Semiramis InterContinental Hotel

"Semiramis Hotel" redirects here. For the former hotel in Jerusalem, see Semiramis Hotel bombing.

Semiramis InterContinental Hotel is a skyscraper and hotel complex located in Garden City, Cairo, Egypt. The 32-story building completed in 1987, and houses an InterContinental hotel. The modernist building replaced the historic Semiramis hotel, and contains 726 rooms and suites, restaurants, bars, a cafe, outdoor Nile view terraces, a Spa, a gym, ballrooms, conference and meeting rooms, a shopping arcade and a casino.^[2]

Semiramis InterContinental Hotel
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Hotel[1]
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Coordinates	30.04301°N 31.23252°E / 30.04301; 31.23252
Opening	1988
Height
Roof	358 ft (109 m)
Technical details
Floor count	32[1]
Other information
Number of rooms	726

History

During the Second World War, the former Semiramis Hotel served as the headquarters of the 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, whose task was to build up the permanent defences at the main port harbours.^[3]

In late 1993, American and French tourists were shot dead at the hotel in a terrorist attack.^[4]

Gallery

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  Salah Zulfikar, Shadia and a Russian actress at a cinematic event for A Taste of Fear in Semiramis InterContinental Hotel, Cairo in 1969
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  The hotel view from the Nile
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  Hotel suite
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  Hotel suite sitting room
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  View of the hotel and the Omar Makram Mosque

See also

• Skyscraper design and construction
• List of tallest buildings in Africa