3-038-997 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

New hotel at Cairo, erected by the Oriental Hotels Company, 1871. 'The New Hotel, Cairo, the property of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited), has for some time been open for the public accommodation, but was not entirely finished till last year. It is now the most complete hotel out of England. The ground on which it stands was purchased at a great cost from the Viceroy of Egypt. His Highness, being anxious to embellish his capital as much as possible, determined on building handsome edifices around the gardens of the Esbekieh, the pleasantest and gayest quarter of Cairo. The hotel contains one hundred and twenty sets of sitting, bed, and dressing rooms, all lofty and well ventilated, and opening on to balconies. It is fitted with hot and cold baths on each floor. There is also a magnificent saloon, or ladies' drawing-room; and English billiard-tables are provided for the amusement of guests'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.