23/01/2021
These highlights are curated with the benefit of three trips to Cairo.
🌼The pyramids of Giza and Sphinx complex. Get around on a camel, horse carriage or car. Use a tour company of book Sherif through Guruwalk. He's one of the best guides I've encountered.
🌼The Egyptian museum is a treasure trove with artifacts from Egypt of the Pharaohs. You'll see masks, mummies, statues, manuscripts, art, accessories, thrones and more. You'll be charged for your ticket and camera.
🌼Khan el Khalili bazaar. Low quality goods at significantly marked up prices. However, and this is important, you also find treasures here. Combine with experiencing Al Moez, one of the oldest streets in Cairo. GuruWalk.
🌼Downtown Cairo + Heliopolis for the buildings and squares. Start at the Baron palace in and walk to any direction. Keep walking. You'll get a cab back to your hotel when you're done. You have to walk in Cairo. Soak it up. Always stop for a tea break to experience the café culture. Unguided experience.
🌼Islamic Cairo + Al Azhar Park. Islamic Cairo has some of the oldest mosques in the city. It's my favourite experience in Cairo. Al Azhar Park used to be a dumping ground, which makes its magnificence all the more awesome. Use or tour company.
🌼Experience any of the following palaces: Amir Taz, Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Pacha, Manial Palace and Aisha Fahmy Palace. Unguided experience.
🌼This is for you ONLY if you take things for what they are. Sunset sail or dinner cruise on the Nile River. You'll be bopping up and down one stretch of the river.
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