Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Gezira palace in the Cairo Marriott Hotel will be restored

In Cairo Gezira Palace, which is located in the hotel Cairo Marriott, began restoration. Work will last two years, however, as promises to administration of the hotel, guests are not disturbed. Restoration of the first touches of the palace and antiques that are in it. There will also be updated all the guest area of ??the hotel: entrance, lobby, lounges and spa-center. The result is a popular tourist holiday destination will be more modern, to the highest standards, reports RIA Novosti. Gezira Palace (Gazirah Palace) - one of the national treasures of Egypt. He is unique not only for this country, but for the entire Middle East. The palace interior is made in oriental style mid XIX century with the traditional Islamic culture of ornaments and patterns. The palace was built for the reception of distinguished guests - representatives of royal houses of Europe, who arrived in Egypt in 1869 at the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal. Over its long history, it is not being received by the heads of many states. In 1982, the Palace were added to the body Cairo Marriott. At that time it was the largest hotel in the Middle East, which offered 1,250 rooms, seven presidential suites and the former only in downtown Cairo hotel with a garden. Now the cost of accommodation here starts at $ 195. During the past year, Russians have done in the Cairo Marriott 440 nights. For the year 2010 this number had increased four-fold, to 1915 to the present time.

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