New Minerva Hostel
This friendly hotel is very basic, with fans (no air-con) and shared bathrooms, but the location makes u...
This friendly hotel is very basic, with fans (no air-con) and shared bathrooms, but the location makes u...
This is another decent option offering both dorms and private rooms for shoestringing travellers...
An enduring backpacker favourite, the Penguin serves up its own brand of Bedouin chic, complete with pil...
On a breezy upper floor with a wraparound balcony, the Select has great views across Downtown - particul...
The owner of this modern, backpacker-friendly place is one of the most fastidious in the city, and his s...
Aswan’s best budget hotel has simple but comfortable rooms furnished with pine furniture, and spotless b...
A new Downtown hostel with very enthusiastic management (the capital letters in the name should be your ...
Perhaps one of the oddest lodgings in Cairo, this small hotel is really a series of very ordinary small ...
Midrange hotels are thin on the ground in Cairo, so the Arabesque is destined to do well...
This small hostel has an excellent central Downtown location minutes from the museum and Nile...
Popular with backpackers...
Irish Mara wanted to open a home for travellers and seems to have succeeded with spacious rooms, all inc...
The African House offers an affordable way to stay in one of the city’s most gorgeous mid-19th-century b...
The 25 rooms at the Venus are quite noisy and shabby, but there is a fun atmosphere in the hotel, which ...
Housed in an art deco building on a quiet street, the Mayfair has benefited greatly from a recent renova...
Large breakfasts, bike hire and free use of kitchen/washing machine make this hotel commendable.
A significant step up in quality, the 4 Seasons (not to be confused with the upmarket ‘Four Seasons’) is...
Pricier than other budget options, you may consider it worthwhile for the English-speaking owner/manager...
The 17 comfortable and spacious rooms are decorated with local colour and furnishings and all have en su...
The Happy Land, another backpackers’ favourite, offers clean rooms and spotless bathrooms, as well as ve...
This relative newcomer on the budget hotel scene is recommended...
At the bottom of the rung, the Acropole is very run down these days, the rooms are shabby and the manage...
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