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Mena House hotel in Cairo
Mena House hotel, most historical place in Cairo, which was initially a hunting lodge; it was a two-story hut nicknamed the "Mud Hut". It was built in 1869 for the Egyptian Khedive Isma'il Pasha.Due to political matters in 1883, Isma'il sold the lodge to Frederick and Jessie Head as a private residence. The couple came across the building while on their honeymoon and once it was purchased they expanded it. In 1885, it was then sold to an English couple, Ethel and Hugh F. Locke King.The Locke Kings began construction on the hotel and opened it to the public in 1886 as The Mena House. The hotel is named after the founding father of the first Egyptian dynasty, Mena or King Menes. In 1890, the hotel opened Egypt’s first swimming pool and in that same year it was announced that the hotel would remain open year round. In 1920, 30 more rooms were added.Famous visitors include in 1889, Prince Albert of Wales, in 1894, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his wife stayed there. In 1909, the future King George V and Queen Mary attended a banquet there. Circa 1914, Winston Churchill stayed at the hotel. In 1939, King Farouk of Egypt frequently visited. In 1974, President Richard Nixon visited.[3] Many members of state have also stayed there including; King Gustav of Sweden, King Umberto of Italy, Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie and the English military commander Field Marshal Montgomery. The wing where Montgomery stayed still carries his name. Other notable people such as Agatha Christie, Ivan Trush (1912), Roger Moore, Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston, Frank Sinatra, David Lean, Evelyn Waugh and Charlie Chaplin have all stayed at Mena House Oberoi.
Egypt
Egypt officially named the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The 193.30-kilometre-long canal is a key trade route between Europe and Asia. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, with well over 100 million inhabitants, Egypt is the 14th-most populated country in the world, and the third-most populated in Africa. Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along the Nile Delta back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilisation, ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central governance.
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, the city was founded in 331BC by Alexander the Great and grew rapidly becoming the centre of the Hellenistic civilization. when you go there you shall visit the Roman catacombs, Pompey’s Pillar, Qaitbay fortress built on the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world, the great Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Roman Theater, the Graeko Roman Museum, and Bibliotheca Alexandria
Today a popular tourist destination especially for Egyptians looking to leave the sweltering city heat during the hot summer months and an important industrial centre due to its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. Idle away a few hours walking along the corniche or in the Montazah gardens or in a tasty sea food restaurant on the shores of the mediterranean
Discover Cairo
Discover the best of Cairo, marvel at the legendary pyramids and the iconic Sphynx at the Giza plateau already 2,000 years old when the Greek historian Herodotus visited them in (5thC BC!), also advised to visit the New Grand Egyptian Museum, the Egyptian Museum which houses a giant exhibition containing the treasures of King Tutankhamun, many of which are being displayed for the first time and many have been brought from around Egypt and the world. The necropolis of Saqqara and its myriad of tombs and temples, at this site we see the step pyramid constructed by Imhotep, the Pharoah’s chief architect in 2700BC.
Meander the backstreets of bustling old Cairo and delight the senses with the aromas from the spice traders, exotic flower essence perfumeries, glass and tin craftsmen and vibrant cloth traders.
