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
Cairo
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
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
EL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE
Religious buildings
A very late mosque, built on a Fatimid cemetery that completed the Khan ...Read more
Cairo
2024
BAB EL-BADISTAN
Works of art to see
Still standing near the el-Hussein mosque, this gate features an arch ...Read more
Cairo
2024
AMR MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Africa's first mosque is the fourth largest in the world, and is invested ...Read more
Cairo
2024
ZEINAB KHATOUM HOUSE
Mansion to visit
Refurbished el-Azhar mosque featuring a large main hall and a summer ...Read more
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
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
Cairo
2024
MOSQUE SOLIMAN AGHA EL-SILAHDAR AND SABIL
Religious buildings
Mosque in the Turkish architectural style of the period, with its marble ...Read more
Cairo
2024
EL-HAKIM MOSQUE
Religious buildings
This El-Hakim mosque, with its huge inner courtyard, is the second Fatimid ...Read more
Cairo
2024
SALEH TALAI MOSQUE
Religious buildings
The last Persian-inspired Fatimid mosque with a bronze door on display in ...Read more
Cairo
2024
SULTAN AL-MUAYYAD MOSQUE
Religious buildings
A mosque with a splendid mihrab, a courtyard transformed into a garden and ...Read more
Cairo
2024
EL-FAKAHANI MOSQUE
Religious buildings
A pretty mosque with two beautifully carved original doors and 12 marble ...Read more
Cairo
2024
BAB EL-FOUTOUH
Works of art to see
Recognizable by its two rounded towers, long arch and carefully maintained ...Read more
Cairo
2024
SABIL KUTTAB QAITBAY
Works of art to see
A superb red-stone edifice, carefully decorated and adorned with polychrome ...Read more
Cairo
2024
MEDINET DIMAI
Ancient monuments
Abandoned city housing a fortified town on the edge of the lake, whose ...Read more
Médinat El-Fayoum
2024
AIN EL-SILIYIN
Natural site to discover
The Ain el-Siliyin hot springs are ideal for bathing and are surrounded by ...Read more
Médinat El-Fayoum
2024
PYRAMIDS OF LAHUN AND HAWARA
Archaeological site
Pyramids set back from the road, looking much more like mounds of earth ...Read more
Médinat El-Fayoum
2024
SABIL MOHAMMED ALI
Works of art to see
Sabil is made up of eight domes set below the street, with a dome decorated ...Read more
Cairo
2024
SULTAN HASAN MOSQUE
Religious buildings
Two remarkable mosques on Salah el-Din Square, including the Sultan Hassan ...Read more
Cairo
2024
BEIT HARAOUI
Mansion to visit
This restored bourgeois house, with an interior courtyard, boasts beautiful ...Read more
Cairo
2024
MANIAL PARK
Parks and gardens
Read moreThe park stretches along the Nile, on Roda island, behind the palace. Romantic garden, far from the streets.
Cairo
2024
QASR QAROUN
Archaeological site
A small, rather massive temple with a few brick remains of the ancient ...Read more
Réserve Naturelle Du Lac Qaroun
2024
MANIAL PALAIS
Monuments to visit
Imposing Ottoman palace housing jewels, carpets and copies of the Koran ...Read more
Cairo
2024
EMIR TAZ PALACE
Monuments to visit
The palace is divided into 2 parts, one to the west with temporary ...Read more
Cairo
2024
ORMAN GARDEN
Parks and gardens
Cairo's oldest botanical garden, divided into three zones, preserving ...Read more
Cairo
2024
BEIT EL-Suhaymi
Mansion to visit
Superb restored house with a wide range of reception rooms, including a ...Read more
Cairo
2024
MOSQUE AND MADRASSA INAL-EL-YOUSSOUFI
Religious buildings
Two monuments with two iwans in the inner courtyard and divine invocations ...Read more
Cairo
2024
MEIDOUN PYRAMID
Archaeological site
A pyramid easily recognizable by its characteristic multi-storey ...Read more
Meidoun
2024
JOSEPH'S WELL (BIR YOUSSEF)
Works of art to see
80 m deep well with double pumping system powered by animals turning the ...Read more
Cairo
2024
GAWHARA PALACE
Monuments to visit
Palace to the southwest of the esplanade, featuring a few rooms, original ...Read more
Cairo
2024
HAREM PALACE
Monuments to visit
Palais-harem in the northern quarter, home to the Military Museum, which ...Read more
Cairo
2024
CARRIAGE MUSEUM
Museums
The oldest museum of its kind in the world, featuring a unique collection ...Read more
Cairo
2024
SUPREME COURT
Monuments to visit
Egyptian Supreme Court of Justice, with a neoclassical façade that gives ...Read more
Cairo
2024
SAKAKINI PALACE
Monuments to visit
A strange little palace in the shape of a star, featuring a variety of ...Read more
Cairo
2024
POSTAL MUSEUM
Museums
Small museum on the 2nd floor of the central post office, featuring a ...Read more
Cairo
2024
CAIRO UNIVERSITY
Monuments to visit
Cairo University with a two-column facade overlooking a large amphitheatre, ...Read more
Cairo
2024
PLACE EL-OPERA
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The square features a magnificent bronze statue of Ibrahim Pacha with ...Read more
Cairo
2024
SAAD ZAGHLOUL MAUSOLEUM
Cemetery and memorial to visit
Neo-Pharaonic mausoleum with colonnades and cornices from Pharaonic ...Read more
Cairo