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The Citadel's lower gate, restored and reopened after two centuries closed.
CairoCitadel, Darb el-Ahmar
In five years, Cairo has gone from instant coffee to single-origin filter — and the roasters are Egyptian.
CairoZamalek, Maadi, Tagamoa
Koshari plated, molokheya on a tasting menu: Cairo's new table.
CairoZamalek, Downtown, New Cairo
Twenty counters under one roof: the format that replaced the single restaurant.
CairoNew Cairo / Tagamoa
The city has started looking at its roofs — and putting bars on them.
CairoDowntown, Zamalek, Garden City
Kilometres of riverbank given back to walkers, with benches, lighting and cafés.
CairoFrom Qasr el-Nil bridge to Maadi
An elevated line above Greater Cairo — the ride is worth it for the view.
CairoEast and west of Greater Cairo
A necropolis kilometres long where people have lived among the tombs for centuries.
CairoQarafa, Islamic Cairo
A well from 861 that measured the flood and set the tax for all Egypt.
CairoRhoda island
Three kilometres of Mamluk arches that carried Nile water up to the Citadel.
CairoFustat
The khedives' locomotives, including Ismail Pasha's gilded saloon carriage.
CairoRamses station
A 1907 palace on the Nile, now an art centre — painted ceilings and original parquet.
CairoZamalek
The sculptor of "Egypt's Awakening", in a pavilion designed for his work.
Tree trunks turned to stone thirty million years ago, on Cairo's doorstep.
CairoSouth-east of Maadi
An Ottoman pavilion at water level on the Nile, now an Arabic music hall.
Dozens of second-hand book stalls, a Cairo institution for a century.
CairoAzbakeya, Downtown
Public bike hire in Cairo — the idea nobody thought possible.
Crossing Cairo by river for the price of a bus ticket.
CairoFrom Old Cairo to Warraq
A contemporary art scene showing for free, in flats and workshops.
CairoZamalek, Downtown, Garden City
Belle-époque buildings restored as small hotels — and their roofs open to everyone.
CairoDowntown
Weekend markets where farms from Fayoum and the Delta sell direct.
CairoZamalek, Maadi, Sheikh Zayed
Three days of concerts, with Egyptian bands and guests from all over.
CairoCairo
The urban ritual that has replaced the family lunch in part of Cairo.
CairoZamalek, Maadi, New Cairo
Twenty Egyptian sovereigns, moved in 2021 into a hall built for them.
