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Address: Egypt - Giza - Al-Ahram St.5th Hassan Said St. from Ahram St Giza P.O. Box 6, Egypt, EG
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05 16, 2023

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The architectural style of the palace reflects the Khedive's passion for the neoclassical architecture of Europe. He hired the Austrian architect Franz Julius (later Franz Bey) and De Corle del Rosso (who also designed Abdeen Palace) to design the palace and hired the German Karl von Dippitsch for the interiors, who was responsible for designing and manufacturing the fabrics for the furniture, curtains, and all interior decorations.

Khedive Ismail al-Qasr al-Mustafi was carefully built and decorated as a replica of Empress Eugenie's residence at Toleré Palace in Paris. The construction of the island palace included a group of engineers, artists and craftsmen of various nationalities. In 1868 the palace was ready.

Mina House Hotel is one of Egypt's oldest and most distinguished hotels with its location facing the Giza Pyramids, and Mina House was a destination for the most prominent world leaders and witnessed peace negotiations.

The hotel filmed the international film ‘Valley of the Kings’ and a number of Egyptian films, including the film Hikayet Hob for Abdel Halim Hafez, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsi and Maryam Fakhruddin, and the film Yom Men Amri for Abdel Halim Hafez, and the film Her Majesty for the artist Farid Shawky, and a number of international James Bond films were filmed at the hotel.

In 1972, the Oberoi Hotels International Indian company took over the management of the hotel, and renovated the hotel more than once, and the last time the hotel was renovated was in 1991, and the Mena House Hotel consists of 486 rooms.

In March 2015, Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman inaugurated the expansion of the Mina House Hotel of the Holding Company for Tourism in the presence of Mervat Hatba, Head of the Holding Company for Hotels, Cinema, and Tourism.

The ‘A’ wing was opened as an extension of the historic palace with 36 rooms, at an investment cost of EGP 60 million, to increase the hotel's capacity to 361 rooms, and to raise the hotel's efficiency to match the latest systems and standards of 5-star hotels, while preserving the ancient archaeological and architectural form of the palace.

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It depends on your booking; you can book the breakfast during your reservation and you can also book all meals if you want. You have to contact your tour operator or your hotel to book them.

At first, it was called Al-Mansuriyyah, but then it was changed to be called Al-Qahira or Cairo. This was because it was named after the conqueror Planet Mars. Cairo has different names like "City of a thousand minarets" because it has a lot of mosques, and also "Qahirat El-Mo'ez".

The hotel offers a range of amenities including luxurious guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants and bars, a swimming pool, fitness center, spa, business center, meeting and event facilities, and concierge services.

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