AIDA CHERFAN
rue Hussein Al Ahdab, Beirut
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
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
CATACOMBS OF KÔM EL-SHOUGAFA
Sharia el-Nassareya, Alexandria
Cemetery and memorial to visit €
Alexandria's best-preserved excavated site conceals a network of catacombs spanning 3 levels ...Read more
SERAPEUM AND PUMPED COLUMN
Sharia Amoud el-Sawan, Alexandria
Monuments to visit €
Site featuring the remains of the Temple of Serapis, with an impressive Diocletian column ...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
NATIONAL MUSEUM
110, Sharia el-Horreya, Alexandria
Museums
A 3-storey museum offering a careful selection of archaeological finds, including the entire ...Read more
ROYAL JEWELRY MUSEUM
Zezenya, Alexandria
Museums
Museum featuring rare pieces of jewelry belonging to the Egyptian royal family, including the ...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
MEMPHITE TOMB
Saqqarah
Archaeological site
A type of Egyptian burial site with several rooms, a chapel and a 20 m-deep shaft dug into the ...Read more
FAYOUM ART CENTER
Tunis, Médinat El-Fayoum
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
A creative meeting place housing a museum of caricature in the Middle East, with a collection ...Read more
CHATBY TOMBS
Sharia Port Saïd, à côté du collège Saint-Marc, Alexandria
Cemetery and memorial to visit
Ancient necropolis with 3 burial chambers and a collection of Greek terracotta statuettes.Read more
KAMEL MOUSTAFA GRAVES
à Roushdy, Alexandria
Cemetery and memorial to visit
Necropolis made up of four Greek tombs, the most beautiful of which isNo. 1 and is still in ...Read more
CAVAFY MUSEUM
4, Sharia Charm el-Sheikh, Alexandria
Museums
Museum of Constantin Cavafy, Alexandrian and Greek poet, housing rare editions of his books, ...Read more
MEREROUKA MASTABA
Saqqarah
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit
A huge mastaba to the north of the Teti pyramid, with a veritable labyrinth of 32 rooms divided ...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
Deir al-Surian (MONASTERY OF THE SYRIANS)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
A pretty monastery surrounded by an inelegant modern enclosure, with moving Byzantine frescoes ...Read more
KAGEMNI MASTABA
Saqqarah
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit
Large mastaba in a necropolis on the north side of the Teti pyramid, renowned for its ...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
DEIR BARAMOS (MONASTERY OF THE ROMANS)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
Coptic Orthodox monastery in the Nitrie desert, with a convent retaining its picturesque ...Read more
DEIR ANBA BICHOÏ
Wadi Natroun
Abbey monastery and convent
An important, restored ancient Coptic Orthodox monastery housing the tomb of the holy anchorite ...Read more
DEIR ABU MAKAR (HOLY MONASTERY)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
This remakable monastery in Wadi Natroun is one of the oldest in the world, home to thousands ...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