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ELShams Hotel

3.5 star property
3.5-star B&B near Egyptian Museum

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Minibar, free WiFi, bed sheets
Minibar, free WiFi, bed sheets
Restaurant
Minibar, free WiFi, bed sheets
Minibar, free WiFi, bed sheets

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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Abd El-Khalik Tharwat, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
  • Egyptian Museum
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Tahrir Square
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Khan el-Khalili
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Cairo (CAI-Cairo Intl.)
    ‪30 min drive‬

Room options

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Deluxe Triple Room

Deluxe Triple Room

  • 32 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 3 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Double or Twin Room

Deluxe Double or Twin Room

  • 30 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Junior Quadruple Room

Junior Quadruple Room

  • 50 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Large Twin Beds

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Deluxe Single Room

Deluxe Single Room

  • 28 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Cairo

Downtown Cairo stay.Within a 15-minute walk of this Downtown Cairo B&B, you'll find Egyptian Museum and Tahrir Square. Talaat Harb Street and Royal Chariots Museum are also within half a mile (1 km).
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What's nearby

  • Egyptian Museum - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • American University of Cairo - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Tahrir Square - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Khan el-Khalili - 3 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Cairo Tower - 4 min drive - 3.2 km

Getting around

  • Cairo Rames Station - 11 min drive
  • Cairo Intl. Airport (CAI) - 30 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪كوستا كوفى - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪كاريبو - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪ماكدونالدز - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪ماكدونالدز - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪قهوة بين البنكين - ‬4 min walk

About this property

ELShams Hotel

3.5-star B&B near Egyptian Museum
There's a restaurant on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafe. Free breakfast is served daily. WiFi is free in public spaces. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is available for a fee. ELShams Hotel also features tour/ticket assistance, concierge services, and dry cleaning/laundry services.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Cairo bed & breakfast.

  • 30 guestrooms or units
  • Local cuisine breakfast (free)
  • Breakfast available (free)
  • Dry cleaning
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • ATM
  • Elevator
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Lockers available
  • Coffee shop
  • Dining venue
ELShams Hotel offers 30 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars. 32-inch LCD televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with rainfall showerheads, and bidets. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 50+ Mbps). Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

Arabic, English, Spanish

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
  • Free in-room WiFi has a 2-device limit
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available
  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free local cuisine breakfast available daily 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Accessibility

  • 8 steps to reach entrance
  • Elevator
  • Thin carpet in room

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with digital channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Bidet
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 15

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at ELShams Hotel

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 18 per vehicle (one-way, maximum occupancy 3)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. No onsite parking is available. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and cash.

We should mention

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.
  • Free in-room WiFi has a 2-device limit.

Property is also known as

ELShams Hotel Cairo
ELShams Hotel Bed & breakfast
ELShams Hotel Bed & breakfast Cairo

ELShams Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 31 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 31 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 31 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 31 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 31 reviews

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Felix

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Internet connection horrible !!! Never clean room and never changes towels and bed sheets
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cherrelle

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent hotel for the price, good location, let us check in much earlier than we expected
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Fouad, Halifax

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff was very friendly.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Josiah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Prashant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff. Delicious local breakfast. The front of house man was an ex tour guide and very knowledgeable about history and site seeing
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Prashant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Azza

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Mohammed

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great service from the staff and easy access to all areas as well as being close to local amenities.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Yasseen

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good hotel but noisy downstairs
Good hotel and conditions, also the location. But weak windows cannot isolate the noise from the restaurant downstairs until 03:00 a.m. or more.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Marcos

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good option at a really good location
Really good location, on a well maintained building (from both outside and inside). Staff is good, and courteous. Internet is very slow though and erratic.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Marcos

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and staff
Great location and staff is always nice and helpful. The building is well mantained, breafkast is at a nice terrace in the rooftop of the building.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Meftuhe

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
downtown location, couldn't get any sleep due to car noise and had to check out earlier than expected.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Atsushi

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

CHIHIRO

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

kashama

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quarter très animé du downtown
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Amadou Oury

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hind

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

ABDUL-SALAM

Travelled with group
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

SAYURI

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
1階に美味しいケバブのお店がるほか、近くにレストランが多くあるので食事には困りません。少し歩くと露店の八百屋さんが集まっている場所があり、フルーツを安く購入することができます。
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Ginette

Ensemble correct - Hôtel bien situé
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alt var bra veldig sentral og trygg. Men mens vi overnatt på hotelle .De pusset opp gangen . Mye støv, og støy
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

juan

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Okay for the price
Okay for the money. Friendly staff. No soap. Had to ask for it. Still a nice atmosphere.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

MARIA

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
La atencion buena, hay apoyo al turista,
La atencion buena, el hotel en buenas condiciones, la ubicacion excelente para desplazarse, hay apoyo colaboracion al turista. Lo unico fue que durante la estadia de 8 noches no realizaron el cambio de tendidos, siempre solicitamos los elementos de aseo como toallas, papel higienico, shampoo, jabon. pero fueron amables y nos atendieron las solicitudes.
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Issa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023