• The colossus of Ramesses II in the museum atrium

    Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)

    Our favourite

    The world's largest archaeological museum, open since November 2025, two kilometres from the pyramids.

    GizaGiza Plateau

    4.8Ratingour own rating€€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • Saqqara

    Unmissable

    Djoser's step pyramid, the oldest large stone building in the world. Best in the early morning.

    GizaSaqqara

    €€€ High endUNESCO
  • Giza Sound and Light Show

    Floodlit pyramids and the voice of the Sphinx: a production from another era, under a desert night.

    GizaGiza Plateau

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • Coloured wool woven by hand on a wooden loom.

    Wissa Wassef Art Centre

    Off the beaten track

    Hand-woven tapestries since 1952, in a village of mud-brick workshops.

    GizaHarraniya, Giza

    €€€ High endHandmade
  • The forecourt and the hanging obelisk, before the museum's triangulated façade.

    The Grand Egyptian Museum in the evening

    The world's most awaited museum, visited once the coaches have gone.

    GizaGiza plateau

    €€€ High endHistoric venue
  • The Giza pyramids standing above the city rooftops in the heat haze.

    Studio Misr

    A table with a direct view of the pyramids, tens of metres from the plateau.

    GizaGiza plateau

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • The edge of a great pyramid at Giza against a deep blue sky.

    9 Pyramids Lounge

    The only restaurant inside the site, with all nine pyramids in a row.

    GizaInside the Giza plateau

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • A chef-plated dish: a piece coated in amber sauce, glazed pearls and edible flowers.

    Khufu's

    A fine-dining table set facing the Great Pyramid.

    GizaGiza plateau

    €€€ High endBooking advised
  • Whole sea bream laid on crushed ice, their eyes clear.

    Christo

    Fish by weight with the pyramids behind, since the 1970s.

    GizaPyramids road, Giza

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly