Explore Egypt

The world's largest archaeological museum, finally home to Tutankhamun's complete 5,000-piece treasure beside the pyramids.

The faded crimson 1902 landmark on Tahrir Square still guards the Royal Mummies and a labyrinth of antiquities.

A medieval maze of coppersmiths, perfume sellers and lantern shops trading since the 14th century.

The open-air museum of Islamic Cairo, a glowing pedestrian spine of mosques, sabils and madrasas after dark.

The ancient Christian quarter of Old Cairo, anchored by the 7th-century Hanging Church suspended over a Roman gate.

A 187m lotus-shaped tower on Gezira island offering the definitive 360° panorama of the city and Nile.

Cairo's temple of koshari, serving its legendary four-storey bowls of rice, pasta, lentils and crispy onions since 1950.

A beloved downtown institution since 1959 plating up fuul, taameya and grilled classics in a quirky garden setting.

A neon-bright modern Egyptian street-food brand reinventing hawawshi and koshari for a young Zamalek crowd.

A breezy white-canopied lounge at the northern tip of Zamalek where Cairo unwinds over shisha and mezze on the Nile.

A circular tower wrapping the southern tip of Gezira island, with wraparound Nile balconies and a riverside pool.

Cast off from the Maadi or Garden City corniche in a lateen-sailed felucca as the city softens into gold.

A 30-hectare Islamic garden built atop centuries of rubble, framing the floodlit Citadel and old-city skyline.

Saladin's 12th-century fortress crowned by the alabaster domes of the Mohamed Ali Mosque, lording over all Cairo.

A government-licensed Egyptologist turns the Pyramids and Egyptian Museum from stones into stories — book through a vetted operator.

Five days of unlimited entry to every Cairo and Giza site for one flat fee — pays off fast if you're visiting three-plus monuments.

The eerie, recently restored Hindu-style 1911 mansion in Heliopolis is Cairo's most photographed reopening of the moment.

Nasr City's colossal retail city — hundreds of international brands, a cinema multiplex and a food court under one soaring atrium.

New Cairo's sleek lifestyle mall on the Ring Road, with dancing fountains, flagship stores and a long waterfront line-up of restaurants.

A dreamy 1867 Khedival garden on Zamalek island, where limestone grottoes hide aquarium tanks beneath shady palms — a quiet escape from the city.

A theatrically retro Zamalek den of brass, low couches and oriental lamps plating up molokhia, stuffed pigeon and proper Egyptian classics.

Tucked inside Khan el-Khalili, this hushed wood-panelled café-restaurant named for the Nobel laureate serves mint tea and mezze away from the bazaar crush.

New Cairo's 70-acre family playground in the Fifth Settlement — fairground rides, a mini railway, a safari zone and big green lawns for the whole family.

A Cairo grill institution since 1947 on Qasr El Aini, famous for charcoal kebab, kofta and grilled pigeon.

A legendary all-night Imbaba diner where Cairenes pile in for liver, sausage and Egyptian offal classics.

A 1922 Zamalek deli-pizzeria open round the clock — a Cairo institution for pizza, sandwiches and cheesecake.

A warm Garden City Lebanese table, generous with mezze, charcoal grills and arak below street level.