Four Seasons Cairo at Nile Plaza

Rooms and suites here look straight out over the Nile, which puts you on the east bank exactly where Cairenes insist the real city lives. This Forbes Four Star hotel and Michelin Key holder fills a tower in Garden City with ten restaurants and lounges, a sprawling spa, and interiors that lean into contemporary Cairo grandeur rather than anything pharaonic. Families get milk and cookies at turndown; business travelers get ballrooms with river views and start reconsidering their commute.