Things to Do in Cairo
Looking for things to do in Cairo? This list of 9 includes Pyramids of Giza (Giza). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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Pyramids of Giza
attractionGiza
The Great Pyramid, built for Khufu, was the world's tallest structure for millennia; entering it or the Khafre and Menkaure pyramids costs extra beyond plateau admission.
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Grand Egyptian Museum
attractionGiza
Fully opened in November 2025 near the pyramids, it displays the complete Tutankhamun collection and Khufu's Solar Boat; entry is timed and ticketed online only.
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Egyptian Museum
attractionDowntown
The 1901 Tahrir Square building once held Tutankhamun's treasures and royal mummies, both since moved elsewhere; it still shows Old Kingdom and Greco-Roman pieces after a renovated wing reopened.
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Cairo Citadel
attractionIslamic Cairo
Saladin's hilltop fortress, an Ayyubid stronghold from 1176, ruled Egypt for centuries and sits within the UNESCO-listed Historic Cairo site, crowned by the 19th-century Muhammad Ali Mosque.
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Khan el-Khalili
attractionIslamic Cairo
A Mamluk-era bazaar founded in the 1380s beside Al-Hussein Mosque, still a working market of narrow lanes, workshops and cafes, and part of the UNESCO-listed Historic Cairo district.
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Coptic Cairo
attractionCoptic Cairo
A walled enclave around the Roman Babylon Fortress holding the Hanging Church, seat of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for centuries, and the Coptic Museum's 1910 collection of Coptic art.
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Cairo Tower
attractionZamalek
A lotus-shaped concrete tower on Gezira island's Zamalek edge, built in the late 1950s, with a rotating restaurant floor and panoramic city views from the top.
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Mosque of Ibn Tulun
attractionIslamic Cairo
Built 876-879 AD by the independence-minded governor Ahmad Ibn Tulun, its spiral minaret and symmetrical courtyard arches are cited by UNESCO as an outstanding example of early Islamic architecture.
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Al-Azhar Mosque
attractionIslamic Cairo
Founded in 970 AD by the Fatimids a year after Cairo itself, it has been a leading theological academic centre for the Islamic world since its foundation and remains a working mosque and university.
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