Fact Sheet

Since its founding in 1937, the Auberge Fayoum Hotel has been host of official banquets for the royalty, heads of state, and celebrities. The Auberge was initially built as a hunting lodge by King Farouk who mainly used it as hospitality for his hunting expeditions and parties. Due to its convenient location in the Middle East and close to Egypt’s capital, Cairo, the Auberge has in many years been a favorite retreat to many famous personalities, political figures and other prominent guests, and has witnessed several international treaties, meetings, and conventions.

Helnan Auberge has maintained the old port on Qaroun Lake, also built in 1937 by King Farouk where activities such as fishing, boat sailing and windsurfing can be attended. The wonderful lake represents one of the most beautiful hunting areas in the Middle East. In this unspoiled Egyptian countryside visitors can enjoy themselves at the golden sandy beaches, or explore the “Valley of the Whales” which once was the bottom of the sea but today is dried out, where skeletons of shells are lying in the desert sand.

Fayoum has played an important role in the history of the Pharaonic, Coptic, Greek, Roman, and Islamic periods, where ancient monuments are found nearby the hotel.

The hotel has been an important setting to the Egyptian movie industry. Most of the elder Egyptian and Middle Eastern black and white movies were shot at the Auberge Fayoum Hotel.