Guidebook for El Maadi as-Sarayat
Sightseeing
No visit to Cairo is complete without a visit to the pyramids!
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Den store pyramiden i Giza
Al HaramNo visit to Cairo is complete without a visit to the pyramids!
Unique Ottoman-stye mosque in the centre of the Citadel, site of many famous visitors
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Moskeen til Muhammad Ali
Unique Ottoman-stye mosque in the centre of the Citadel, site of many famous visitors
Al Qalah
The fortress has been a part of Cairo since the 12th century
Beautiful architecture, est. in 970, it also holds the world’s 2nd-oldest educational institution & is still a prestigious Muslim (Sunni) theological school
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Al-Azhar Mosque
Beautiful architecture, est. in 970, it also holds the world’s 2nd-oldest educational institution & is still a prestigious Muslim (Sunni) theological school
Formerly Ismailia Square in honour of the 19th c. ruler who developed Cairo into "the Paris of the Middle East" and site of 20th/21st c. political rallies & clashes with police.
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Tahrir Square
Formerly Ismailia Square in honour of the 19th c. ruler who developed Cairo into "the Paris of the Middle East" and site of 20th/21st c. political rallies & clashes with police.
Suspended over the Water Gate of Roman Babylon this 3 barrel-vaulted, wood-roofed aisled, 9th c. church feels like an upturned ark, resting on 13 pillars with a coptic 'Mona Lisa' of the Virgin Mary.
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The Hanging Church
Suspended over the Water Gate of Roman Babylon this 3 barrel-vaulted, wood-roofed aisled, 9th c. church feels like an upturned ark, resting on 13 pillars with a coptic 'Mona Lisa' of the Virgin Mary.
Shopping
Historical sightseeing, cultural experience and shopping in one location some of the architecture has been around for centuries. This souk is as famous as the pyramids ;)
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Khan Al-Khalili
Historical sightseeing, cultural experience and shopping in one location some of the architecture has been around for centuries. This souk is as famous as the pyramids ;)
Food Scene
One of the oldest and most famous coffeehouses in the Khan el-Khalili souk is El-Fishawy, rumoured to be open 24-hours a day for the past 300 years (est. 1773)
El-Fishawi
Haret Khan Al KhaliliOne of the oldest and most famous coffeehouses in the Khan el-Khalili souk is El-Fishawy, rumoured to be open 24-hours a day for the past 300 years (est. 1773)
Arts & Culture
The site of some of the world’s most important collections of ancient artefacts in a building est. in 1902
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Det egyptiske museet
El-Tahrir SquareThe site of some of the world’s most important collections of ancient artefacts in a building est. in 1902