This museum's treasures are in the process of moving to the new entirely modern and enormous GEM Museum on the Giza…

The Dream is a traditionally built vessel (like the ones the visitors in the early 20th century used) and has six well…

Five elements of worship in one place: it combines the Muslim world, the Catholic faith, the Jewish trajectory, the…

Built between 1830 and 1848 by Mohammed Ali Pasha, generally considered to the be the founder of modern Egypt, the…

That is one of the world sixty great public spaces, and was created by the contribution and help of the Aga Khan Trust…

Taking over several acres of land the Bazaar houses old world streets and traditional crafts and culinary delights.

The building project began in 1830 and took approximately 20 years to complete, sections of this mosque are made out of…

This is literally a city of garbage, buildings that store, sort, recycle collected garbage from in a around Cairo.

Festival City has been in the pipeline for a decade and opened a year ago.

This Mosque is steeped in history, the original site of the renowned university that is now over 1,000 years old, that…

One of the oldest Islamic areas of Cairo under the heights of the Citadel and the Muhammad Ali Mosque.

This is the street at the heart of Medieval Cairo- with the highest concentration of Medieval Islamic monuments in the…

Its many treasures document the long history of Christianity in Egypt, from the very earliest days of the church to…

The church has formed over centuries, around itself, a complex of other denomination churches, convent and cemeteries…

This monumental structure has stood for 700 years and is still an active religious site.

The 643 store shopping centre includes world-renowned diverse brand names.

It's a huge garden - one of Cairo's green spaces within a bustling city.

This Mosque is one of the oldest in the world and is here to witness the transition from Christianity to Islamism, as…

Showcasing beautiful works from all Islamic periods and various countries and housed in a building that is itself an…

This is the historic palace of Mohammed Ali, the founder of modern Egypt, and his family.

This is an historical tower of recent Egypt,built in the days of the famous president Naser.

The museum is a complete Orientalist fantasy: two 16th – century houses joined by a covered bridge, with…

It is represented in the courtyard of a beautiful historical building that is currently a school for handicrafts…

The city has grown significantly to over 500,000 inhabitants including those in the area surrounding the city.

The oldest Coptic Church in Egypt and believed to be where the Holy family rested at the end of their Egypt journey.

The former Royal Palace, now a series of extraordinary museums.

Soaring in height, this atmospheric mosque has burials of some of the most famous Egyptian rulers.