DISCOVER CAIRO: Attractions & Culture

Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region. The oldest part of the city is somewhat east of the river. There, the city gradually spreads west, engulfing the agricultural lands next to the Nile.

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DESTINATION CAIRO: Attractions & Culture

Discover Cairo, Popular Destinations in Egypt

Discover CAIRO
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the 13th largest city in the world. Situated on the River Nile, Cairo is famous for its own history - preserved in the fabulous medieval Islamic city and in Old Cairo - and for the ancient, Pharaonic history of the country it represents. No trip to Cairo would be complete without a visit to the Giza Pyramids ...

Egyptian Museum, Attractions of Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement storerooms ...

Great Sphinx of Giza, Attractions of Cairo, Egypt

Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a large half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo . It is one of the largest single-stone statues on Earth, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the 3rd millennium BC ...

Pyramids of Giza, Attractions of Cairo, Egypt

Pyramids of Giza
One of the premier attractions of Egypt, if not the world, the Pyramids of Giza represent the archetypal pyramid structures of ancient Egyptian civilisation and - together with the Sphinx at the base of the Giza plateau - are the iconic image of Egypt. The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo ...