The Giza Pyramids Sound and Light Show is an open-air theatrical performance staged on the Giza Plateau, where the structures are illuminated against the darkness of the night sky. The tiered rows of the amphitheater face northeast,…
Bond & Classic Cinema
This tour walks you through the Cairo locations that served as unforgettable backdrops for famous international and Egyptian films. From the high-stakes world of James Bond to classic horror and comedy, you will see how Cairo's heritage has been captured on the silver screen.
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1. Giza Pyramids Sound & Light Show
2. Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza appears as a colossal, reclining figure with the body of a lion and the head of a human, carved directly from the limestone bedrock of the Giza Plateau. Measuring two hundred and forty feet long and sixty-six feet…
3. Mogamma El Tahrir
The Mogamma El Tahrir dominates the southern edge of Tahrir Square with its massive, fourteen-story modernist façade of stone and concrete. Commissioned by King Farouk in the late nineteen forties to clear away former British barracks, the…
4. Mosque of Ibn Tulun
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun is distinguished by its vast, open courtyard and a singular spiral minaret that rises above the surrounding neighborhood. Completed in eight seventy-nine, it was commissioned by Ahmad ibn Tulun, a ruler who sought…
5. Gayer-Anderson Museum
The Gayer-Anderson Museum is marked by its ornate wooden mashrabiya screens that overlook the neighborhood from the ancient exterior walls of the Ibn Tulun Mosque. This complex is made of two separate residences from the sixteenth and…
6. Bab El-Wazir Cemetery
The Bab al-Wazir Cemetery is defined by the distinctive, tall, and narrow stone domes of Mamluk-era mausoleums that rise above the surrounding dwellings near the Citadel walls. Named for the nearby historical gate of Bab al-Wazir, this…