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PLACE TAHRIR
Street square and neighborhood to visit
4/5
• 1 review
This place was redesigned during the time of Nasser, which gave him Tahrir ...Read more
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AL-AZHAR PARK
Natural site to discover
3.5/5
• 2 reviews
A park between el-Azhar, the City of the Dead and the Cairo Citadel, ...Read more
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BEN IZRA SYNAGOGUE
Synagogue to visit
3/5
• 1 review
This ancient synagogue with its Christian architecture, recently restored, ...Read more
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SAINT BARBARA'S CHURCH
Religious buildings
3/5
• 1 review
Coptic church with relics of Saint Barbara and a metal gate giving access ...Read more
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ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
Religious buildings
3/5
• 1 review
A very old church with a brightly-colored flamboyant dome and a wedding ...Read more
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BAB EL-NASR
Ancient monuments
3/5
• 1 review
Porte de la Victoire (Victory Gate), recognizable by its two massive square ...Read more
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MUSÉE NATIONAL DE LA CIVILSATION ÉGYPTIENNE (NMEC)
Museums
3/5
• 1 review
Museum with a flagship hall featuring the mummies of 18 kings and 4 queens ...Read more
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EL-FOUSTAT SOUK
Crafts to discover
2/5
• 1 review
Souk el-Foustat featuring 48 stores selling Tanis printed fabrics, copper ...Read more
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MUSEUM OF THE ABDOMINAL PALATE
Museums
A few rooms devoted to weaponry, displaying the swords, daggers and daggers ...Read more
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NILOMETER AND MANASTERLY PALATE
Monuments to visit
Nilometer next to the Manasterly Palace offering a visit to a small museum ...Read more
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RAILWAY MUSEUM
Museums
Built in 1933 at the International Conference on Railways. This museum ...Read more
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THE PHARAONIC VILLAGE
Museums
Amusement park housing 10 museums retracing the history of ancient Egypt ...Read more
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THE CAIRO TOWER
Towers to visit
A 187 m-high restaurant with an elevator that rotates 360° on itself in ...Read more
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MAHMOUD KHALIL MUSEUM
Museums
Museum housing a collection of Chinese, Turkish and Persian vases from the ...Read more
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MOHAMMED ALI PALACE
Monuments to visit
This beautiful palace built from 1808 to 1821 was designed by Pascal Coste, ...Read more
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MOKHTAR MUSEUM
Museums
Museum featuring major works by Mahmoud Mokhtar and a stunning nude ...Read more
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN EGYPTIAN ART
Museums
Museum featuring a rich collection of Egyptian artworks, paintings, an ...Read more
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OFFICE DE TOURISME
Tourist office
Tourist office providing general information as well as an attractive map ...Read more
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ENTIRE INAL SULTAN
Religious buildings
Today, all that remains of this complex built by Sultan Inal is the mosque, ...Read more
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SET OF QURQUMAS EMIR KEBIR
Religious buildings
The finest Mamluk ensemble, comprising a palace, mausoleum, mosque, sabil, ...Read more
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MADRASAH AND MOSQUE OF SULTAN QATBAY
Religious buildings
Qatbay Madrasa and mosque, passing a horse trough before reaching the ...Read more
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SULTAN ACHRAF BARSBAY'S KHANQA
Mosque to visit
Khanqah with period minaret, still dedicated to worship today, known for ...Read more
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ILLIGAY EL-YUSUFIS MOSQUE
Religious buildings
This mosque is a small-scale replica of Sultan Hassan's madrassa, with a ...Read more
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MAHMOUD PASHA MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Interesting mosque blending Mamluk and Ottoman styles, worth a visit for ...Read more
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BAB EL-AZAB
Works of art to see
Gate flanked by two massive towers, in the style of Bab el-Foutouh, ...Read more
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WALLS OF SALAH EL-DIN
Archaeological site
This defensive wall is a ditch dug along Salah el-Din, between Bab ...Read more
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EL MUSTAHFIZAN MOSQUE
Religious buildings
It is probably also in two other names that this mosque, restored in 1652 ...Read more
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BEIT EL-RAZZAZ
Palaces to visit
Palace in a vast quadrangle in front of the crossroads, with a gigantic ...Read more
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AMIR AL-TINBOGHA AL-MARIDANI MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Mosque featuring a courtyard with rows of arcades supported by reused ...Read more
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SHEIKH MOSQUE
Religious buildings
A remarkable cruciform-shaped mosque housing a vestibule, qibla and minbar ...Read more
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KHANQAH SHEIKHOU
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
An ancient khanqah-madrasa from the Mamluk period, used to welcome pilgrims ...Read more
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BEIT EL-SENNARI
Places associated with famous people to visit
House converted into an Institute of Applied Arts, with exhibitions of ...Read more
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SAYEDA ZEINAB MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Restored mosque with a beautifully decorated interior, featuring a facade ...Read more
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SABIL MANASTERLY
Works of art to see
Monument now transformed into a cultural music center before being closed ...Read more
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SALAH SANGAR MOSQUE AND MAUSOLEUM
Religious buildings
Mosque with a single iwan featuring rooms on the south and west floors, ...Read more
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SERGHAMISH MADRASSA MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Splendid, but tiny madrassa with a central courtyard divided into four ...Read more
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MEDRESSA IBN TAGHRI
Mosque to visit
A mosque with a fine minaret on the corner of a street, offering two fine ...Read more
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SABIL KUTTAB OUM ABBAS
Works of art to see
Ottoman-built Sabil at the start of Souyoufeya Street, with a marble facade ...Read more
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AL-AZHAR MOSQUE
Religious buildings
An ancient Fatimid mosque with a period main entrance door, a prayer room ...Read more
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EL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE
Religious buildings
A very late mosque, built on a Fatimid cemetery that completed the Khan ...Read more
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BAB EL-BADISTAN
Works of art to see
Still standing near the el-Hussein mosque, this gate features an arch ...Read more
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AMR MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Africa's first mosque is the fourth largest in the world, and is invested ...Read more
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ZEINAB KHATOUM HOUSE
Mansion to visit
Refurbished el-Azhar mosque featuring a large main hall and a summer ...Read more
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KHAYAMEYA COVERED SOUK
Crafts to discover
This covered souk, built in the 17th century, is the only known ...Read more
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SABIL KUTTAB ABDEL-RAHMAN KATKHUDA
Works of art to see
This Ottoman and Turkish-inspired sabil, with stocking room and kuttab ...Read more
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OTTOMAN GATE HARET EL-MOUBAYYADIN
Ancient monuments
The Haret el-Moubayyadin Ottoman gate is one of the few remaining Ottoman ...Read more
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EL-AQMAR MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Superb Fatimid mosque with remarkable Shiite symbols above the main door.Read more
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MOSQUE SOLIMAN AGHA EL-SILAHDAR AND SABIL
Religious buildings
Mosque in the Turkish architectural style of the period, with its marble ...Read more
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EL-HAKIM MOSQUE
Religious buildings
This El-Hakim mosque, with its huge inner courtyard, is the second Fatimid ...Read more