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Cairo Map, Egypt

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Cairo Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Cairo with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Cairo useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Cairo!

Cairo Travel Guide

Cairo has its own Metro subsystem that happens to be the fastest way to move from one place to the other. Although two trains are especially reserved for female, the metro system does get very crowded during rush hours, as it is the easiest way to travel to different parts of the city and also the fastest method. read more

Cairo Sightseeing

The famous pyramids of Giza are just a few hours ride away. However, Cairo has established a uniques historical, cultural and modern sites of it's own, so that you would not have to leave the city if in search fro a perfect backdrop for your photographs. The Egyptian Museum on Mindan Tahrir shows the renowned collection of Egyptian artifacts. The Al-Azhar mosque is a chance to view one of the pillars of the Islamic... read more

Cairo History

Fustat was a new city built as a military garrison for Arab troops because it was the closest central location to Arabia, which was accessible to the Nile. During the Umayyad period, Fustat became a regional center of Islam. It was also the place where the Umayyad ruler, Marwan II, made his last stand against the Abbasids. In 1250, the slave soldiers or Mamluks invaded, held Egypt and ruled from their capital at... read more

Cairo Nightlife

Dinner cruises are also popular choices in Egypt. However, should you be up for a more conventional dining, Felfela and Abou Sid are popular food chains that offer authentic and affordable Egyptian food. Other western fast food chains can also be found in the city like the McDonald’s and KFC. The splendid Opera house is famous for housing houses several galleries including the Museum of Modern Art. The open-air... read more