Cairo

"This little world, the great Cairo... the most admirable and the greatest city seen upon the earth... the Microcosmus of the greater world..." William Lithgow, 1614

Founded on the site of Babylon, near the ruins of ancient Memphis, Cairo has been the largest city in Africa for centuries. Modern Cairo encompasses many former cities and their monuments: the pyramids of the pharaohs; early Christian monasteries and churches; Salah al-din's Citadel; mosques of the Mamluke and Ottoman sultans Five thousand years of culture are concentrated here, at the center of three continents.
Travel through time in a city that is a living index to civilization. Enjoy the comforts of a cosmopolitan twentieth-century capital. Cairo, a microcosm of the greater world.

" The Nile does not change. Indeed I know of no place where everything changes as much as it does here and nothing is ever changed... you feel quite at home." Henry Adams describing Cairo, 1898

Today's skyline mixes minarets and palm trees with art deco villas and multicoloured neon-but you can still see the sunset over the Nile. Cairo has a unique atmosphere: both exciting and relaxed. The city pulses with life while the Nile flows on to the sea. "The Mother of the world" is one of the friendliest (and safest) cities in the world: Egyptian hospitality will ensure that, wherever you come from, you'll feel quite at home.

"... a palimpsest, in which the Bible is written over Herodotus, and the Koran over that" Lady Duff Gordon on Egypt, 1865

Cairo map

Pharaonic Cairo

Coptic Cairo

Islamic Cairo

Shopping, nightlife, ...etc

General Information about Cairo (Hotels, ...etc.)