Cairo Attractions
Cairo Attractions and Cairo Travel Guide Online Tourist Information
See and Visit
- Giza and the Sphinx Pyramids: it is the country's most famous tourist attraction.
- Egyptian Museum: The world's great collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts.
- Citadel: A grand castle built by Salah Al-Din.
- Al-Azhar Mosque: world's oldest university.
- Ibn Tulun : The oldest, and maybe most wonderfull mosque in Cairo.
- The Coptic Museum
- The "Hanging Church" (Church of the Virgin Mary)
- Cairo Tower (185 m./610 ft.) The tower offers a 360-view of Cairo.
- Al-Azhar Park: Landscaped gardens
- Khan El Khalily: Visitors find many merchants selling perfume, spices, gold, and Egyptian hand craft.
- Abdeen Palace. Located about one Kilometer away from the Midan El-Tahrir a five minutes walk, home of the last king of Egypt the exiled king Farouk.
- Pharaonic Village. It is about twenty minutes driving from Downtown.