• A white dome and stone minarets of Islamic Cairo, above the city's rooftops.

    The City of the Dead

    Off the beaten track

    A necropolis kilometres long where people have lived among the tombs for centuries.

    CairoQarafa, Islamic Cairo

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • The Rhoda nilometer

    Off the beaten track

    A well from 861 that measured the flood and set the tax for all Egypt.

    CairoRhoda island

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • The Magra el-Oyoun aqueduct

    Off the beaten track

    Three kilometres of Mamluk arches that carried Nile water up to the Citadel.

    CairoFustat

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • The red driving wheels of an old steam locomotive, with its coupling rod.

    The Railway Museum

    Off the beaten track

    The khedives' locomotives, including Ismail Pasha's gilded saloon carriage.

    CairoRamses station

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • Aisha Fahmy Palace

    A 1907 palace on the Nile, now an art centre — painted ceilings and original parquet.

    CairoZamalek

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • The Mahmoud Mokhtar Museum

    The sculptor of "Egypt's Awakening", in a pavilion designed for his work.

    CairoZamalek

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • Manasterly Palace

    An Ottoman pavilion at water level on the Nile, now an Arabic music hall.

    CairoRhoda island

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue
  • A gilded funerary mask and a mummy's linen wrappings, against a black background.

    The Royal Mummies Hall

    Unmissable

    Twenty Egyptian sovereigns, moved in 2021 into a hall built for them.

    CairoFustat

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue
  • The centre's façade and its blue glass dome, the planetarium's, above a flower bed.

    Child Museum

    Four hands-on floors and a planetarium dome — but the door closes in the early afternoon.

    CairoHeliopolis

    BudgetFamily-friendly