#1 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Khan el Khalili
Cairo
~0.46 miles from Cairo city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Museum of Islamic Art
Cairo
~1.09 miles from Cairo city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Midan Hussein Mosque
Cairo
~1.17 miles from Cairo city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Abdin Palace
Cairo
~1.17 miles from Cairo city center
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The Abdin Palace, once open to the public but now housing goverment offices, is a vast complex on the outskirts of the old city of Cairo.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Coptic Museum
Cairo
~1.21 miles from Cairo city center
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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Egyptian Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika Pasha in 1910 to house Coptic antiquities.[1] The museum traces the history of Christianity in Egypt from its beginnings to the present day. It was erected on 8,000 square meters offered by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria under the guardianship of Pope Cyril V.
The Coptic museum houses the world's most important examples of Coptic art
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Al Azhar University
Cairo
~1.24 miles from Cairo city center
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The world's oldest university and Sunni Islam's foremost seat of learning. http://www.azhar.edu.eg
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Egyptian Museum
Cairo
~1.32 miles from Cairo city center
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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museums, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms. Coordinates: 30°2'52?N 31°14'0?E
The museum's Royal Mummy Room, containing 27 royal mummies from pharaonic times, was closed on the orders of President Anwar Sadat in 1981. It was reopened, with a slightly curtailed display of New Kingdom kings and queens in 1985. Today there are about 9 mummies displayed. One of them is the newly discovered mummy of Queen Hatshepsut.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Tahrir Square
Cairo
~1.38 miles from Cairo city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
American University of Cairo
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74 Cairo - 1.212.730.8800
~1.44 miles from Cairo city center
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The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 It was established by Americans devoted to education and community service in the Middle East. http://www.aucegypt.edu
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Al Azhar Park
Cairo
~1.71 miles from Cairo city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Cairo Tower
Cairo
~1.82 miles from Cairo city center
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The Cairo Tower (Arabic: ??? ????????, burj al-qahira, colloquially burg al-qahira) is a free-standing concrete television tower in Cairo, Egypt. It stands in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, close to the city centre. At 187 m (610 ft), it is 43 metres (140 ft) higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza, which stands some 15 km (9.3 mi) to the southwest. It is one of Cairo's most famous and well-known landmarks.
The Cairo Tower was built from 1956 to 1961, reportedly to convince a sceptical world the nation had the capability to construct the Aswan Dam.[citation needed] Designed by the Egyptian architect Naoum Chebib, the tower's partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a lotus plant. The tower is crowned by a circular observation deck and a rotating restaurant with a view over Cairo. One rotation takes approximately 70 minutes.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
El Rifai Mosque
Cairo
~1.96 miles from Cairo city center
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The El-Rifai Mosque is located on the east side of the spacious Midan Mohammed Ali next to Sultan Hassan Mosque in Salah El Din Square near the Citadel.
It is a modern construction built in two phases over the period between 1869 and 1912, when it was finally completed, on the model of the Sultan Hasan Mosque, to house the tomb of Khedive Ismail.
The ex Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi (1919-80), is buried here.
You may find the exact direction and watch my Google Earth Panoramio El-Rifai Mosque and El-Rifai Mosque outside
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Sultan Hussan Mosque
Cairo
~1.97 miles from Cairo city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Cairo Opera House
Cairo
~1.99 miles from Cairo city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Ibn Tulun Mosque
Cairo
~2.16 miles from Cairo city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Gayer Anderson Museum
Cairo
~2.17 miles from Cairo city center
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The Gayer-Anderson Museum is located in Cairo, Egypt, adjacent to the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood. The museum takes its name from Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha, who resided in the house between 1935 and 1942 with special permission from the Egyptian Government. It is noted for being one of the best preserved examples of 17th century domestic architecture left in Cairo, and also for Gayer-Anderson's vast collection of furniture, carpets, curio, and other objects.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Saladin Citadel
Cairo
~2.22 miles from Cairo city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Ain Shams University
Abbassia 11566 Cairo - (202) 6831231
~2.37 miles from Cairo city center
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Ain Shams University was established in 1950, it is the third oldest university in Egypt. http://net.shams.edu.eg
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
City Centre Cairo
Imbabah
~2.78 miles from Cairo city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Arab Contracter's Stadium
Cairo
~2.81 miles from Cairo city center
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Mal'ab al-Muqawilyn al-'Arab) is a multi-use stadium in Cairo, Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of Al-Mokawloon al-Arab, Itesalat, Ittihad El-Shorta. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1428708
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Giza Zoo
Cairo
~3.25 miles from Cairo city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Cairo University
Cairo
~3.33 miles from Cairo city center
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The university was founded on December 21, 1908, established as a national center for educational thought.
Cairo University (Arabic: ????? ????????, previously Egyptian University and later Fuad University) is an institute of higher education located in Giza, Egypt. Cairo University includes a School of Law and a School of Medicine. The Medical School, also known as Kasr Alaini (??? ??????, Qasr-el-'Ayni), was one of the first medical schools in Africa and the Middle East. Its first building was donated by Alaini Pasha. It has since undergone extensive expansion. http://www.cu.edu.eg/english
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Mosque of Amr ibn al As
Cairo
~3.58 miles from Cairo city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Cairo International Stadium
Cairo
~3.78 miles from Cairo city center
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The National Cultural Centre is part of the Ministry of Culture and serves as an umbrella organization for all the music or dance companies, galleries, museums and the educational programs of the Cairo Opera House.
It was established in 1988 with the inauguration of the new Cairo Opera House. Its goal is to promote the arts of music and dance and to preserve and renew traditional Arab music. In order to be more than just a place where music and art are performed the National Cultural Centre wants to give space to learning and inspiration, to the exchange of ideas, the respect of a common cultural heritage, and a shared passion for the arts. It encourages interest for music and art in the younger generation by offering ballet, voice or instrumental classes for talented children or youths.
Performances of ballet, operatic or symphonic works are staged with Egyptian companies or in cooperation with foreign ensembles or soloists. Seminars and cultural conferences covering a wide range of artistic and intellectual issues are held regularly.
Opera House companies are frequently sent on tours to different Egyptian governorates to give the people in urban areas the chance to see national and international art performances.
In March 1985, President Mubarak laid the first corner stone of the new Cairo Opera House which was to be built with the support of JICA, the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Careful planning by the Ministry of Culture in Cairo and the JICA produced a design suggestive of traditional Islamic architecture and blending in harmoniously with the surrounding buildings.
In October 1988, President Mubarak and His Highness, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, the younger brother of the Japanese Emperor, inaugurated the National Cultural Centre “Cairo Opera House” in a remarkable ceremony. It was the first time for Japan to stage a Kabuki show, a traditional popular drama with singing and dancing, in Africa or the Arab World.
Thus, the joint efforts of Japan and Egypt have given rise to a unique landmark of aesthetic and cultural interest.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Monastery and Church of St. George
Cairo
~3.88 miles from Cairo city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Babylon Fortress
Cairo
~3.92 miles from Cairo city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Hanging Church
Cairo
~3.96 miles from Cairo city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Egyptian Presidential Palace
Cairo
~4.11 miles from Cairo city center
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The Heliopolis Presidential Palace, Kasr al-Ittihadiya (Arabic: ??? ????? ??????????) is one of the various Egyptian presidential palaces and houses the executive office for President Mubarak, the 4th Egyptian president. It is located in the upscale Heliopolis, in Cairo.
At the time when Heliopolis itself was being built, the grandiose Palace Hotel was being built in the middle of the desert where the new suburb would rise in 1908-1910.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
Great Sphinx of Giza
Giza
~8.91 miles from Cairo city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Cairo
The Great Pyramids at Giza
Giza
~9.18 miles from Cairo city center
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