ESPLANADE OF THE MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(4 reviews)
Esplanade housing a mosque in front of a sahn and a clock tower presented by Louis-Philippe to ...Read more
AL-AZHAR PARK
Sharia Salah Salem, Cairo
Natural site to discover
3.5/5
(2 reviews)
A park between el-Azhar, the City of the Dead and the Cairo Citadel, offering a unique view of ...Read more
BEN IZRA SYNAGOGUE
Cairo
Synagogue to visit
3/5
(1 review)
This ancient synagogue with its Christian architecture, recently restored, is the only ...Read more
SAINT BARBARA'S CHURCH
Cairo
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
Coptic church with relics of Saint Barbara and a metal gate giving access to the Coptic ...Read more
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
Cairo
Religious buildings
3/5
(1 review)
A very old church with a brightly-colored flamboyant dome and a wedding hall preserving its ...Read more
BAB EL-NASR
Cairo
Ancient monuments
3/5
(1 review)
Porte de la Victoire (Victory Gate), recognizable by its two massive square towers, the upper ...Read more
MUSÉE NATIONAL DE LA CIVILSATION ÉGYPTIENNE (NMEC)
El-Fustat Road, Cairo
Museums
3/5
(1 review)
Museum with a flagship hall featuring the mummies of 18 kings and 4 queens who reigned between ...Read more
EL-FOUSTAT SOUK
Vieux Caire, Cairo
Crafts to discover
2/5
(1 review)
Souk el-Foustat featuring 48 stores selling Tanis printed fabrics, copper creations, ...Read more
MUSEUM OF THE ABDOMINAL PALATE
Au bout de la rue el-Tahrir, Cairo
Museums
A few rooms devoted to weaponry, displaying the swords, daggers and daggers of Mohammed Ali's ...Read more
NILOMETER AND MANASTERLY PALATE
A la pointe de l'île de Roda, Cairo
Monuments to visit
Nilometer next to the Manasterly Palace offering a visit to a small museum dedicated to the ...Read more
THE PHARAONIC VILLAGE
Guiza, Cairo
Museums
Amusement park housing 10 museums retracing the history of ancient Egypt with 3 hours of ...Read more
THE CAIRO TOWER
Ile de Gezirah, Cairo
Towers to visit
A 187 m-high restaurant with an elevator that rotates 360° on itself in around 20 minutes.Read more
MAHMOUD KHALIL MUSEUM
Sharia el-Guiza, Doqqi, Cairo
Museums
Museum housing a collection of Chinese, Turkish and Persian vases from the Khalil family, as ...Read more
MOKHTAR MUSEUM
5, Sharia Tahrir, Cairo
Museums
Museum featuring major works by Mahmoud Mokhtar and a stunning nude exhibition with a total of ...Read more
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN EGYPTIAN ART
Espace d'exposition de l'Opéra, Cairo
Museums
Museum featuring a rich collection of Egyptian artworks, paintings, an open-air statuary ...Read more
OFFICE DE TOURISME
5, Sharia Adli, Cairo
Tourist office
Tourist office providing general information as well as an attractive map of Egypt and booklets ...Read more
ENTIRE INAL SULTAN
Cairo
Religious buildings
Today, all that remains of this complex built by Sultan Inal is the mosque, with iwans of ...Read more
SET OF QURQUMAS EMIR KEBIR
Cairo
Religious buildings
The finest Mamluk ensemble, comprising a palace, mausoleum, mosque, sabil, kuttab and madrassa.Read more
MADRASAH AND MOSQUE OF SULTAN QATBAY
Cairo
Religious buildings
Qatbay Madrasa and mosque, passing a horse trough before reaching the stairs leading to the ...Read more
SULTAN ACHRAF BARSBAY'S KHANQA
Cairo
Mosque to visit
Khanqah with period minaret, still dedicated to worship today, known for its marble floors and ...Read more
ILLIGAY EL-YUSUFIS MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This mosque is a small-scale replica of Sultan Hassan's madrassa, with a central courtyard ...Read more
MAHMOUD PASHA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Interesting mosque blending Mamluk and Ottoman styles, worth a visit for its age.Read more
BAB EL-AZAB
Cairo
Works of art to see
Gate flanked by two massive towers, in the style of Bab el-Foutouh, protecting the original ...Read more
WALLS OF SALAH EL-DIN
Cairo
Archaeological site
This defensive wall is a ditch dug along Salah el-Din, between Bab el-Foutouh and Bab ...Read more
BEIT EL-RAZZAZ
15 Street 33, Cairo
Palaces to visit
Palace in a vast quadrangle in front of the crossroads, with a gigantic courtyard, a monumental ...Read more
AMIR AL-TINBOGHA AL-MARIDANI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Mosque featuring a courtyard with rows of arcades supported by reused antique columns and a ...Read more
SHEIKH MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
A remarkable cruciform-shaped mosque housing a vestibule, qibla and minbar preceded by an ...Read more
KHANQAH SHEIKHOU
Cairo
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
An ancient khanqah-madrasa from the Mamluk period, used to welcome pilgrims on their way to ...Read more
BEIT EL-SENNARI
Cairo
Places associated with famous people to visit
House converted into an Institute of Applied Arts, with exhibitions of glassware, textiles and ...Read more
SAYEDA ZEINAB MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Restored mosque with a beautifully decorated interior, featuring a facade and minaret in ...Read more
SABIL MANASTERLY
Cairo
Works of art to see
Monument now transformed into a cultural music center before being closed for renovation.Read more
SALAH SANGAR MOSQUE AND MAUSOLEUM
Cairo
Religious buildings
Mosque with a single iwan featuring rooms on the south and west floors, perched with ...Read more
SERGHAMISH MADRASSA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Splendid, but tiny madrassa with a central courtyard divided into four iwans, offering ...Read more
MEDRESSA IBN TAGHRI
Cairo
Mosque to visit
A mosque with a fine minaret on the corner of a street, offering two fine views of its facades.Read more
SABIL KUTTAB OUM ABBAS
Cairo
Works of art to see
Ottoman-built Sabil at the start of Souyoufeya Street, with a marble facade featuring elaborate ...Read more
AL-AZHAR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
An ancient Fatimid mosque with a period main entrance door, a prayer room still decorated in ...Read more
EL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
A very late mosque, built on a Fatimid cemetery that completed the Khan el-Khalili to the ...Read more
BAB EL-BADISTAN
Cairo
Works of art to see
Still standing near the el-Hussein mosque, this gate features an arch decorated with fine stone ...Read more
AMR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Africa's first mosque is the fourth largest in the world, and is invested with a high symbolic ...Read more
ZEINAB KHATOUM HOUSE
Cairo
Mansion to visit
Refurbished el-Azhar mosque featuring a large main hall and a summer terrace overlooking an ...Read more
KHAYAMEYA COVERED SOUK
Cairo
Crafts to discover
This covered souk, built in the 17th century, is the only known architectural example in Cairo.Read more
SABIL KUTTAB ABDEL-RAHMAN KATKHUDA
Cairo
Works of art to see
This Ottoman and Turkish-inspired sabil, with stocking room and kuttab above, is one of the ...Read more
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