Saturday, August 2, 2008
Hotels In Egypt..
BELAIR CAIRO HOTEL****
Mokattam Rd.
Mokattam, Cairo
Tel.:02-5060911, 02-5060917
Fax.:02-5062816
Tlx.:93210MCHTB
Executive:Salah Hussein
BARON HOTEL
El Horreya St. off El Orouba- P.O.BOX:2531
Heliopolis, Cairo
Tel.:02-2915757, 02-2912468
Fax.:02-2907077
Executive:Chairman: Abdel Moneim Shheen
BASMA HOTEL ****
El Fanadek St.in front of El Musuem
Aswan
Tel.:047-310901 - 047-310902
Fax.:047-310907
Executive:Ismail Sary
BEIRUT HOTEL
56,Beirut St.
Heliopolis, Cairo
Tel.:02-29116048, 02-4185671
ATLAS HOTEL
2,Mohamed Roshdy St. El Opera Sq.
Downtown,Cairo
Tel.:02-3918127, 02-3918311
Fax.:02-3918183
Executive: Maged Hawash
BONITA HOTEL
34, El Mansour Mohamed St.
Zamalek Cairo
Tel.:02-3409878
CAIRO MARRIOTT HOTEL & CASINO
Saray El Gezira St.P.O.BOX 33
Zamalek Cairo
Tel.:02-3408888
Fax.:02-3406667
Executive: Vice Pres. & G.M.:Harry
Bosschaart
CAIRO NAILE HILTON
El Tahrir Sq.
Downtown,Cairo
Tel.:02-5780444, 02-5780666
Fax.:02-5780475
Executive:G.M.:Amin
Schroecker (Austrian)
CAIRO SHERTON HOTEL
Galaa Sq.
Heliopolis, Cairo
Tel.:02-3488600, 02-3488700
Fax.:02-3489051
Executive:G.M.:Adel Sherif
CAIROKHAN HOTEL
12, 26th July St.
Downtown,Cairo
Tel.:02-3922015
Fax.:02-3906799
CAIROTEL HOTEL
Maadi Entrance
Maadi,Cairo
Tel.:02-3506787, 02-3506819
Fax.:02-3506819
Executive:Adel Sabet
CARLTON HOTEL
21, 26th July St.ElAzbakia
Downtown,Cairo
Tel.:02-5755181, 02-5755022
Fax.:02-5755323
CORAL BEACH VILLAGE ****
KM 22, Hurghada-Safage Rd.
Hurghada
Tel.:065-44216, 065-442161
Fax.:065-443577
Executive:Gamal El Din Abdallah
CRILLON HOTEL
19, El Montassar St.
Agouza, Giza
Tel.:02-3476729, 02-3460097
Fax.:02-3477570
Executive:Gamal Mohamed
COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL
1, Ibn Tahlab St. ElAzbakia
Downtown,Cairo
Tel.:02-3927522, 02-3923663
Fax.:02-3933531
EGOTH OBEROI
EL ARISH HOTEL*****
El Fath St. Arish
Tel.:068-351321, 068-351322
Fax.:068-352352
Executive:Mamdouh Francis
EL GEZIRAH SHERATON HOTEL *****
El Gezirah Zamalek
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel.:02-3411555, 02-3411333
Fax.:02-3405056
Executive:Ali Abdel Aziz
FLAMENCO HOTEL ****
El Gezirah El Gezirah
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel.:02-3400815, 02-3400816
Fax.:02-3400819
Executive:Robert W.Roosen
FORTE GRAND
Alexandria Desert Rd.
Haram, Giza
Tel.:02-3830383, 02-3830772
Fax.:02-3831730
Executive:Sherif Fahmy
FORTE GRAND PYRAMIDS
Cairo Alexandria Desert Rd.
P.O.Box.25 Pyramids - Cairo
Tel.:02-3830383, 02-3830772
Fax.:02-3831730
General Manager: Daniel Perruchoud (Swiss)
GERMAN CORNER - HOTEL
BALMORAL
157,26th July St.
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel.:02-3400543
Fax.:02-3401321
GEZIRA HOTELS & TOURISM
3 El Montazah St. Sheraton El Gezira
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel.:02-3413770
Fax.:02-3400638
HELNAN SHEPHERD HOTEL *****
Corniche El Nile St.
Garden City, Cairo
Tel.:02-3553900, 02-3553800
Fax.:02-3557284
HILTON RESIDENCE HOTEL *****
Sharm El Sheikh
Tel.:02-5780047, 02-5780048
Fax.:02-600266
Executive:Chesnais
KAOUD DELTA PYRAMIDS HOTEL *****
End of King Faisal Rd.
Haram, Giza
Tel.:02-3833000, 02-3834177
Fax.:02-3830957
Executive:Osman Fadel
LE MERIDIEN HELIOPOLIS HOTEL *****
51, Orouba St.Heliopolis Cairo
Tel.:02-2905055, 02-2901819
Fax.:02-2918591
Tlx.:23064 MEHE
Executive:Borgesius
Brand:Le Meridien - Hotels
LE MERIDIEN LE CAIRE HOTEL *****
Corniche El Nile St.
Garden City, Cairo
Tel.:02-3621717
Fax.:02-3621927
LES 3 PYRAMIDS HOTEL *****
229,El Haram St.
Haram, Giza
Tel.:02-5822223, 02-5823700
Fax.:02-5823700
Executive:El Emam
HOLIDAY DREAMS TOURISTIC
INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT
6, Dar El Shefa St.
Garden City, Cairo
Tel.:02-3547511, 02-3557649
MAADI HOTEL ****
55 Misr Helwan Rd.
Maadi, Cairo
Tel.:02-3503432
MOVENPICK JOLIE VILLE LUXOR
HOTEL *****
Movenpick Heliopolis beside Airport
Heliopolis, Cairo
Tel.:02-52919400, 02-4180761
Executive:Michel Perret
MOVENPICK JOLIE VILLE PYRAMIDS HOTEL *****
Cairo / Alexandria Desert Rd.
Giza, Giza
Tel.:02-3852555, 02-3852666
Fax.:02-3835006
Executive:Alaa Abdel Hamid
NOVOTEL CAIRO AIRPORT
HOTEL *****
Cairo Airport
Heliopolis, Cairo
Tel.:02-2918577, 02-661330
Fax.:02-2914794
OASIS HOTEL ****
Cairo / Alx Desert Rd.
Haram, Giza
Tel.:02-3852555, 02-3852666
Fax.:02-3835006
Executive:Basil Moughrabie
OBEROI HOTELS EGYPT MENA HOUSE
Ahram Rd. Haram, Giza
Tel.:02-3833222, 02-3833444
Fax.:02-3837777
Executive:Nehad El Saady
OBEROI HURGHADA
10, Talaat Harb St.
Dowentown, Cairo
Tel.:02-5782567
Fax.:02-774553
PALMA ABU SULTAN HOTEL
Abu Soltan, Ismailia
Haram, Giza
Tel.:064-400421, 064-400422
Fax.:064-400862
Executive:Soliman S.Eid
PRESIDENT HOTEL
22,Taha Hussein
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel.:02-3400718, 02-3400652
Fax.:02-3411752
PYRAMIDS PARK HOTEL
KM 2.5 Alexandria Desert Rd.
Haram, Giza
Tel.:02-3838666, 02-3841444
Fax.:02-3839000
Tlx.:93595 RAMP Executive:Hassan Nejm
PYRAMISA HOTEL
60, El Giza St.
Giza
Tel.:02-3367000, 02-3368000
RAMSES HILTON HOTEL
1115,Corniche El Nil St.
Downtown, Cairo
Tel.:02-5744400, 02-777444
Fax.:02-5757152
Executive:Rene Yelanguezian
SAFIR ZAMALEK HOTEL ****
21, Mohamed Mazher St.
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel.:02-3420055, 02-3421203
Fax.:02-3421202
Executive:Ezzat Fawzy
SEMIRAMIS INTERCONTNENTAL HOTEL
Garden City - Cairo
Tel.:02-3557171
Fax.:02-3563020
Executive:Hans Werner
SHERATON HOTELS
Dokki, Cairo
Tel.:02-3487666
Fax.:02-3482292
Executive:Sami H.Zoghbi
SOLIMAN HOTEL
4,Souk El Tawfikia
Downtown, Cairo
Tel.:02-772258
SONESTA HOTEL
4, El Tayaran St.
Nasr City - Cairo
Tel.:02-2628111, 02-2617100
Fax.:02-2639615
Executive:P.Eyssens
SWISSOTEL EGYPT (CAIRO)
Abd El Hamid Badawy St.
P.O.Box:5614
Heliopolis, Cairo
Tel.:02-2974000
Fax.:02-2976037
Executive:Mrs.Voice Tinawi
TABA HILTON HOTEL ****
Taba Beatch
P.O.Box:5614
Taba
Tel.:02-5783620
Fax.:02-5787044
Executive:Mathieson
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With the invasion of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 BC, Egypt entered a period of Greek domination. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, Egypt was seized by the general Ptolemy, who captured Alexander's body and took it for burial in Alexandria. Under Ptolemy's successors Egypt continued to be the leading cultural and political power in the eastern Mediterranean. The Library and Museum of Alexandria were renowned for being centres of scholarship, and the city itself for its beauty and magni-ficence. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Pharos, was regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
civilizations ..
The Saints and the hermits who retired to the desert to lead a life of contemplation, often living in ancient tombs, were deeply revered. St Mark, who took Christianity to Egypt; St Anthony; St Catherine of Alexandria; and St Athanasius are honoured by the churches of the East and West today. During the Middle Ages Egypt and Sinai were included in the pilgrim route to the Holy Land. On the island of Roda, near Cairo, pilgrims were shown the place where Moses was found by the daughter of Pharaoh.
The tree where the Holy Family rested on the flight into Egypt flourished at Heliopolis the 19th century. This Biblical background continued to be influential and was one of the major inspirations for early archaeological work in the country.
The civilization of western Europe Owed much to its classical inheritance, which was continually being revived during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the preserved books of Greek and Roman authors there was a great deal of information on Egypt, which confirmed and added to the importance accorded to the country in the Biblical traditions. Albeit garbled and, when detailed, confined to the latest periods of Egypt's ancient history, these works were important at a time when Egypt was part of the Turkish Empire and difficult to visit beyond Cairo.
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The eucalyptus trees which line the roads, and the bougainvillaea which flourishes in Aswan, have now become part of the landscape. Egypt's position in the eastern Mediterranean has assured it an important political role throughout history. Even when the country itself was difficult for Europeans to visit, its ancient power and splendour were an irresistible lure to adventurous travellers. Long before the science of Egyptology developed there was much to focus the Western mind upon the country. Egypt figures in many of the major episodes of the Biblical narrative. The story of Joseph; Moses and the Exodus; the compaigns of Shishak, king of Egypt, against Jerusalem all created images of Egypt as a great power, often in opposition to the Jews. Yet, according to the account in the New Testament, with the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt the country become a haven from the despotism of Herod. Indeed, Christianity flourished in Egypt, and monasticism was developed there.
The papyrus ..
with the swamps, wildlife has been driven farther south into Africa. The
wildlife once included the hippopotamus. a danger to people and crops, which is
seen in many tomb scenes being hunted with harpoons. To the ancient Egyptians it
was also a symbol of fertility, and the pregnant hippopotamus goddess was
believed to protect women in childbirth. The crocodile, another river creature
that is both feared and revered, was patron god of the Faiyum region. By the
mid-19th century the crocodile had been hunted out of Egypt, and could not be
found north of the Second Cataract. The desert wildlife has also been pushed
further south by the encroachment of man and the desiccation of the region.
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The mighty monuments of the pharaohs and
of the Greeks and Romans, the magnificent mosques, the Coptic monasteries- both
the ones which lie in ruins and those still thriving-all reflect the many stages
of Egypt's rich past. Yet, amidst the signs of change, Egypt continues to exude
a strong sense of unchangeability. There is much in the life of the countryside
which also evokes the past: the daily and seasonal cycles of farming life seem
in many ways to be little different from the scenes depicted on the tombs of
three or four thousand years ago. The shaduf and the saqia wheel are still used
to life water from the river to the canals, and from the canals to the fields.
The simple plough drawn by oxen or camels, the winnowing of wheat and the
manufacture of mud bricks and pottery, are all echoes from the past. All the
same there is much that is different. Egypt remains one of the most significant
states in the Near East, and as in so many places there is conflict of
'progress' with tradition.
The many phases of Egypt's long history
are seen clearly in the monuments, and much of what was depicted in ancient art
can still be seen today. The landscape, however, has been much altered. The
papyrus swamps which lined the river banks and covered whole areas of the Delta
have disappeared.
Ancient Egypt ..
Egypt presents the visitor with many
striking contrasts, particularly in its landscape and in the ancient, Christian
and Islamic elements of its heritage. Signs of Westernization and tradition are
sometimes found in startlingly incongruous juxtaposition, bur more usually the
new is adapted to blend harmoniously with the old. The country itself is united
by the great river which flows down its entire length, and which indeed the
creator of the country.
Without the Nile Egypt would not exist.
Along its banks the majority of the people live and cultivate the land as their
ancestors have done for thousands of year. This narrow, fertile valley is
flanked by the desert- a desert which is always threatening to take over the
cultivation. Today controlled by dams and barrages, the Nile no longer floods
the country every year. The building of the High Dam at Aswan flooded the whole
of the Nile valley between Aswan and the frontier with Sudan, creating Lake
Nasser. Preserved from the threat of devastating floods, Egypt is now protected
from the dangers of famine by the regulation of the water.
The two branches of the Nile, one rising
in the highlands of Ethiopia, the other in Lake Vectoria, unite at Khartoum.
Flowing north through the deserts of Nubia and punctuated by the rocky
Cataracts, the river enters Egypt at the Second Cataract. Aswan itself stands on
the First Cataract, the final great bands of granite to break the river's
northward course. The Cataract created many rapids and islands which, until the
end of the last century, made travel dangerous.
Egypt has a landscape which is
surprisingly varide, but all of the terrain derives from a combination of water
and sky, cultivation and desert. North of Aswan the river flows on without
further interruption to navigation through the orange sandstone hills of Nubia,
were the cultivation in many places is confined to a narrow strip by the water's
edge. The forked trunk of the dom-palm and the misty foliage of the tamarisk
relieve the barrenness. After the fertile open plain at Kom Ombo the sandstone
hills close in, forcing the river through the gorge of Silsila before giving way
to the limestone cliffs which will form the valley as for as the Delta. Broad
but shallow, the river meanders between these cliffs, sometimes in the centre of
the valley, sometimes hugging the cliff close to one side. Throughout Upper and
Middle Egypt the floodplain is broad, and the cultivation rich: there are fields
of wheat and sugar cane, and groves of palm trees everywhere. In the Faiyum the
lushness increases. Roads run between orchards which are enclosed by high
mud-brick walls crowned with dried palm fronds. Within the orchards, a dappled
light filters through the palm trees, shady walkways are canopied with vines and
roses, and flanked by orange and lemon trees, mango and banana. The quiet is
disturbed only by the cooing of turtle doves and pigeons, perhaps the iridescent
green flash of a bee-eater, or the call of the hoopoe.