Hotel Seaford is “the hotel of Cairo”, a luxury hotel in Cairo where “even royalty stayed”, whose inner courtyard keeps some of the city’s few cars and serves as the starting point for desert expeditions.
| Type | Place (hotel) |
| Spanish entry | Hotel Seaford |
Description
It has a marble lobby, a staircase at the back and elevators run by operators, stopping at floors one to six. There is a well-known bar, a kitchen that serves European food, and a glass feature (window or glazed salon) tied to its “pristine” image. Rooms are single-occupancy; a very ill professor gave his up.
Rank rises with the floor: above the sixth, next-to-top floor (taken by a company of travelers) “there is only royalty or true dignitaries”; professors and expedition members stay lower. Camille Colbert resided here; Professor Monteverdi, an Italian, was treated to pasta.
The courtyard holds some of “the few cars there are” in the city, and expeditions leave from it for the desert.
It is distinct from the coastal Hotel Ucho of Claromecó, near the lighthouse and the fishermen and resort of the people of Tres Arroyos.
Conflicting accounts
- One version calls it “a run-down inn” with “the toilets outside”; whether another lodging, wing or time is meant is not said.
- The name appears as Seaford, Shepard, Sheppard, Shepherd and Sheffield; whether the “bar of the Hotel Sheffield” is this one is unresolved.
Open questions
- Its total floors (at least seven), prices, owner, address, and the number and ownership of its cars are unknown.