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We did a 3 week trip to Egypt in October. In Cairo we were at the Mariott omar khayyam casino. The hotel was pretty mid but it wasn't too expensive and was in a great location. The other hotels mentioned here were probably nicer.
It was incredibly easy and cheap to get around using uber. We did a food tour around tharir square, I would have to look up the company but it was pretty good.
It is loud, busy, dirty. For being such a large city I was not surprised and didn't think it was beyond what I had expected. Being bothered by people really only happened in the bazaar, if you've been in the middle east it's nothing new.
We had a good experience at the pyramids however, we had a large enough group to hire a company to take us with an Egyptologist and enough people to keep the scammers at bay (a guy in a suit with a Mac 10 under his jacket). Others have not had such a good experience there.
The Roof Garden at the top of the Carlton Hotel isn't bad, there are probably better ones however it was nice and the art deco hotel was cool.
We spent a few days in Hurghada as another poster had mentioned, it was fine. Egypts version of resorts that you might find in Mexico that are instead full of Germans and Russians. We had a good time. Go up north of the city to El Gouna instead if you can, very nice and great restaurants. May not be a spectacular time to be on the Red Sea however I doubt you would have any issues.
Spent a few days in Luxor and that was much louder busier than I would have thought. We stayed at djorff palace on the West side of the river and that was fairly quiet.
We did a nile cruise on the Nour El Nil (light of the Nile) which was pretty relaxing as they use sailboats that are followed by small tugs that pull you into ports, or just along the shore.
We didn't get to spend much time in Aswan but seemed like a pretty chill city. Would have liked to have spent more time there.
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