Cairo - the capital of Egypt is conditionally divided into several major areas, and therefore, before choosing a place to stay, it is better to get better to get acquainted with each of these areas. The most popular area in the tourist environment is the panay, which is located on the island of the same name.
Almost exactly here are the most expensive hotels, as well as the brightest sights of the city - the Palace of Said Khalima, the Cairo Tower, the Opera House, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics, the Palace of Ismail Pasha, Makhmud Mukhtara Museum and the Cairo Aquarium.
First of all, it is necessary to understand that it is impossible to consider "True Cairo" for the thieves - it is most likely artificially created by Cairo for the rich, but it is completely safe for tourists.
And of course, it looks even, perhaps, more beautiful and presentable than, for example, the remaining areas. There are parks, bridges, and the embankment, and an interesting view of the city. In principle, you can even almost leave this island to admire Cairo.
The next beautiful area of the city in order to stop in hotels is Garden City or as it is also called the center. Almost here literally nearby is the Cairo Museum and then from here it is very convenient to get absolutely anywhere in the city.
Of the many rooms of hotels, the island of Zamalek may be visible here, as well as the panorama of the Nile, which looks particularly beautiful in the evenings. Well, of course, there are vintage buildings, striking with their architecture. It can be said that this area is a garden-garden with growing trees.
If there are expensive on the territory of the island of Zamaleks, but at the same time old hotels, then in the Garden City area almost all of them are new and very beautiful. In expensive hotels, the cost of rooms in both of these areas - Garden City and Zamalek varies from $ 100 to $ 250 per day for a double room, and in cheap hotels you can stay from 30 to 60 dollars.
Another tourist area of the city is the Coptic Cairo, in which tourists are preferred with a more modest budget. It is in the area that the Fortress Babylon is located, which is considered one of the main attractions of the city, then the monastery of St. George and the Coptic Museum.
If you look at the map, then Coptic Cairo is a territory on the right side of the city district of Giza and in the southern direction from Garden City. The boundaries of this area are quite blurred, but the center of it is still located around the Babylon fortress.
In case you want to relax with comfort, it should not stop in the area, because it is practically considered to be the backyards of Cairo, there are many very unfinished housing, there are few stores, but there are many mosques. In principle, it is best to come here for one day to inspect this area.
Heliopolis is considered as a peculiar area, which one of the railway magnates at one time really wanted to make a real copy of Europe. In fact, it did not succeed at all, but nevertheless Heliopolis is also considered a tourist area and is a certain interest.
The center of this area is located approximately on Al Ahram Street. To date, he is completely absorbed by Cairo and actually nothing European here.
The next area of Nasre City is considered to be a very unusual area of Cairo. On the one hand, it's like a peculiar ghetto, and on the other, a lively center with numerous shops. In general, the sights here quite a bit and this area is considered to be a district area
Giza is actually the city district of Cairo, in which the pyramids are located and the very famous Sphinx. There are also hotels as expensive and cheap, then hostels and still every variety of accommodation.
If you come to Cairo only in order to look at the pyramids, it is best to settle closer to them, that is, about the east of 75 tracks, but not in Giza himself. Cairo is a huge city and from the center of it to the pyramids you can drive about an hour, or even two, since there is a very terrible movement even on the tracks.
As for rental housing, then, for example, a bed in a hostel can do from 4 to 5 dollars per person for one day. The room in some cheap hotel for two will cost from 11 to 30 dollars a day, and in a good hotel from $ 60 to $ 70, at the hotel of the highest category from $ 18 to 180, in the most expensive hotels about 250-350 dollars.
In principle, in any area, if desired, you can find both cheap accommodation, so respectively and expensive even in the same gross. In the heart itself there are cheap hostels and about 2 blocks from them are the most prestigious hotels in the city.
If you come to Cairo with a tourist excursion, then you are best to settle in the hotels of Zamilek or Garden City, but if you want to rent an apartment for a long time, then the Helioolis is best suited or again Garden City.