Cairo – The citadel and surroundings
Cairo – The citadel and surroundings
Usually, sightseeing in Cairo and no trip starts from the Citadel, even a day one, does not miss this place. Under the hill, you must also see the Sultan's mosque …
Cairo – The citadel and surroundings
Usually, sightseeing in Cairo and no trip starts from the Citadel, even a day one, does not miss this place. Under the hill, you must also see the Sultan's mosque …
Cairo – Museum of Islamic Art
The facility is located at Bab al-Khalq, and it can be reached from Midan Ataba shari Qalaa towards the Citadel. The main entrance opens from the sharia side of 'Port Said (Bur Sa’id). …
Cairo – North Gates and surroundings
North of Khan al-Khalili and al-Hussein mosque stretches fascinating, district full of monuments. This is the center of Fatimid Cairo, that can be traveled back and forth within an hour on foot.…
Around the Khan el-Khalili Tribe
Khan el-Khalili is the commercial heart of Cairo, where all tourists must go. They usually come by coaches and minibuses, they get off at Midan al-Hussein and enter the winding streets, where… they get lost immediately.
Shari' al-Muski is a well-known Cairo street designated in …
Egyptian Museum in Cairo – The facility is located in the northern part of Midan Tahrir. At the time of opening, at the beginning of the 20th century, was one of the most modern museums in the world. Today a museum without air conditioning, besieged by visitors, with an excess of badly described monuments and an opaque structure …
Cairo and its surroundings – Main attractions
• The Egyptian Museum – At the time of opening, at the beginning of the 20th century, the facility was one of the most modern museums in the world. The idea of its establishment was born in 1835 r., when Khedive Mohammed Ali on the advice of archaeologist August Mariette …
The area of today's Cairo was inhabited already in the Neolithic period.
As the Osirian myth says, in the Old Cairo area, against the pyramids, Horus and Set began to fight (Khere-oho – "Place of fight").
In today's Heliopolis district, there was a famous sanctuary for the sun god Re for almost a long time, …