Cairo Villas - Reviews and Rates

Our last full day in Cairo was action-packed and self-guided. We arrived in typical “Egyptian time” over an hour late. A quick change and we were off to explore the famous Egyptian museum. We’d read that despite its amazing contents the museum is haphazard with unlabeled exhibits and little organization, and hot due to ...

Yes, that title does say "Welcome in Cairo" and yes, I realize that's not proper grammar. But it's how everyone is greeted here if they think you're American because the word for "to" is "في" which is the same word as "in." Sooo, welcome in Cairo!

My first day in Cairo was pretty boring, but it was good because it allowed me t...

The boys will make better egyptologists than mom. They gamely ventured into the tomb of the second pyramid. Down the steep steps in the tunnel so low only Hamish could stand up. Into the hot musty stale air. I baled out half way down the first set of steps. It took several minutes for my heart to slow down once I came up. The boys reemerged ten ...

The Middle-East Awards!

Well now that the trip is over I will present to you a list of different awards based on my observations of the places I visited and things I saw.

I have also added a picture of each place mentioned if you would rather just look at them (for those of you who are too lazy to read) - I recommend using the sl...

The Imaginative Traveller Istanbul to Cairo Tour ends today - after 35 days together, it's definitely the end of an era! W got off overnight train ride at about 11am this morning, dishevelled and hungry, and checked gratefully into our lovely hotel in Cairo for a shower. After we had cleaned up a bit, six of us who hadn't seen the Egyptian Museu...

Egypt, Egypt, Egypt....Well, the first point of interest to you all is that Anna and I made it there reletively unscathed. There was a small moment of panic, when the plane was delayed leaving Heathrow and we didnt think that we would make our connecting flight at Vienna, however with some more well placed elbow work, Anna and I made it on the p...

This was our second trip to Cairo, so the traffic, size, and getting around were a little bit less new. We also had less time to be tourists but enjoyed some good food.

We spent the next few days exploring various things in Cairo. Coptic Cairo, one of the few Christian parts of Cairo dating from the times when according to the Bible, Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus hid in a cave here, now under a Church, when they had to flee the Holy Land and Herod. It was a peaceful place to wander around but the Churches were so...

Finally, the pyramids. While other people anticipate seeing these buildings for years, I've been anticipating seeing them for around a month. Headed of to Giza on the good old metro, with the girls in the chicks carriage (one of the front two), and the blokes in remainder of the carriages. Got off at Giza, and grabbed a bus up to the Giza platea...

Day two of the trip: After break fast we met our Egyptiologyst (guide) Nura and headed ou to the Piramids of Giza. After a quick history lesson we got up close to the piramids. They are amazing! specially the Khufu . it is the one that is considered to be a wonder of the ancient world. the blockes are so even, its amazing! The whole complex is h...