Lotus Hotel-Cairo
12 Talat Harb Street
Cairo
Egypt
Lotus Hotel-Cairo HOTEL Cairo Description
In the mid-nineteenth century, Egypt's Khedive Ismail dreamed of building a "Paris along the Nile." Thankfully he did not demolish the existing town, as was largely the case in Hau mann's Paris. Instead, he commi ioned the finest architects of the age to erect a new town adjacent to the historic town of a thousand minarets. Cairo's new European quarter boasted elegant buildings, vast, open squares, parks and broad, tree-lined avenues. For many years the district was named "Ismailia" in honor of the Khedive. Today it defines the centre of up to date downtown Cairo. And while in the subsequent years, the architectural masterpieces of the belle époque have been joined near creations in concrete, gla and steel, the captivating ambience of Ismail's Cairo remains intact. At its middle is the Lotus Hotel. situated on one of the quarter's main thoroughfares, the famed Soliman Pasha Street (today Talaat Harb Street), the Lotus maintains an authentic art deco ambiance that dates to the founding of the hotel in the first half of the twentieth century. Today, as then, the Lotus Hotel remains a family-run institution, providing the visitor with gracious warmth, comfort and an outstanding position from which to discover this most fascinating of cities.
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