Cairo Things to Do

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St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Ch...

#9 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

This is one of the oldest churches in Heliopolis. It is also relatively large. The church grounds contain several buildings that are home to Sunday school classes and service-oriented offices. Services take place three times ea... more
Cairo Jazz Club

#10 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

This ultra cool venue, run by the same team behind L?Aubergine and The Fat Black Pussy Cat, is a very popular hangout for young of Cairo. The atmosphere is lively yet laid-back, and the music (which changes every night) is cons... more

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…The Cairo Jazz club is a great cozy hangout and has great bands nearly every evening of the week… continue reading »
Islamic Cairo

#12 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

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…... Anyways, so we were coming from Islamic Cairo (where the Citadel is) and trying… continue reading »
Memphis

#13 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

The capital of Egypt for thousands of years, little remains of this once great city to attest to its glory. Memphis was founded by the I Dynasty pharaoh Menes around 3100 BC and destroyed after the Arab conquest in the 6th cent... more
An-Nasir Mohammed Mosque

#14 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

Built between 1318 and 1335, this was once the main mosque of the Citadel. Although neglected for a long time (it once served as a warehouse), the mosque has now been fully restored and is one of the best preserved examples of... more
Church of Abu Serga (St Sergius)

#15 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

This, one of the oldest churches in Cairo, is built on the site where the Holy Family allegedly rested at the end of their journey to Egypt. Built in the fourth century, it subsequently burned down in the great fire of Fustat a... more
October War Panorama

#16 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

Commemorating Egypts victorious offensive against Israel in the 1973 October War, this pavilion features 360-degree war films of Egyptian soldiers storming the Bar-Lev Line on the Suez Canal. Shows are in Arabic and sometimes E... more
Dr. Ragab's Pharaonic Village

#17 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

Accessible only by boat, this private tourist project on an island in the Nile south of the Giza Bridge attempts to simulate life and work in ancient Egypt. Some find the living museum campy, but most will enjoy the two-hour bo... more
Sabil-Kuttab of Abdel Katkhuda

#18 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

A "kottab" is somewhere young children would go to receive an elementary education in the Quran, a "sabil" is fountain. This building fulfils two things commended by the Prophet: water and enlightenment for the ignorant. It was... more
Church of St. Barbara (Sitt B...

#19 of 124 things to do rated by Real Travelers

Built in 684 AD by a wealthy scribe called Athanasius, this church was originally dedicated to Abu Kir and Yohanna (or St. Cyrus and St. John). When the remains of St. Barbara, (a young maiden of Nicomedia beaten to death by h... more

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