El Hussein

Cairo


Off either side of an open-ended hallway where street noise reverberates, the rooms here are dreary and the service surly. But the view from the front-facing rooms with balconies affords mesmerising people-watching on Midan Al Hussein below. There’s a top-floor restaurant too. Entrance is in the back alley, one block off the square.


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