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Egyptian Museum Cairo
Home to the world's most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, including Tutankhamun's golden treasures.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Cairo
Cairo, Egypt · Africa
About Cairo
Cairo works well as a base: 10 minutes from Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah, 4km from Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.
Cairo is in Egypt, with about 9.6 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Cairo?
Within an hour or so of Cairo: Egyptian Museum Cairo (2 km), El-Fishawy Café (2 km), Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (4 km), Pyramids of Giza (14 km).
Where is Cairo?
Cairo is in Cairo, Egypt, about 4 km from Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,606,916
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Region
- Cairo
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates
- 30.0626, 31.2497
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Worth the detour from Cairo
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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El-Fishawy Café
Cairo's oldest coffeehouse, open in a Khan el-Khalili alley since 1797 and run by seven generations of one family. Naguib Mahfouz wrote parts of the Cairo Trilogy in its back rooms, under the same tarnished mirrors.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Citadel of Salah Ed-Din
A medieval Islamic-era fortification on Mokattam Hill in Cairo, built by Saladin to protect the city from Crusader attacks.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Pyramids of Giza
The last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, these 4,500-year-old pyramids are Egypt's most iconic monuments.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Grand Egyptian Museum
The world's largest archaeological museum, built near the Pyramids of Giza to house the complete Tutankhamun collection and over 100,000 artifacts.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Great Sphinx of Giza
Colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and a human head, guarding the Giza pyramid complex.
15 km · about 25 min drive
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