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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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MEMPHITE TOMB
Archaeological site
A type of Egyptian burial site with several rooms, a chapel and a 20 m-deep ...Read more
Saqqarah
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FAYOUM ART CENTER
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
A creative meeting place housing a museum of caricature in the Middle East, ...Read more
2024
CHATBY TOMBS
Cemetery and memorial to visit
Ancient necropolis with 3 burial chambers and a collection of Greek ...Read more
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KAMEL MOUSTAFA GRAVES
Cemetery and memorial to visit
Necropolis made up of four Greek tombs, the most beautiful of which isNo. 1 ...Read more
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CAVAFY MUSEUM
Museums
Museum of Constantin Cavafy, Alexandrian and Greek poet, housing rare ...Read more
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MEREROUKA MASTABA
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit
A huge mastaba to the north of the Teti pyramid, with a veritable labyrinth ...Read more
Saqqarah
2024
SANNOUR CAVES NATIONAL PARK
Natural site to discover
10 km southeast of Beni Soueif, this protected area houses fifty-four ...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
Cairo
2024
SET OF QURQUMAS EMIR KEBIR
Religious buildings
The finest Mamluk ensemble, comprising a palace, mausoleum, mosque, sabil, ...Read more
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Deir al-Surian (MONASTERY OF THE SYRIANS)
Religious buildings
A pretty monastery surrounded by an inelegant modern enclosure, with moving ...Read more
Wadi Natroun
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KAGEMNI MASTABA
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit
Large mastaba in a necropolis on the north side of the Teti pyramid, ...Read more
Saqqarah
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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
Cairo
2024
DEIR BARAMOS (MONASTERY OF THE ROMANS)
Religious buildings
Coptic Orthodox monastery in the Nitrie desert, with a convent retaining ...Read more
Wadi Natroun
2024
DEIR ANBA BICHOÏ
Abbey monastery and convent
An important, restored ancient Coptic Orthodox monastery housing the tomb ...Read more
Wadi Natroun
2024
DEIR ABU MAKAR (HOLY MONASTERY)
Religious buildings
This remakable monastery in Wadi Natroun is one of the oldest in the world, ...Read more
Wadi Natroun
2024
ILLIGAY EL-YUSUFIS MOSQUE
Religious buildings
This mosque is a small-scale replica of Sultan Hassan's madrassa, with a ...Read more
Cairo
2024
MAHMOUD PASHA MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Interesting mosque blending Mamluk and Ottoman styles, worth a visit for ...Read more
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
EL MUSTAHFIZAN MOSQUE
Religious buildings
It is probably also in two other names that this mosque, restored in 1652 ...Read more
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
SHEIKH MOSQUE
Religious buildings
A remarkable cruciform-shaped mosque housing a vestibule, qibla and minbar ...Read more
Cairo
2024
KHANQAH SHEIKHOU
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
An ancient khanqah-madrasa from the Mamluk period, used to welcome pilgrims ...Read more
Cairo
2024
BEIT EL-SENNARI
Places associated with famous people to visit
House converted into an Institute of Applied Arts, with exhibitions of ...Read more
2024
SAYEDA ZEINAB MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Restored mosque with a beautifully decorated interior, featuring a facade ...Read more
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
SABIL KUTTAB OUM ABBAS
Works of art to see
Ottoman-built Sabil at the start of Souyoufeya Street, with a marble facade ...Read more
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
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
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SALEH TALAI MOSQUE
Religious buildings
The last Persian-inspired Fatimid mosque with a bronze door on display in ...Read more
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SULTAN AL-MUAYYAD MOSQUE
Religious buildings
A mosque with a splendid mihrab, a courtyard transformed into a garden and ...Read more