OTTOMAN GATE HARET EL-MOUBAYYADIN
Cairo
Ancient monuments
The Haret el-Moubayyadin Ottoman gate is one of the few remaining Ottoman gates in historic ...Read more
EL-AQMAR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Superb Fatimid mosque with remarkable Shiite symbols above the main door.Read more
MOSQUE SOLIMAN AGHA EL-SILAHDAR AND SABIL
Cairo
Religious buildings
Mosque in the Turkish architectural style of the period, with its marble panels and wooden ...Read more
EL-HAKIM MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This El-Hakim mosque, with its huge inner courtyard, is the second Fatimid mosque built after ...Read more
SALEH TALAI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The last Persian-inspired Fatimid mosque with a bronze door on display in the Museum of Islamic ...Read more
SULTAN AL-MUAYYAD MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
A mosque with a splendid mihrab, a courtyard transformed into a garden and a minbar embellished ...Read more
EL-FAKAHANI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
A pretty mosque with two beautifully carved original doors and 12 marble columns.Read more
BAB EL-FOUTOUH
Cairo
Works of art to see
Recognizable by its two rounded towers, long arch and carefully maintained military ...Read more
EL-MUFID LAKE
Farafra
Natural site to discover
This expanse of clear water, home to all kinds of birds, is ideal for swimming while watching ...Read more
MONTAZAH AREA
Alexandria
Parks and gardens
A huge shady park housing a 1960s-style seaside resort with avant-garde architecture.Read more
SABIL KUTTAB QAITBAY
Cairo
Works of art to see
A superb red-stone edifice, carefully decorated and adorned with polychrome marble slabs, built ...Read more
QASR EL-DOUCH
Baris
Archaeological site
Roman fortress with various remains from different eras and almost 100 of the best-preserved ...Read more
MEDINET DIMAI
Médinat El-Fayoum
Ancient monuments
Abandoned city housing a fortified town on the edge of the lake, whose function was to watch ...Read more
AIN EL-SILIYIN
Médinat El-Fayoum
Natural site to discover
The Ain el-Siliyin hot springs are ideal for bathing and are surrounded by concrete all around.Read more
AGUIBA BEACH
24 km à l'ouest de Marsa Matrouh, Marsa Matrouh
Natural site to discover
Marsa Matrouh's most emblematic beach, 25 km west of the city, offering a striking landscape of ...Read more
PYRAMIDS OF LAHUN AND HAWARA
Médinat El-Fayoum
Archaeological site
Pyramids set back from the road, looking much more like mounds of earth than the idea of a ...Read more
SABIL MOHAMMED ALI
Cairo
Works of art to see
Sabil is made up of eight domes set below the street, with a dome decorated in the pure style ...Read more
SULTAN HASAN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Two remarkable mosques on Salah el-Din Square, including the Sultan Hassan Mosque and the El ...Read more
BEIT HARAOUI
Cairo
Mansion to visit
This restored bourgeois house, with an interior courtyard, boasts beautiful painted wood ...Read more
OFFICE DU TOURISME
Al Bawati, Bahareyya
Tourist office
Tourist office offering information with real advice, sharing the life and culture of the ...Read more
QASR QAROUN
Réserve Naturelle Du Lac Qaroun
Archaeological site
A small, rather massive temple with a few brick remains of the ancient Dionyisios.Read more
MANIAL PALAIS
Ile de Roda, Cairo
Monuments to visit
Imposing Ottoman palace housing jewels, carpets and copies of the Koran evoking the splendor of ...Read more
GRAVES OF ANFOUCHI
Midan Ibrahim el-Awal, Alexandria
Cemetery and memorial to visit
The most interesting necropolis is tombno. 1 , with a large burial chamber and another with 12 ...Read more
EMIR TAZ PALACE
17, Sharia Suyuyfiyya, Cairo
Monuments to visit
The palace is divided into 2 parts, one to the west with temporary exhibitions and the other to ...Read more
LOVE BEACH
Marsa Matrouh
Natural site to discover
A popular spot with a lively local atmosphere, home to a large rock called "Cleopatra's Bath", ...Read more
SAINT-ANTOINE MONASTERY
Zaafarana
Religious buildings
Today, the monastery is home to around twenty religious and Coptic Orthodox to pray or work.Read more
ST. PAUL'S MONASTERY
Zaafarana
Religious buildings
A monastery with impressive defensive architecture, designed to protect it from numerous ...Read more
ORMAN GARDEN
Cairo
Parks and gardens
Cairo's oldest botanical garden, divided into three zones, preserving century-old trees and ...Read more
BEIT EL-Suhaymi
Cairo
Mansion to visit
Superb restored house with a wide range of reception rooms, including a second floor reserved ...Read more
MOSQUE AND MADRASSA INAL-EL-YOUSSOUFI
Cairo
Religious buildings
Two monuments with two iwans in the inner courtyard and divine invocations written on the door ...Read more
MEIDOUN PYRAMID
Meidoun
Archaeological site
A pyramid easily recognizable by its characteristic multi-storey silhouette, with the massive ...Read more
JOSEPH'S WELL (BIR YOUSSEF)
Cairo
Works of art to see
80 m deep well with double pumping system powered by animals turning the traditional sakieh.Read more
GAWHARA PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
Palace to the southwest of the esplanade, featuring a few rooms, original furniture and gold ...Read more
SOURCE OF BIR EL-GHABA
Bahareyya
Natural site to discover
The Bir El-Ghaba spring is still preserved and boasts water with a high sulphur content, ...Read more
HAREM PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
Palais-harem in the northern quarter, home to the Military Museum, which became a military ...Read more