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Thirty hectares of green laid over five centuries of rubble, facing the Citadel.
CairoDarb el-Ahmar
An 1891 khedivial garden, closed since 2023 for a complete overhaul. Reopening announced for late 2026.
GizaGiza
Rockwork grottoes built under Khedive Ismail, an aquarium opened in 1902, in the shade, in mid-Zamalek.
CairoZamalek
Rows of seated Buddhas under parasols, in a Japanese-style garden south of Cairo.
CairoHelwan
The garden of a nineteenth-century Greek villa: ruled walks, marble statues, old palms.
AlexandriaSmouha
A sunken garden wrapped around what is left of Alexandria's medieval city wall.
AlexandriaShallalat
An early twentieth-century pleasure garden in Nouzha: come for the palm walks.
AlexandriaNouzha
Monumental sand sculptures, signed by carvers from all over the world.
HurghadaNear Senzo Mall, Hurghada
The khedives' locomotives, including Ismail Pasha's gilded saloon carriage.
CairoRamses station
Crossing Cairo by river for the price of a bus ticket.
CairoFrom Old Cairo to Warraq
A hundred and fifty hectares of pines and palms by the sea, around the royal palace.
AlexandriaMontazah, Alexandria
The Alexandrians' family beach, sheltered and shallow.
AlexandriaMaamoura, east of Alexandria
Kilometres of pedestrian riverbank, lit and planted, open until late.
CairoNile west bank, Cairo
Heliopolis's old racecourse turned neighbourhood park: grass, water, and crowds until midnight.
CairoHeliopolis
The neighbourhood garden cut to children's size: grass, benches, and a play area charged by the hour.
CairoNasr City
Sixty-five feddans around a lake in western Cairo — and it is not Zed Park.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed
Two feddans of terraces at the water's edge: a garden to sit in, not to run in.
Grass, shade and room to spread out in the middle of Zamalek, two minutes from the metro.
Four hands-on floors and a planetarium dome — but the door closes in the early afternoon.
A real ice rink on the Maadi corniche, inside a leisure complex that has aged around it.
CairoMaadi, Nile Corniche
The pool people take for public and which is not: it is reserved for syndicate engineers and their families.
AlexandriaAlexandria — the syndicate does not publish the club's address
125 pounds for the day: a sports-club pool, not a hotel annexe.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City, behind Mall of Arabia
