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Pension Roma
By Juergen Stryjak
A lot of travelers, on their way through the Middle East, some
days before they arrive in Cairo, call the Pension Roma by
telephone. They do so from Amman or Aqaba in Jordan, from
Jerusalem or Tel Aviv in Israel, or sometimes already from
Damascus in Syria. It is necessary and highly advisable if you
want to get a room in this pension. It is one of Cairo's most
popular budget hotels.
For those travelers who arrive without having booked a room in
advance, finding the pension with no vacancies, as always – no
problem! The kind and friendly staff will provide them with useful
and, more importantly, accurate information about other suitable,
clean and lovely budget hotels, pensions and hostels in town –
until they can offer them the desired room in the Pension Roma.
The atmosphere in this little downtown pension is fantastic,
very familiar and cozy, clean and relaxing. To reach the hotel on
the fourth floor, the traveler must take the ancient metal
elevator. Should this elevator be out of order, as happens
occasionally to well worn apparatus, tired from the ups and downs
of life, then the traveler will have to climb the stairs, without
passing an entrance to another floor, as this staircase, the
secret passage to the castle, belongs only to the Pension Roma.
Like a moat-surrounded castle, found in the middle of the bustling
metropolis, the Pension Roma is an ivory tower where one can
escape from the dust, noise and crowds of the city.
The Pension Roma features a complete floor, with simply
equipped, but comfortable rooms. The salon is a meeting point of
old European ladies writing letters to Paris or London, American
students trying to
catch the latest sport news from the television, silent lonely
backpackers from Scandinavia or young girls from Hungary. It is
not only the rates, but the calm and familiar ambiance of the
Pension Roma which draws them again and again.
Rooms with a bath are available for a slightly higher price,
otherwise, a common bathroom is available on the floor.
Pension Roma.
169, Mohammed Farid St., Downtown, Cairo.
Telephone: 3911088 and 3911340
Fax: 5796243
Metro: Line 1, Station Al-Ataba
Rooms: Single 27 LE/ 7.75 $; Double 49 LE/ 14 $, inclusive
taxes, service charge, breakfast. |
