Cairo
Cairo is an
ancient city with fascinating monuments from many periods of history. Here
are some ideas for ways you might customize your visit. Mix and match these
single days to customize your tour.
What you can see in Cairo
One day: Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara
Two days: Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Saladin,
Alabaster Mosque
Three days: Memphis and Dahshur pyramids,
Khan el Khalili Bazaar
Four days: Islamic Art Museum, Sultan Hassan & Refaie Mosques
Five days: City tour and gardens of Cairo (Fish Gardens, Orman, Andalus and
International Gardens)
Six days: Old Islamic Cairo, from the Zeweila Gate through El Moezz Street,
to El Fotu, seeing mosques and sabils, kuttabs, mausoleums, markets, crafts,
old houses, shops and daily life
Seven days: Tree of Mary the Virgin obelisk, nilometer, Coptic Cairo
Eight days: Pyramids of Abu Sir, Zaweit Elerian, Abu Rawash unfinished pyramids
Nine days: Kasr el Manial (Mohamed Ali’s Museum) and Mohamed Mahmoud's Museum
of Modern Arts
Ten days: Ibn Tulun Mosque, Gayer Anderson Museum, Saliba, Suk el Selah &
Khayamya
eleven days: from bab Zewelah to the citadel via al darb al ahmar,al tabbanah and bab al wazir streets seeing a 14th century sites ex. maradany , blue mosque ,kogmas ,omm el soltan madrasa and others
Note: For more depth, you can dedicate an entire day to each one of these
places: pyramids & necropolis of Giza, pyramids & necropolis
of Saqqara, Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Saladin
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