SUPREME COURT
Rue du 26 juillet, Cairo
Monuments to visit
Egyptian Supreme Court of Justice, with a neoclassical façade that gives the institution a ...Read more
SAKAKINI PALACE
Metro Ghamra (ligne rouge), Cairo
Monuments to visit
A strange little palace in the shape of a star, featuring a variety of architectural styles, ...Read more
POSTAL MUSEUM
2e étage de la poste centrale, Cairo
Museums
Small museum on the 2nd floor of the central post office, featuring a collection of stamps, ...Read more
CAIRO UNIVERSITY
Rue Nahdat Misr, Cairo
Monuments to visit
Cairo University with a two-column facade overlooking a large amphitheatre, accommodating ...Read more
PLACE EL-OPERA
Cairo
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The square features a magnificent bronze statue of Ibrahim Pacha with bronze bas-reliefs by ...Read more
SAAD ZAGHLOUL MAUSOLEUM
Rue Abdallah al-Falaky, Cairo
Cemetery and memorial to visit
Neo-Pharaonic mausoleum with colonnades and cornices from Pharaonic temples, adorned with ...Read more
RED PYRAMIDE
Dachour
Monuments to visit
Pyramid 100 m high and 200 m wide, representing the first successful attempt at a smooth-sided ...Read more
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Sharia Nasser, Cairo
Cemetery and memorial to visit
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in basalt, a stone used by the ancient Egyptians for their funerary ...Read more
EFFAT NAGUI & SAAD EL-KHADEM MUSEUM
Zeitoun, Cairo
Museums
A museum dedicated to the paintings of Effat Nagui, which organizes cultural evenings and ...Read more
PANORAMA OF THE OCTOBER WAR
Avenue Oruba, Cairo
Museums
Museum dedicated to October 6, 1973, featuring aircraft, tanks and weapons from the war.Read more
EMPAIN BARON'S PALACE
Avenue Oruba, Cairo
Monuments to visit
Hindu-style palace designed by architect Alexandre Marcel between 1907 and 1910 and acquired by ...Read more
PRESIDENCY OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
El sayed el Merghany, Cairo
Monuments to visit
Presidential palace housed in a magnificent hotel built by Ernest Jaspar and Alexandre Marcel.Read more
NOTRE DAME BASILICA
Avenue al-Ahram, Cairo
Religious buildings
Basilica built to plans by Alexandre Marcel and to the specifications of Baron Empain, who ...Read more
GIANACLIS VINEYARD
Taftish El Bahari, Wadi Natroun
Agriculture and viticulture
The Gianaclis vineyard invites you to stroll around the vines, discover the wine-making process ...Read more
MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART
Midan Bab el Khalq, Cairo
Archaeology
Museum offering a guided tour of the world's largest collection of Islamic art.Read more
BAB EL-GHOURI
Cairo
Towers to visit
Enter the popular souk to visit the clothing and linen market, the pretty Al Ghuri mosque...Read more
MAJOR EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
Midan al-Remmaya, Plateau De Guiza
Museums
The world's largest museum devoted to ancient Egyptian civilizations, with 50,000 works on ...Read more
VILLAGE OF TUNIS
Médinat El-Fayoum
Site of archaeology crafts and science and technology
A hilltop village overlooking the lake, where Evelyne Porret's students have opened their own ...Read more
LARGE PIGEON LOFT IN QOTUR
Qotur
Monuments to visit
The Qotur dovecote, with its 30 or so adobe domes, follows a tradition of pigeon breeding ...Read more
ST. GEORGE'S CONVENT
Cairo
Abbey monastery and convent
Chapel housed in an 11th-century Fatimid palace, accessed through a splendid carved wooden ...Read more
HELIOPOLIS OASIS COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
Sharia Ibrahim el-Laqqani, Cairo
Monuments to visit
Head office of Baron Empain's company, with a staircase topped by a small minaret covered by a ...Read more
MUSEUM OF AGRICULTURE AND COTTON
Rue du ministère de l'Agriculture, Cairo
Museums
The Museum of Agriculture and Cotton is a good option for lovers of ancient history and ...Read more
HASSAN KATKHUDA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
A small Mamluk mosque situated to the north of an impressive succession of religious monuments ...Read more
MADRASSA ZAHIR BARQUQ
Cairo
Schools colleges and universities to visit
Madrassa in accordance with the layout of mosques of the time, with a khanqah for 60 Sufis.Read more
CHURCH OF THE VIRGIN-MARY OF ZEITOUN
Zeitoun, Cairo
Religious buildings
This church has been a place of pilgrimage for Copts since the apparitions of the Virgin Mary ...Read more