Cairo
EgyptGuide
Magnificent, beautiful and, at time, infuriating.
From above, the distorted roar of the muezzins’ call to prayer echoes out from duelling minarets.
Below, car horns bellow tuneless symphonies amid avenues of faded 19th-century grandeur while donkey carts rattle down dusty lanes lined with colossal Fatimid and Mamluk monuments.
THE HISTORY
& MUSEUMS
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Pyramids
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Top 5 to not miss in Cairo
- Egyptian Museum
- Khan Al-Halili Bazaar
- The Nile
- Pyramids of Giza
- Old Cairo
Cairo Location
Getting there
Egypt tours are plentiful, but it’s important to choose one that opts for certification and responsibility.
Not only did I traverse a lot of sites, but I travelled Egypt and some of the most revered wonders of the ancient world with a local and a certified Egyptologist – the G Adventures Chief Experience Officer who has an education in Archaeology, knows every conceivable detail about the history and who volunteers his time in helping to uncover ancient sites today.