Cairo of To-Day; A Practical Guide to Cairo and Its Environs (Paperback)


Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II.?PEACTICAL IKFOBMATION Banks.?Imperial Ottoman Bank, Sharia (Street) el- Maghraby; Bank of Egypt, Sharia Kasr-en-Nil; Anglo- Egyptian Bank, Sharia Kasr-en-Nil; Credit Lyonnais, near the Post Office; Thos. Cook and Son (Egypt), Limited, Shepheard's Hotel; Henry Gaze and Sons, Limited, opposite Shepheard's Hotel. Baths.?Hammam Schneider, near Shepheard's Hotel. Swimming bath, 5 p.1; Turkish bath, 16 p. Open from 7 to 10 A.M. and noon to 8 P.M. for gentlemen, and 10 A.m. to noon for ladies. Cafes and Restaurants.?There are several good cafds and cafds chantants, such as Cafe Egyptien, close to Shepheard's, the Eldorado, Eue Esbekiyeh (native dancing girls). The best are in the Esbekiyeh Gardens. Usual charge for a cup of coffee or glass of lager beer is two p. A large, high-class restaurant, the Savoy, in connection with the new Savoy Hotel, was opened at the beginning of the 1898-99 season. Santi's, in the Esbekiyeh Gardens, is a good and old-established restaurant. Dinners sent out. Lunch, 3 fr.; dinner,31 fr. Board (lunch and dinner) is also arranged for at a charge of 130 to 180 fr. a month. St. James's Grill Room in the Sharia-el-Maghraby; Grill Rooms also at Shepheard's, Continental, and Savoy Hotels. Luncheon bars at the Savoy Buffet (distinct from the Savoy Eestaurant), New Bar, and Sphinx, all in the Esbekiyeh quarter. Here Allsopp's and Bass's ale and American drinks can be had. French billiard room at most of these establishments. Charges: day 4 p. and night 6 p. per hour. 1 Throughout this Guide p. is used as the abbreviation of piastre (worth about 2Jd.). Chemists.?Anglo-American Pharmacy, Place de I'Ope'ra; New English Dispensary, Place de 1'Opera (English diploma); English and German Dispensary, Eue de 1'Esbekiyeh; London Pharmacy (Myrialaki), near th...

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II.?PEACTICAL IKFOBMATION Banks.?Imperial Ottoman Bank, Sharia (Street) el- Maghraby; Bank of Egypt, Sharia Kasr-en-Nil; Anglo- Egyptian Bank, Sharia Kasr-en-Nil; Credit Lyonnais, near the Post Office; Thos. Cook and Son (Egypt), Limited, Shepheard's Hotel; Henry Gaze and Sons, Limited, opposite Shepheard's Hotel. Baths.?Hammam Schneider, near Shepheard's Hotel. Swimming bath, 5 p.1; Turkish bath, 16 p. Open from 7 to 10 A.M. and noon to 8 P.M. for gentlemen, and 10 A.m. to noon for ladies. Cafes and Restaurants.?There are several good cafds and cafds chantants, such as Cafe Egyptien, close to Shepheard's, the Eldorado, Eue Esbekiyeh (native dancing girls). The best are in the Esbekiyeh Gardens. Usual charge for a cup of coffee or glass of lager beer is two p. A large, high-class restaurant, the Savoy, in connection with the new Savoy Hotel, was opened at the beginning of the 1898-99 season. Santi's, in the Esbekiyeh Gardens, is a good and old-established restaurant. Dinners sent out. Lunch, 3 fr.; dinner,31 fr. Board (lunch and dinner) is also arranged for at a charge of 130 to 180 fr. a month. St. James's Grill Room in the Sharia-el-Maghraby; Grill Rooms also at Shepheard's, Continental, and Savoy Hotels. Luncheon bars at the Savoy Buffet (distinct from the Savoy Eestaurant), New Bar, and Sphinx, all in the Esbekiyeh quarter. Here Allsopp's and Bass's ale and American drinks can be had. French billiard room at most of these establishments. Charges: day 4 p. and night 6 p. per hour. 1 Throughout this Guide p. is used as the abbreviation of piastre (worth about 2Jd.). Chemists.?Anglo-American Pharmacy, Place de I'Ope'ra; New English Dispensary, Place de 1'Opera (English diploma); English and German Dispensary, Eue de 1'Esbekiyeh; London Pharmacy (Myrialaki), near th...

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2012

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2012

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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62

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978-0-217-18540-0

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9780217185400

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