Sonesta Hotel Cairo—Fifteen minutes from the airport and a half hour from the city center, this hotel has plenty to offer, its unimpressive exterior notwithstanding: a residential setting, beautiful lobby, tastefully designed rooms, French and Italian restaurants, a charming coffee shop and one of the newest, most luxurious health clubs in the city. The onsite pastry shop, Fauchon, has French chocolates and the best pastries. Conference facilities accommodate 800. . 4 al-Tayaran St. (Nasr City), phone 262-8111, fax 403-9980.