Once
you start to plan Trip Cairo, you find many places to visit and many things to
in such a huge and ancient city, so firstly let us know a little bit about Cairo
and then explore what a traveler can do during his trip cairo
Orginally Cairo is a convergence of three previous cities in the same spot, the three cities are AlFustat, Alqatea and Alaskar, in 969 AD and under the reign of Almoez AlFatimi, Cairo leader Gawhar Elskilley has built an enclosure wall surrounded the three cities to find a new city and named it as Alqahera or Cairo in English.
Now there are more than 20 millions of inhabitants live0 in Cairo representing about 25% of Egyptians, Cairo is the capital city of the state and the largest city in whole Africa moreover the well-known political weight of the important capital
Orginally Cairo is a convergence of three previous cities in the same spot, the three cities are AlFustat, Alqatea and Alaskar, in 969 AD and under the reign of Almoez AlFatimi, Cairo leader Gawhar Elskilley has built an enclosure wall surrounded the three cities to find a new city and named it as Alqahera or Cairo in English.
Now there are more than 20 millions of inhabitants live0 in Cairo representing about 25% of Egyptians, Cairo is the capital city of the state and the largest city in whole Africa moreover the well-known political weight of the important capital
Travelers to Cairo always had their own itinerary or plan for the hottest spot they cannot miss during the unrepeated Trip Cairo, first of them are always the great pyramids of Giza which considered the best landmark of ancient Egypt and one of the most famous tourist attract not just in Egypt but in the whole world
Pyramids tour is very interesting thing to do during the Trip Cairo where you can discover the most ancient building on the whole planet, you can know why it was built, who built, and what is used technique to build it within these early times of history
Al
Muqttam fortress was the ancient name of cairo citadel or Saladin citadel which
was built by the leader himself and been continued by his brother leader Aladel
in the mid-ages, citadel was originally built to be the royal residential of leader
Saladin and his troops and to be the city fortress and also can be used as
radar place, that is why it was built above the hills there
Muhammad Aly mosque is the most known attract inside the citadel for it`s great architecture and interior decorations, Al Nasser mosque and Al gawhara palace are also famous spots inside
Muhammad Aly mosque is the most known attract inside the citadel for it`s great architecture and interior decorations, Al Nasser mosque and Al gawhara palace are also famous spots inside
The
old part of Cairo also known as the religions complex as it contains monuments
and landmarks for the three main Abrahimic religions; as there is the Ben Ezra
synagogue of Jews, the hanging church and the beyond churches for Christianity
and Amr Ibn Alas great mosque for Muslims
every single monument there has it`s holiness and importance for the followers of its religion and this what makes the visit to old Cairo is such a spiritual tour recommended to do during your visit to this ancient city.
every single monument there has it`s holiness and importance for the followers of its religion and this what makes the visit to old Cairo is such a spiritual tour recommended to do during your visit to this ancient city.
More
than 120000 of the artifacts and masterpieces dated to ancient Egypt are available
to show in such one spot, the Egyptian Museum or widely known the Cairo museum.
Besides the great collection, there is also the exhibition of king Tut in the upstairs of the museum where you ca discover the contents of King Tut tomb discovered the 20S of the last century.
Museum is located at the famous square of Tahrir which already have gained great fame after January revolution in Egypt
Besides the great collection, there is also the exhibition of king Tut in the upstairs of the museum where you ca discover the contents of King Tut tomb discovered the 20S of the last century.
Museum is located at the famous square of Tahrir which already have gained great fame after January revolution in Egypt
Shopping is always one of the best
things to do when you travel, especially to buy these things which will always
memorize your trip for long times, and when it comes to shopping in Trip Cairo
there is no better place to go than Khan Elkhalili the best and most famous
shopping area in the whole city.
At El Khan you can find everything relates to Egypt, just like souvenirs, gifts, local artifacts, spices and all Egyptian famous things to buy
Near to El Khan, you can go around discovering the famous Moez Street which is really an open museum of Islamic architecture
At El Khan you can find everything relates to Egypt, just like souvenirs, gifts, local artifacts, spices and all Egyptian famous things to buy
Near to El Khan, you can go around discovering the famous Moez Street which is really an open museum of Islamic architecture
So,
these were the best things to do and places to visit at Cairo, but for sure not
all things, there are more and more places to visit at Cairo just such Saqqara
pyramid, Memphis area, Islamic Museum, Al baron Palace, Nile felucca, Opera
shows and more and more, this just was things you cannot be missed in Cairo and
during your Trip Cairo
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