Cecil Hotel is a hotel in Alexandria, Egypt.[1] It opened in 1929. It is operated by H World International. It is owned by Talaat Moustafa Group. It stands about 0.7 km from the centre of Alexandria.[3]

Overview

The four-star Cecil Hotel in Alexandria, Egypt, was built as the Cecil Hotel in 1929 by the French-Egyptian Jewish Metzger family as a romantic hotel, at Saad Zaghloul Park where Cleopatra's needles had been, in front of the Corniche. Since 2014, the hotel has been operated under H World International's Steigenberger Hotels brand.

From “Cecil Hotel (Alexandria)” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1929. It was designed by Giacomo Alessandro Loria. [1]

Location

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Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.7 km from the centre of Alexandria. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Alexandria International Airport (HBE), about 35 km from the centre of Alexandria.[4]

It is one of 36 hotels in and around Alexandria recorded in Wikidata, 8 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 3 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is El-Salamlek Palace, opened in 1892. See Hotels in Alexandria.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

  • Normandy Hotel — 0.0 km
  • Transit Alexandria — 0.0 km
  • Acropole Hotel — 0.1 km
  • Triomphe Hotel — 0.1 km
  • Union Hotel — 0.1 km
  • Crillon Hotel — 0.1 km
  • Windsor Palace Hotel — 0.2 km
  • Paradise Inn Metropole Hotel — 0.2 km
  • Fouad Hotel — 0.3 km
  • Philip House Hotel — 0.4 km

See also

References

  1. ^ Cecil Hotel (Q5056137). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Cecil Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-05-08.
  3. ^ Alexandria (Q87). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Alexandria. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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