Things to see and do Cairo

This is the place to go if you're craving chlorophyll: 21 hectares of nature and tranquillity, right in the heart of the city. It's the place to be for lovers, who spend long moments hand in hand. But be warned: the zoo is poorly maintained, and the many exotic species that live there inevitably suffer as a result. If you go, you can enjoy a drink in the cafeteria next to the large monkey pit. For the curious, you can still see a bridge built by Eiffel.

Built in 1933 at the International Conference on Railways. This museum offers visitors 600 models, hundreds of documents, maps and so many treasures. We also admire the private collection of Vice-King Saïd. The employees of the station will tell you the path of this unknown museum; the guides speak only Arabic.

This beautiful palace built from 1808 to 1821 was designed by Pascal Coste, French architect. Located in the middle of what was once a large garden, three palaces were built: that of the fountain, that of the mountain and that of the tower. The best known of them is the fountain of the fountain (saraya el-fasqiya). As a square, a large basin is surrounded by a colonnade framed at its four corners of decorated pavilions, hosting the dining room, the Arab lounge, billiards and the Royal Lounge. There were sumptuous feasts and a boat on the pond. Another fun palace, called the mountain palace, looks like a six-degree pyramid, whose terraces are planted with trees.

It is probably also in two other names that this mosque, restored in 1652 by Ibrahim Agha el-Moustahfizan, is known: under the term of its founder, Prince Chams el-Din Aqsunqur or under his nickname "Blue Mosque". The interior of this mosque is distributed in a courtyard surrounded by the four traditional iwans. It is in El-Moustahfizan that the blue faïs that cover the interior of the mosque have been created, which have given the mosque this color qualifier. Three mausoleum are distributed inside the mosque.