Must-see hotels in Suez Canal

  • Mercure Forsan Island

    Suez Canal

    Occupying its own island 1.6km south-east from Ismailia's downtown area, the Mercure’s private beach and gardens make it a tranquil haven. The snazzy…

  • New Continental

    Port Said

    The friendly management makes this typical Egyptian cheapie stand out from the crowd. Light-filled rooms have teensy balconies and come in a range of…

  • YHA Ismailia

    Suez Canal

    This cement block out of town on the shore of the lake doesn’t look like much, but its sparkling clean (if institutional) rooms are decent sized and all…

  • Holiday Hotel

    Port Said

    The Holiday is a wee step up from Port Said's cheapies, with modern tile-floored rooms decked out in shades of beige and boasting Ikea-style furniture and…

  • Hotel de la Poste

    Port Said

    This faded classic still manages to maintain a tiny smidgen of its original colonial charm, though to get a sense of its long-gone hey-day in the clean…

  • Hotel Green House

    Suez Canal

    Because of a complete lack of competition, Hotel Green House is still the nicest place to bed down in Suez. Rooms are desperately dated in dreary 1980s…

  • Resta Port Said Hotel

    Port Said

    Not as posh as it likes to think it is and ridiculously overpriced, but the Resta is as snazzy as Port Said gets. The pool area has views out to the canal…

  • New Palace Hotel

    Suez Canal

    This old-timer hotel is home to clean, simple rooms that have a decent dose of old-fashioned flair. You want one of the front-facing rooms; some have…

  • Red Sea Hotel

    Suez Canal

    In a quieter location than most Suez hotels, near the yacht basin, the Red Sea has rough-around-the-edges rooms with battered TVs and ugly brown carpets…

  • Medina Hotel

    Suez Canal

    If you don’t mind migraine-inducing candy cane painted walls and a lack of windows, the Medina is reasonably clean and well cared for.