The St. Regis Cairo

What the classifiers highlight

Thirty-six stories rise above the Nile in downtown Cairo, and the 283 rooms start above 495 square feet with mosaic-tiled bathrooms and marble soaking tubs. Forbes counts five restaurants, from a Sicilian bistro called La Zisa to Tianma's pan-Asian menu, plus the two-floor Iridium Spa beneath a lobby chandelier of 250,000 Swarovski crystals.