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Marriott Mena House, Cairo
Giza, Egypt · Marriott · High Luxury
Khedive Ismail's 1869 desert rest house beside the new Pyramids Road became the Mena House hotel in 1886 under Ethel and Hugh Locke King, named for King Menes. Egypt's first swimming pool opened here in 1890. In December 1977 Egyptian, Israeli, American, and UN negotiators met on site in talks that led toward Camp David, minutes on foot from the Giza pyramids.
- 331 rooms
- Opened 1886
- Neighborhood: Al Haram
- Architect: Henri Favarger
About Marriott Mena House, Cairo
- In November 1943, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek met here for the Cairo Conference that set the Allied war in the Pacific.
- Khedive Ismail's 1869 desert rest house beside the new Pyramids Road became the Mena House hotel in 1886 under Ethel and Hugh Locke King, named for King Menes.
- Egypt's first hotel swimming pool opened here in 1890; Henri Favarger was architect of the original lodge.
- It was among the 38 founding members of The Leading Hotels of the World in 1928.
- Oberoi ran the house from 1972 until 31 December 2012; Marriott took the garden wing as Marriott Mena House Cairo on 1 February 2018.
History
The hotel was built in 1869 as a personal rest house for Khedive Ismail, constructed alongside the new Pyramids Road built to receive Empress Eugénie of France for the Suez Canal inauguration that same year. Ethel and Hugh Locke King opened it as the Mena House hotel in 1886, named for King Menes, and Egypt's first swimming pool followed in 1890. In November 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek met here for the Cairo Conference; in December 1977 Egyptian, Israeli, American, and UN negotiators gathered on site in talks that led toward Camp David.
The setting
Mena House occupies 6 Pyramids Road in the Al Haram district of Giza, on land first established as a Khedival hunting lodge for Khedive Ismail in 1869, the year the Suez Canal opened and the road to the pyramids was paved. The property became a hotel in 1886 and hosted the 1943 Cairo Conference (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek) and the December 1977 talks that led toward Camp David. The Giza Necropolis is a ten-minute walk from the grounds; the Grand Egyptian Museum is 24 minutes by transit. No other luxury property on earth offers direct pedestrian access to the Great Pyramids, and that irreplaceable proximity is the singular justification for this address. 41 km from Cairo International Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- 139 Pavilion — Restaurant
- Caviar Restaurant - Pyramids — Restaurant
- The Moghul Room — Restaurant · Indian
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Golf course
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