Villas in Cairo

Villas in Cairo

Why not have a vacation in the super city of Cairo ? It can be a super place to have a vacation. You can see the pyramids. Obviously you are unlikely to be able to stay in the pyramids themselves. You may want to get to see the culture of the city or the history of the city. You may want to enjoy the weather. You may may want to get to see the River Nile and cruise down it.

Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.

Referring to Cairo often means Greater Cairo, which is composed of Cairo governate, part of Giza and Qaluobyia governates. Since May 2008 Greater Cairo has been divided into 4 new governates: Cairo, Helwan, Giza and 6th of October. Cairo University is in Giza governate, while Cairo governate has the Ain Shams University.

The oldest part of the city is east of the river. The city gradually spreads west, engulfing the agricultural lands next to the Nile. These western areas, built on the model of Paris by Khedive Ismail in the mid-19th century, are marked by wide boulevards, public gardens, and open spaces. The older eastern section of the city is very different: having grown up haphazardly over the centuries, it is filled with small lanes and crowded tenements. While western Cairo is dominated by tater government buildings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with hundreds of ancient mosques.

Extensive water systems have also allowed the city to expand east into the desert. Bridges link the Nile islands of Gezira and Roda, where many government buildings are located and government officials live. Bridges also cross the Nile attaching the city to the suburbs of Giza and Imbabah.

West of Giza, in the desert, is part of the ancient necropolis of Memphis on the Giza plateau, with its three large pyramids, including the Great Pyramid of Giza. Approximately 11 miles to the south of modern Cairo is the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis and adjoining necropolis of Saqqara. These cities were Cairo's ancient predecessors, when Cairo was still in this approximate geographical location.

Cairo International Airport is the busiest airport in Egypt and the primary hub for Star Alliance member EgyptAir. The airport is located to the north-east of the city around 15km from the business area of the city.

Over the ages, and as far back as seven thousand years, Egypt stood as the land where civilizations have always met. The Pharaohs together with the Greeks and the Romans have left their imprints here. Muslims from the Arab Peninsula, led by Amr ibn al-A'as, introduced Islam into Egypt. Khedive Mohammad Ali, with his Albanian family roots, put Egypt on the road to modernity. If anything, the cultural mix in this country is natural, given its heritage. Egypt can be likened to an open museum with monuments of the different historical periods on display everywhere.

Al-Azhar Park is a major park in Cairo's Darb al-Ahmar neighborhood in Egypt.

The Egyptian Museum

Main article: Egyptian Museum

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, is home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement storerooms

Khan El-Khalili

Khan el-Khalili is for many the most entertaining part of Cairo. It is an ancient shopping area, nothing less, but some of the shops have also their own little factories or workshops.

The suq (which is the Arabic name for bazaar, or market) dates back to 1382, when Emir Djaharks el-Khalili built a big caravanserai (or khan) right here. A caravanserai was a sort of hotel for traders, and usually the focal point for economic activity for any surrounding area. This caravanserai is still there, you just ask for the narrow street of Sikka Khan el-Khalili and Badestan.

Old Cairo

Old Cairo (Egyptian Arabic: Masr el Adi-ma) is a part of Cairo that contains the remnants of those cities which were capitals before Cairo, such as Fustat, as well as some other elements from the city's varied history. For example, it encompasses Coptic Cairo and its many old churches and ruins of Roman fortifications. Modern tourists visit locations such as the Coptic Museum, the Babylon Fortress, the Hanging Church and other Coptic churches, the Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Mosque of Amr ibn al-'As. Fort Babylon is a Roman fortress around which many of the Egyptian Christians' oldest churches were built.

Cairo Tower

The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete TV tower in Cairo. It stands in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, in the city centre. At 187 meters, it is 43 meters higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza, which stands some 15 km to the southwest.

Districts of Greater Cairo

Agouza ,Abbassia,Ain Shams, Azbakeya, Boulaq, Coptic Cairo, Daher, Dokki, Downtown Cairo, El-Manial, El-Marg, El-Quba, El-Sakakini, El-Tagamu El Khames, Embaba, Faggala,Fustat, Garden City, Giza, Haram, Heliopolis, Islamic Cairo, Kerdasa, Maadi, Mataria, Mohandessin, Muqatam, Nasr City, Old Cairo, Rhoda, Shobra area (Shobra, Elsahel ,Road El Farag), Shubra El-Kheima, Zeitoun, Zamalek

Landmarks of Cairo
Abdeen Palace,Al-Azhar Park,Al Salih Tala'i Mosque, Al Rifa'i Mosque, Babylon Fortress, Baron Empain Palace, Boulak Bridge, Coptic Museum, Cairo Citadel, Cairo Opera House, Cairo Tower, City Stars Complex, Egyptian Museum, Gates of Cairo, Giza Pyramids, Giza Zoo, Egyptian Presidential Palace, Kasr El Nil Bridge, Koubbeh Gardens, Manasterli Pavilion, October War Panorama, Saad Zaghloul Pasha mausoleum, Shubra Pavilion,Smart Village, Sultan Hassan Mosque, The Hanging Church, Unknown Soldier Memorial, 6th October Bridge

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