Windsor Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

The Windsor Hotel is an oasis of tranquillity amid the bustle of down-town Cairo. The Windsor is also a venerable Cairo institution and boasts a rich history and warm hospitality. Built at the end of the 19th century as the baths of the Egyptian Royal Family, the Windsor served for many years as the colonial British officers club, before being purchased by a Swiss hotelier as an annex of the legendary Sheperds Hotel, and converted into 'Hotel Windsor - Maison Suisse' Today the Windsor's guest-rooms retain an ambience of grandeur and the hotels famous Barrel Bar, remains a popular Cairo rendezvous. More recently, the Hotel has been featured in numbers of Egyptian and Hollywood films.