City View Hotel

Cairo


Just a step from the madness of Midan Tahrir, City View is a well-run place with friendly, helpful management and views across to the Egyptian Museum. Rooms are cosy and come with good facilities of mini-fridge, satellite TV and balcony, though the frou-frou drapes and soft furnishings are straight out of grandma's house.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Cairo attractions

1. Mashrabia Gallery

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One of the first indepen­dent galleries, Mashrabia is bit cramped but represents the bigger names in painting, video and sculpture.

2. Midan Tahrir

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Midan Tahrir (Liberation Sq) gained world renown in early 2011, when millions of Egyptians converged here to oust then-president Hosni Mubarak. On a…

3. Egyptian Museum

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One of the world’s most important collections of ancient artefacts, the Egyptian Museum takes pride of place in Downtown Cairo, on the north side of Midan…

4. Arab League Building

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This building (a good landmark in the vast Midan Tahrir area) hosts occasional gatherings of leaders from around the Middle East.

5. Groppi’s

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Groppi’s high point was more than 50 years ago when it was one of the most celebrated patisseries this side of the Mediterranean. It has unfortunately…

6. Omar Makram Mosque

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Omar Makram Mosque is the place where anybody who's anybody has a funeral.

7. Cairo Atelier

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Off Sharia Mahmoud Bassiouni, as much a clubhouse as an exhibition space, frequented by Cairo’s art-world new and old guard.

8. Midan Talaat Harb

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Downtown’s two main streets, Sharia Talaat Harb and Sharia Qasr El Nil, intersect at the roundabout of Midan Talaat Harb, where cars whizz around a statue…