-
Traveler Rating
85 reviews 286 travel blogs 251 photos Attraction Type:
Neighborhood
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Islamic Cairo
-
1
Coptic & Islamic Cairo
A busy day. Saw a different side of Cairo, one I had not seen when here 24 years ago.
Coptic Cairo is like a tiny island retreat from the hustle and bustle of Cairo. Tranquil, peaceful, and again, very few tourists. Shops and restaurants are closed. Not enough visitors. But no one hassles you, and TT felt comfortable roaming around. Saw … -
2
Pink Eye, Stink Eye
We pulled into Ramses Station about 6:15am, right after I had wrenched my eye open -- the pink eye had definitely set in during the night. I never had it as a kid, when most people seem to get it, and I'm incredibly OCD about washing my hands and using hand sanitizer, but I've now contracted pink eye in three countries: Vietnam, Turkey, and Egypt. …
-
3
Religion, Headscarves, Walking, and Groping
There was still quite a bit to see and do in Cairo, and we only had one day left, so we got up around 8:00am in order to hit the road early. The new room wasn't ready yet, so we left our bags at reception and moseyed down to the metro.
Sunday morning, 8:30am: the metro was jam packed -- like sardines in a can, only worse. We had to let two …
Traveler PhotosIslamic Cairo
Related BlogsIslamic Cairo
-
1
Losing It
... taste subsided replaced with one as sugared as a glass of hot mint tea. And in the labyrinthine alleyways of old Islamic Cairo I found a different city peopled with kindness and warmth. More shockingly I found I was beginning to love Cairo. Cheers! ...
-
2
What I Have Learned (Episode III)
... will not hesitate to tell you. * "In Sha Allah" means "God willing" in Arabic and the people of Jordan and Egypt say it often. * In a bazaar in Cairo I was asked where I was from and when I told him he pointed to a picture above his head of Hillary ...
-
3
Egypt - Awe and Angst!!!
... people really believed they needed to send everything with them to the afterlife. ˇOld Cairo was totally cool, especially seeing where three religions meet, Islamic Mosques, Coptic Churches and Jewish Synagogues. The El Movallaqa Church is believed to ...
-
4
Cairo
... a vast landscape of Islamic graves. Form here I walked around to the citadel that stands atop of the hill overlooking Islamic Cairo. The fortified walls inside hold two mosques amongst other things. From here I then headed down the hill pointing myself ...
-
5
Middle school fantasy come true- PYRAMIDS
... . I'm so angry, but such is life. I came trudging back to the hostel and went to the Citadel, a major tourist spot in Islamic Cairo. LP described it as if it were really lame and "underwhelming", but I did not find it so. Maybe I am a lot ...
-
6
Day 2: Coptic Cairo, Koshara, and the Nile
... I would not be able to distinguish them. I just don't know the cultures enough nor have I met enough of them to know the difference. Tomorrow I am off to the PYRAMIDS (finally!) and Islamic Cairo. That would wrap up Cairo for me. ...
-
7
Sorry Alex, I'm going to the mall!
... except their eyes are covered in black, and they have flashy handbags) and wondered about them. Is Egypt a place for them to be free of the Islamic law that dominates their country? We walked around for a while, taking the smart escalator up, ...
-
8
Into the chaos that is Cairo
... and retains an imposing gated entryway below its towering, crenellated walls. A motley selection of traffic passes through into the 'Islamic Centre' of town (a few more minarets than usual being the difference between other parts of the city) and there ...
-
9
About time
ˇ Cairo, Egypt ˇ GMT +2hrs About time I'm finally getting use out of the Middle East guidebook I bought back in Canada so long ago. I've flipped it open countless times since then but when I flipped it open this evening in our Cairo hotel room it ...
-
10
The Egyptification of the Tall New Yorker
... and told me to tell the driver the price was five pounds. I hailed a cab and off we sped in the direction of Islamic Cairo. Death and survival scenarios flashed in my head as I looked down from the overpass onto the decaying minarets and the rising ...
Islamic Cairo Map
- Coptic Church of St. George (Mari Girgis)
- Mosque of Al-Azhar
- Andrea
- Heleal Stones
- Crystal Factory
- High Heels
- Townhouse Gallery
- Birqash Camel Market (Souq al-Gamaal)
- Dahshur
- Sand Bar
- Sarghatmish Medersa
- Church of the Virgin (Al-Adra)
- Dr. Ragab Papyrus Institute
- El-Ghuri Wakala
- Han El Halili
- Old City (Coptic Cairo)
- Sixth of October Bridge
- Hassan Mosque
- Opera House
- Manzil Zienab Khatoon