Historic Hotels of Egypt

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Marriott Hotel Cairo. 1875

CECIL HOTEL . 1950

Old Cataract Aswan

Sofitel Legend Old Cataract, Aswan, Egypt - since 1900

Old Winter Palace, Luxor
The famous Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor, a reminder of the colonial period of the late 19th/early 20th century and once the local residence of Lord Caernavon whilst funding Howard Carter's excavations in the Valley of the Kings during the early 1920s.

Howard Carter Display, Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor
An evening visit to the famous Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor, a reminder of the colonial period of the late 19th/early 20th century and once the local residence of Lord Caernavon whilst funding Howard Carter's excavations in the Valley of the Kings during the early 1920s.


Today the Winter Palace remains a high class hotel, and preserves its historic interiors and ambiance.

Hotel Cataract, Aswan, Egypt

Cairo Conference November 1943
NOVEMBER 1943, the Mena House saw one of its most exciting years. Plans for Overlord, the invasion of Europe, had to be discussed by Churchill and Roosevelt and operations in Southeast Asia needed consultation with General Chiang Kai-Shek. It was decided that the Big Three conference should take place at the Mena House Hotel.

In Winston Churchill’s book V on the second World War he writes:

“The Staffs congregated rapidly. The Headquarters of the conference and the venue of all the British and American chiefs of staff was at the Mena House Hotel, opposite the Pyramids. The Whole place bristled with troops and anti-craft guns, and the strictest cordons guarded all approaches. Everyone set to work at their various levels upon the immense mass of business which had to be decided or adjusted”

At Mena House there had been great activities. Fred Herrling, the hotel manager, was only given three days notice to clear the hotel of guests and prepare for the event. Some bedrooms had to be emptied and turned into offices. Overnight the hotel and its spacious grounds became a miniature armed camp surrounded with barbed wire. The hotel staff had to be finger-printed and photographed. Each was given a pass without which they could not go in or out.

1940's, The tea dance at Mena House was being attended by everybody who wanted to be seen in Cairo.

Mena House Hotel