Best Things to do in Cairo | Best Places to Visit in Giza
Best Things to do in Cairo | Discover the top tourist attractions, Museums, Sightseeing and the best time to visit and best activities you can do.
Facts About Cairo
Before we talk about the best things to do in Cairo, we will give a quick hint to the present Cairo city and the difference between Cairo and the Great Cairo. Far from the historical capital such as Memphis to the south of the present Cairo. Cairo now dates back to 641 AD when the fourth Fatimid caliph, Al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah established the city as a capital for the Fatimid Dynasty.
The New Capital was to the north of the previous three Islamic Capitals of al-Fustat, al-‘Askar, al-Qata’i because of strategic location. Right now, Cairo is the Capital of Egypt and the biggest city in Africa and middle east. The city now has more than 12 million of people and it’s bordered by Giza to the west, Qalyubia and the Nile Delta to the north while south by the desert.
Cairo was known with many names such as Al-Qahirah means The Victorious, The City of a Thousand Minarets due to the mosques everywhere in the city. Moreover, The Mother of the World and Misr same name like the country name in Arabic.
Finally, we have to differentiate between Cairo the capital of Egypt on the east bank of the Nile River with 20 million of people and the Great Cairo consists of Cairo, Giza, and Qalyubia.
Best things to do in Cairo and the best places to visit
Cairo is very rich in history and modern places you can visit. In this article we will shed light on top Cairo tourist attractions. Meanwhile, we will try to follow our own idea dividing the tourist attractions between east bank of the Nile and west bank. Also, we will separate the historical sight from the Christian and Jewish ones.
Best things to do in Cairo / Giza West bank of the Nile
Giza Pyramids
The Great Sphinx
Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Unas Pyramid
Serapeum
Memphis the oldest capital of Egypt
Bent Pyramid at Dahshour
Red Pyramid at Dahshour
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
Best things to do in Cairo East bank of the Nile
Islamic Monuments
Amr Ibn El Ass Mosque
Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque
Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa
Al Rifai Mosque
El Moez Street Islamic Monuments
One of the best things to do in Egypt in general and top Islamic tourist attractions is El Moez Street. Different Islamic buildings from different eras starting with the Islamic leader Amr Ibn El Ass, Fatimid era, Mamluk era, Ayyubid and Ottoman era till Mohamed Ali Pacha 1835. Long street houses more than 50 sightseeing starts in the north with Bab Al-Futuh ends south with Bab Zuweila.
Here are the best northern part monuments
Al-Hakim Bi Amr Allah Mosque
Wikala of Qaytbay
Mausoleum of Ahmad Al-Qazid
Sabil-Kuttab of Oda Bashi
Mosque of Abu Bakr Muzhir
Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar Mosque
Bayt al-Suhaymi
Sabil Qitas
Khanqah of Baybar al-Gashankir
Mosque of al-Aqmar
Madrasa of Qarasunqur
Sabil-Kuttab of Abdel Rahman Katkhuda
Mosque of Gamal al-Din Ustadar
Musafirkhana Palace
Qasr Bashtak
Madrasa of Amir Mithqal
Mosque of Mahmoud Moharram
Sabil of Ismail Pasha
Madrasa of Al-Kamil Ayyub
Madrasa of Barquq
Madrasa of Tatar Al-Higaziya
Qa’a of Al-Muwaqqi
Madrasa of Al-Nasir Muhammad
The complex of Qalawun
Maq’ad Of Mamay Al-Sayfi
Mosque of Taghri Bardi
Sabil-Kuttab of Khusraw Pasha
Madrasa of Al-Salih Ayyb
Wikala of Gamal Al-Din Al-Dhahabi
Mosque of Sayyidna Al-Husseyn
Wikala of Sulayman Agha Al-Silihdar
Southern Part of the street
Mosque of Shaykh Ali Al-Mutahhar
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque of Abu Dahab
Madrasa of Sultan Al-Ghuri
Wikala of Al-Ghuri
Sabil-Kuttab and Wikala of Qaytbay
House of Zaynab Khatun
House of Sitt Wasila
Mosque of Al-Ayni
House of Gamal Al-Din Al-Dhahabi
Fakahani Mosque
Sabil of Tusun Pasha
Mosque of Muayyad
Wikala and Sabil of Nafisa Bayda
Takiya of Al-Gulshani
Zawiya of Farag Ibn Barquq
Mosque of Salih Tala’i
Qasaba of Radwan Bey
Christian Monuments
Hanging Church
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga)
Saint Mary Church
Church of the Holy Virgin
Saint Barbara Church
Cave Church
Jewish Monuments
Ben Ezra Synagogue
Gate of Heaven Synagogue
Etz Haim (Hanan) Synagogue
Vitali Madjar Synagogue
Haim Capousi Synagogue
Historical Sites
Museums in Cairo
Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square
National Museum of Egyptian civilization
Coptic Museum
Museum of Islamic Art
Gayer-Anderson Museum
Abdeen Palace Museum
Memphis Open Air Museum
Child Museum in Heliopolis
October War Panorama
Agricultural Museum
The Military Museum in Cairo & Hurghada to Pyramids Tours
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