Waldorf Astoria Cairo Heliopolis

What the classifiers highlight

Waldorf Astoria's first African property sits in the ancient district of Heliopolis, its 252 rooms decorated with white and blue lotus motifs in a palette of Nile blues and greens. Forbes highlights 18 restaurants, Mediterranean plates like charred octopus at Brasserie Ayda, and a spa where hot sand psammotherapy revives an ancient Egyptian treatment across four suites.