Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir is located at 2 Kasr El Nil Street, down town; one of the biggest streets in the downtown Cairo area with many businesses, restaurants, and an active nightlife. Kasr el Nil Street extends east to west from the Abdin Palace at Abdin Square, passes a vibrant business district, Bab El-Lauq Market, and the American University in Cairo Downtown Campus, is joined by Talaat Harb Street and passes through Tahrir Square with Egyptian Antiquities Museum, and then crosses the Nile River on the Kasr al-Nil Bridge, to end on Gezira Island. The vintage urban planning and architecture here are reminiscent of the illustrious period of late 19th and early 20th century European Beaux-Arts and Egyptian Islamic styles.