Pyramid

The Giza Necropolis is a large and well-preserved archaeological site also known simplistically as the "Pyramids of Giza". Located on the outskirts of Cairo, it is one of the most visited sites in all of Egypt. [btn "View the 10 best hotels in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-pyramidy] Known as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Pyramids of the Necropolis are the only structures on this…

Museum

The Grand Egyptian Museum, which no one calls anything but "GEM", is a newly built monumental archaeological museum of Egyptian civilization and one of the largest of its kind in the world. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-gem] The museum opened to the public in full in 2023. All the exhibits from the existing Egyptian Museum, located in the center in Tahrir Square,…

Mosque, Fortress, Lookout

The Saladin Citadel (also spelled Salah ad-Din), also known as the Cairo Citadel, is a monumental medieval fortification with a mosque, several museums and one of the most sought-after views of Cairo and the magnificent Mokattam rock formations. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-saladin] The Citadel is an ideal place to visit as part of a walking tour of Islamic Cairo…

Museum

One of the world's largest museums can be found in the former ancient city of Fustat in the south of Cairo. The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) opened in 2017 and, together with the GEM - the Great Egyptian Museum, which specializes mainly in archaeological artifacts, forms the main cultural and historical axis for charting Egypt's history. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid…

City Quarter

Escape the hustle and bustle of Islamic Cairo and the modern city centre and take the metro to the southern suburbs to the peaceful and shady Coptic Christian quarter with its many beautiful churches and nooks and crannies. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-nmec] The small Coptic city is now mostly a tourist attraction, but you'll still find plenty of places of sacred…

Mosque

Al-Azhar is probably the most famous and beautiful mosque in Cairo. It stands in the heart of Islamic Cairo surrounded by one of the longest continuously serving universities. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-mesita-azhar] The Al-Azhar Mosque was built in 970, making it one of the oldest in the city. The oldest university in the world The mosque has been a direct…

City Quarter

Transport yourself in time and space to a completely different dimension and lose yourself in the narrow winding streets of Islamic Cairo. Sure, the entire city is majority Muslim, however, the label "Islamic Cairo" is mainly applied to the historic part of Cairo that existed long before the monumental expansion of the city during the 19th century. [btn "Book the cheapest apartments in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid…

Lookout, Lookout Tower

Cairo Tower is undoubtedly one of the most famous Egyptian buildings and one of the symbols of the city. The slender concrete tower rises to a height of 187 metres, making it the tallest broadcasting tower in Egypt. [btn "Select hotels of famous chains in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-tower] Cairo Tower serves as a transmitter, restaurant and observatory all in one and is a very popular…

Square

What Times Square is to New York or the Champs-Élysées is to Paris, Tahrir Square is to Cairo. Translated as "Liberation Square", it is located right in the heart of the city near the Nile. [btn "Show prices for luxury hotels in downtown Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-tahrir] Tahrir is a major transport hub where two metro lines and dozens of bus lines cross. For locals, it is the point for…

Promenade

Although the embankment of the Nile, Africa's longest river and the world's 2nd longest, is a busy highway, just at the water's edge, one floor below the road, you'll find a beautiful long and newly landscaped pedestrian promenade called the Corniche el-Nil. [btn "Show prices for luxury hotels in central Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-corniche] Every evening, the walkways along the Nile…

Pyramid

The necropolis of Saqqara with the famous Pyramid of Djoser lies about 30 km south of the centre of Cairo and 19 km from the more famous pyramids of Giza. [btn "View the 10 best hotels in Cairo" https://www.booking.com/city/eg/cairo.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-kahira-sakkara] Saqqara was the most extensive burial site of ancient Egypt and belonged to the then city of Memphis. Due to its distance from Cairo and the less well-preserved…