Horus Guest House Pyramids View — Hotel in Giza

My stay at Horus was fine. They were very helpful in booking tours of Cairo for me and the price seems reasonable. Not a great deal, but also not horrible. The tours themselves were fantastic due to a great driver and my guide Samar. She had a great depth of knowledge and ensured that I saw all of the highlights in a busy 2 days of tours. However, from everything that I have read all tours in Egypt will vary greatly in quality depending on your guide and it's luck of the draw who you get. My room was comfortable and relatively clean. We lost power one night, but this is also common in Egypt. The breakfast in the morning was great.

I would have rated this property higher however several of the staff were quite aggressive about wanting to be tipped. It wasn't even the woman serving breakfast (who I tipped) or those arranging the tours (all through WhatsApp) but some of the front desk staff who my primarily interaction with was paying for tours. At one point they saw me tipping my driver and guide after a full day out and they essentially demanded tips for themselves as well. The tipping culture in Egypt is aggressive enough without also having to then worry about being held up at your guest house. I tipped them primarily so they would leave me be. I probably tipped too well as I likely contributed to the problem and simply encouraged the behaviour. It was definitely a low point of my stay there and even worse considering it did not even happen when I was leaving, but rather halfway...

The best hotels of my 8 days stay in Egypt. Stayed in various hotels and hostels in these 8 days, but Horus Guest House Pyramids View is the best. The guest house keep on giving us mineral water, many times, once during check in, once after back from pyramid in evening, once during breakfast in morning and once during check out. You won't be feeling thirsty as they will serve you well. During check in, they give both mineral water and guava packet juice. There is balcony in the upper floor with superb view of all the pyramids. The owner carefully explained to us to go to the corner of the balcony to get the view of the Sphinx of pyramid. We check in early in the first day. And brought outside bread to eat at the balcony. The owner gracefully serve us free coffee with milk. The next day we had our breakfast which is included in the hotel fees. This breakfast is Big Breakfast. Many many varieties of food. Two types of bread, two types of cheese, strawberry jam, butter, honey, falafel, bananas, Nestle yoghurt, mineral water and guava juice. Their bread is especially tasty. Having breakfast at the balcony with pyramids view is enjoyable experience. At night you can see the pyramids lighted up with various colours at the balcony. The room is clean. Everything is good in the room. Make sure to stay in this guest house when you come to Giza...

Horus was a great place - the roof terrace was my favourite place as I could get a beer and look out over an unimaginable view of the pyramids. I spent ages up there reading my book. On the first night I arrived late but Sayed, the manager, made sure I had everything I needed and another Sayed took me to a restaurant down the street to get some food - as I didn't know the way. Dina served the coldest beer on the terrace. Throughout my stay, all three were fantastic and so helpful. I bought some lovely pictures from the hotel and the first Sayed told me the history behind them. I can't fault the guest house - I liked it there very much. Outside, though, you have to know exactly what you're doing others your wallet will become very light, very quickly. Sayed will advise you to make sure you have a great time - and if you're planning a trip to the pyramids (duh) whatever you do - trust me implicitly - arrange it through the hotel (or another trusted party). I would not recommend simply turning up at the ticket box as I did... Horus is epic for a few days and make sure to...