• Dream Park

    West Cairo's amusement park: rides, queues, and very little shade.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Zed Park

    A large urban park west of Cairo, with a lake, playgrounds and restaurants.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Ski Egypt

    Seven thousand tonnes of snow at minus two degrees, inside a mall west of Cairo.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • Coloured bowling balls on the ball return, in front of the lanes and the pins.

    Magic Planet

    The indoor games hall at Mall of Egypt: arcade, rides and bowling, for when it is forty degrees outside.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • A jet of water in the middle of a park pond, ringed with greenery.

    Sheikh Zayed Central Park

    Sixty-five feddans around a lake in western Cairo — and it is not Zed Park.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed

    BudgetFamily-friendly
  • A pool filled with multicoloured plastic balls.

    Billy Beez

    A soft play the size of a warehouse — and one of the rare ones truly built for toddlers.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • A square pool with blue mosaic tiling, an open parasol and a wooden deck, between a wall and trees.

    Aqua Ladies Pool — Ruya Club

    An outdoor pool for women only, open by the day without club membership.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed, Waslet Dahshour road

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The tiled floor of a swimming pool, crossed by lane lines painted in dark blue.

    Paradise Pool — Misr Insurance Club

    125 pounds for the day: a sports-club pool, not a hotel annexe.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City, behind Mall of Arabia

    BudgetFamily-friendly
  • A row of empty sun loungers along a turquoise pool.

    Royal Day Plaza

    A day by the pool, meal included, from 9am to 6pm — when pools at the same price shut in mid-afternoon.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City, Hay El Motamayez

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly