Cairo Tours

There are five must areas in and around Cairo that are the following:

1. Giza: When one thinks of Egypt, one thinks of Pyramids, and the Pyramids one thinks of are in Giza. Here are the three Great Pyramids consisting of the Pyramids of Menkaure, Chephren and Cheops. Of these, the Pyramid of Cheops is the oldest, and the largest in Egypt, and is often referred to as the Great Pyramid. However, there are other sites to see at Giza, including the famous Sphinx, as well as the three queen's pyramids.

2. Memphis: Memphis, founded around 3,100 BC, really has the least to see, of the pharaonic sites around Cairo, but its importance in history is unchallenged, as the world’s first seat of civilized power.

3. Saqqara: Saqqara contains Pyramids which displays an evolution of Pyramid building, such as the Bent Pyramid.

4. Old Cairo: Coptic Cairo, also known as Old Cairo, predates Cairo itself to the village that was once Fort Babylon. Here, one finds some of the earliest Christian churches in the World and indeed the path of the Holy Family while in Egypt. 

5. Islamic Cairo: Is a part of central Cairo noted for its historically important mosques and other Islamic monuments.