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Cairo · Azbakeya, Downtown
The Azbakeya book market
Dozens of second-hand book stalls, a Cairo institution for a century.
€ BudgetOur favourite
"Sour el-Azbakeya" is Cairo's wall of books: novels, textbooks, old magazines, out-of-print editions, stacked floor to ceiling in tight huts. The booksellers know their stock by heart and find in thirty seconds what a catalogue would take an hour to produce.
The extra bit
Say the subject rather than the title: that is how the sellers search, and they do better.
Know before you go
Cash, and prices are negotiated by volume: three books cost less than three times one.
