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
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
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
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
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
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
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
HAREM PALACE
Cairo
Monuments to visit
Palais-harem in the northern quarter, home to the Military Museum, which became a military ...Read more
ABU EL-ABBAS EL-MORSI MOSQUE
Sharia el Sayed Mohammed Karim, Alexandria
Religious buildings
Mosque dominating the esplanade, with five domes, two white minarets and eight monumental ...Read more
NABI DANIEL MOSQUE
Rue Nabi Daniel, Alexandria
Religious buildings
Nabi Daniel Mosque, home to the tombs of Egyptian royalty such as Saïd Pacha and Prince ...Read more
NECROPOLIS
Alexandria
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit
Alexandria necropolis, 3 km long and 1 km wide, with 40 collective tombs stored in cavities.Read more
CARRIAGE MUSEUM
Cairo
Museums
The oldest museum of its kind in the world, featuring a unique collection of different sizes ...Read more
AZEM PALAIS
Devant la face sud de la mosquée des Omeyyades, prendre la rue bordée d'échoppes de bijoux, puis au bout tourner à gauche., Damascus
Monuments to visit
CHIESA DEI SS ANDREA E CLAUDIO DEI BORGOGNONI
Via Borgognona, Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
TEKFUR PALACE (PREFECT'S PALACE OR PALACE OF CONSTANTIN PORPHYROGENETE)
Şişhane Caddesi, Istanbul
Monuments to visit