• Birqash camel market

    Cairo's camel market, early in the morning: animals, sticks and dust.

    GizaBirqash

    €€ Mid-rangeBest in the morning
  • 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
  • Brass lanterns hanging in the half-light

    The bazaars of Nazlet el-Semman

    The shops at the foot of the pyramids: papyrus, alabaster, statuettes — and the art of bargaining.

    GizaNazlet el-Semman, Giza

    €€ Mid-rangeHandmade