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Address:
169 mohammed farid, Downtown
, Cairo , Egypt
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Lonely Planet Review
- Terry Carter
- Lonely Planet author
Easily the city's most charming and friendly budget option, Roma has long been popular for its old-world elegance, spacious rooms and peaceful ambience. Rooms have high ceilings, big French doors to the balconies, polished floorboards and a splendid breakfast room.As soon as you get out of the lift you know that this is a great budget property. Instead of being greeted by grubby carpets and indifferent staff, there's lovely white billowing curtains (along with some funky retro chairs) gracing the corridor that leads to a reception desk with friendly, relaxed and helpful staff. The atmosphere is lovely, homey and full of character. The rooms are huge (some absolutely enormous with several rooms in one 'apartment') and boast antique or interesting old furniture - mismatched, perhaps, but this is a very minor quibble. The only potential hiccup is for those visiting at the height of summer, as there is no air-con, only fans (for an extra cost). There is a lovely sitting room/TV room, where you'd be more than happy to sit with a beer while you write some postcards.
