How would you like to live Egypt?
Gardens, natural habitats and geological landscapes. Places and routes for nature, to help you shape your day.
7 places · 1 route
Photo: Al Azhar · Public domain
A whole day, with stops close to each other.
Photo: Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia · CC BY 2.0
A suggested route · Family
An easy family outing in the city centre: a Nile-side garden, the Cairo Tower, Mokhtar’s sculptures and the Fish Garden grottoes children love. Ideal for weekends and Eid.
7 places
Historic Cairo from the hillside.
A landscaped hill beside historic Cairo, with walking paths, green terraces and views of domes and minarets.
Garden · Al-Darrasa, Cairo Under review
Walking between limestone layers.
A desert valley between limestone cliffs east of Maadi, for walks among rock formations near Cairo.
Natural site · Maadi, Cairo Under review
A visit built around a child's questions.
A children's museum and garden in Heliopolis, introducing civilisation, environment and science through displays and activities.
Museum · Heliopolis, Cairo Under review
A garden shaped around constructed grottoes.
A historic Zamalek garden with paths and artificial grottoes, suited to a short walk and a closer look at its landscape architecture.
Garden · Zamalek, Cairo Under review
A Nile-side pause between two design traditions.
A small Nile-side garden near Qasr al-Nil Bridge, combining Andalusian-inspired landscaping with Pharaonic motifs on Gezira Island.
Garden · Gezira, Cairo Under review
Wood turned to stone on Cairo’s desert edge.
The Petrified Forest Protectorate in New Cairo preserves fossilized tree trunks and geological deposits in an open desert landscape.
Natural site · New Cairo, Cairo Under review
Old Helwan through one of its historic gardens.
Helwan’s Japanese Garden is a historic landscaped park of bridges, sculptures and Asian-inspired design, reflecting a different side of old Helwan.
Garden · Helwan, Cairo Under reviewTalk to us
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