From a place to a whole day
Choose a suggested route, get to know its stops, then shape it around your day.
5 routes
Photo: الراوي · © Darb Egypt
A suggested route · Heritage
A walk through the heart of Fatimid Cairo, from its northern gate to its southern one: mosques, sabils, houses and markets along a single street. Best from late afternoon into sunset, and special on Ramadan nights.
Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0
A suggested route · Faith & spirituality
A mosque, churches and a synagogue within a few steps of one another: the story of an Egypt where everyone lived side by side. A short, quiet route for a Friday or Saturday morning.
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0
A suggested route · Architecture
A day among Cairo’s grandest mosques: start with the Citadel’s view over the city, descend to Sultan Hassan and al-Rifai, and continue to the vast courtyard of Ibn Tulun and the Gayer-Anderson house.
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.
Photo: Roland Unger · CC BY-SA 3.0
A suggested route · Music
For lovers of the golden age: from the home of the Prince of Poets Ahmed Shawki, to Umm Kulthum’s museum in Manial, the Arab Music Institute and Naguib Mahfouz’s world near al-Azhar, ending with a Tanoura night at Wikalat al-Ghouri.
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