Egypt Guide
The Canal Zone
Accommodation
1 Crystal Hotel 12 Mohamed Makhmud 
066/322-2747 A big complex which resembles a youth hostel, with 70 large en-suite a/c rooms at very low prices. The management is friendly enough, but the building itself is somewhat barren and dreary.Price: £E50-100
2 Helnan Port Said El Corniche St 066/332-0890 
www.helnan.com A five-star hotel right on the beach, with 203 rooms and suites and amenities including a pool, gym, sauna, coffee shop, nightclub, billiards room and Port Said's only bowling alley and roller-skating track. Price: £E450-900
3 Holiday Hotel 23 Sharia el-Gumhorriya 066/322-0711 Imposing 72-room block with a streetside terrace and coffee shop, smart spacious lobby and friendly staff. Rooms a little shabby but comfortable, with satellite TV and fridge. Breakfast, taken in the seventh-floor restaurant, costs extra.Price: £E200-300
4 
Hotel de la Poste 46 Sharia el-Gumhorriya 066/322-9655 Rambling 1940s-style place offering high-ceilinged rooms with fans and baths. Overall it's very good value and has recently been renovated, though TV and fridge – and breakfast – cost extra. Restaurant, bar and patisserie.Price: £E100-150
5 New Concorde Sharia Mustafa Kamel 066/323-5342 
323-5930 Carpeted rooms with baths, fans and TV, near the train station. Some of the rooms on the upper floors have views of the canal.Price: £E150-200
6 New Continental 30 Sharia el-Gumhorriya 066/322-1355 333-8088 Pleasant enough, though a bit shabby; a/c rooms with satellite TV, international phone and balconies. Breakfast costs extraPrice: £E100-150
7 Nora's Beach Hotel El Corniche 066/332-9834 332-9841. Huge 3-star beachside complex with 200 apartments and suites – a bit frayed at the edges but still comfortable – with a/c, private bathroom, satellite TV, minibar, balcony or terrace. With its three swimming pools, health club and disco, it's popular with Egyptian families. Price: £E450-900
8 Palace 19 Sharia Ghandi, opposite the governorate building, near the beach 066/323-9450 323-9464 Pleasantly furnished but very basic rooms with a/c and private bathrooms.Price: £E50-100
9 Panorama Hotel Shari el-Gumhorriya 066/332-5101 332-5103 A/c rooms with satellite TV, private bathrooms and big balconies. Great views, especially from the billiard room on the eleventh floor. A bit worn, but clean and comfortable, with a pizza restaurant on site.Price: £E150-200
10 Sonesta Sharia Sultan Hussein, off Sharia Filastin 066/332-5511 www.sonesta.com A/c rooms with private bathrooms, satellite TV and minibar, overlooking the canal entrance and fishing harbour. There's also a nice pool, and four restaurants including a good Italian place. Breakfast costs extra. Price: £E900-1500
11 Youth Hostel Sharia al-Amin 066/322-8702 Clean but gloomy dorm rooms and some plain doubles with shared bathrooms.Price: £E12