Concorde El Salam Hotel Cairo travel guide

Location. The Concorde El Salam Hotel is located in Cairo, Egypt, 15 kilometres from the Egyptian Museum and 30 kilometres from the Sphinx and the Pyramids.

Hotel Features. Built in the style of a Georgian manor, with white stucco exterior and classical columns, this hotel is situated in the upmarket suburb of Heliopolis. A palm-lined driveway leads to the marble lobby, hung with chandeliers. The Concorde El Salam has an outdoor swimming pool, and a separate children's pool. The Zing Health Club and Spa offers a fitness room, sauna, hot tub, Turkish bath, and massage treatments. Internet access and complimentary newspapers are available, and room service is offered 24 hours a day.

The Concorde El Salam Hotel offers eight restaurants serving local, international, Asian, Italian, and Lebanese dishes. The hotel's main restaurant, The Silk Road, is open around the clock. Abou Aouf Cafe serves traditional Egyptian and Lebanese dishes and a belly dancer and band perform regularly. La Veranda and the Petit are open during the summer months only.

Nine meeting rooms are available at the hotel, the largest holding up to 450 persons.

There is a casino, and three theatres showing international films. Horse riding and lessons are available at El Salam Equestrian Club. Guests can play squash in the glass-walled court or tennis on the floodlit court.

Guestrooms. All 320 air-conditioned guestrooms at the Concorde El Salam Hotel are decorated in light colours with wooden furnishings, and extend to balconies with views of the pool or garden. Amenities include satellite television, direct-dial phones, Internet access, minibars, and safes. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. There is an evening turndown service.

Expert Tip. The Egyptian Museum, 15 kilometres away, contains over 120,000 objects from pre- history to the Greco-Roman period.