It is a long time since I was there, but I stayed in the Shepherd Hotel for part of the time. And then a hotel on the south of the Nile, next to the American Embassy on the road to Giza.<br><br>One thing about Cairo that I can say with utter confidence - trust the Egyptian police with your life. When I was there, they were some of the very best in the world - and honest.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The InterContinental Pyramids Park Resort Cairo</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This hotel is an excellent bargain for those who want to be based out near the pyramids. It has all the usual facilities of the InterContinental chain (large outdoor pool and a good variety of restaurants) and offers a relaxing haven away from the chaos of central Cairo. Advance purchase double rooms are available for as little as £30 a night on the hotel’s website.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Om Kolthoum</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Named after Egypt’s greatest singer and built on the site of her former home, the hotel has a reconstruction of her living room - complete with old-style gramophone - just off the foyer. All bedrooms have a brass plate on the door with the title of one of her songs. Rooms at the front overlook a tranquil branch of the Nile and its houseboats; those at the back have large, sunny balconies.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cairo Marriott &amp; Omar Khayyam Casino</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Sheer luxury in six acres of grounds. But if this is the sort of pampering you want, shouldn’t you be going to Capri instead of Cairo?]]></description>
                
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                <title>Windsor Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Never mind the dull food; if it’s colonial atmosphere you want, the Windsor has no equal. This former club for British officers is a living, working museum-piece.]]></description>
                
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