Journey to Cairo!!!

10 May 2009 Travel time: with 12 October 2008 on 28 October 2008
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Magical Cairo will give you a huge number of ancient monuments, museums and treasures of Egyptian culture. To see them all, you need not even months - years. But among the general variety, there are attractions that you must definitely visit - these are the pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo, Mohammed Ali Mosque.

There are many interesting places in Cairo and its environs. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has the largest collection of Egyptian art in the world, featuring five millennia of Egyptian history. Jewelry and other archaeological finds from the tomb of Tutankhamun are considered the pearl of the collection.

Cairo is decorated with numerous monuments of Muslim architecture. Particularly noteworthy is the Al-Azhar Mosque, where the first Islamic university in Egypt was established. The ancient streets of Cairo are also interesting, on which the ruins of a Roman fortress and Coptic churches have been preserved.


Near Cairo are the ruins of Memphis, the first capital of Ancient Egypt, as well as the famous pyramid complex at Giza. The Pyramids of Giza are the only wonder of the world that has come down to us. They say that time itself is afraid of them.

Don't miss the opportunity to see the Nile and the Khan el-Khalili artisans' bazaar - the largest bazaar in the Middle East, little changed since the fourteenth century and reflecting oriental exoticism.

Evening is the best time to walk around Cairo. You can have a great time in a cozy restaurant, enjoy oriental cuisine, take a walk and maybe bargain at the oriental bazaar, where they sell everything from gold and spices to hand embroidery and camels.

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Каирский музей
Каирский Музей
Река Нил
Река Нил
Парк
Парк
Пирамиды Гиза
Пирамиды
Старый город
Старый город
Старый город
Замок и мечеть Мохаммеда Али
Замок и мечеть Мохаммеда Али
Внутри мечети Мохаммеда Али
Древние мечети Каира
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