Cairo
Cairo
Best Bars, Nightlife, and Social Venues in Cairo
U Bistro & Bar – A swank bar and lounge with multiple areas delivering different ambiance in each. You enter from the busy 26th July Street in Zamalek into…
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Our Favorite Egyptian Restaurants in Cairo
Abou Tarek – This institution of a koshari restaurant in downtown Cairo is the most famous of Egypt’s koshari houses. Takeaway is on the ground level while a…
All Cairo Area Museums
Royal Carriages Museum
After a long restoration process, one of the oldest carriage museums in the world finally reopened its doors in late-2020. The museum was originally…
All Cairo Area Museums
Abdeen Palace Museum
Often overlooked by tourists eager to explore the more famous ancient treasures of the pharaohs, Abdeen Palace Museum sits conveniently in the heart of…
All Cairo Area Museums
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Destined to become another major hub for museum-going tourists visiting Cairo, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is the first museum devoted…
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The InterContinental Citystars Cairo
With Egypt being arguably the number one bucket-list tourism destination in the world, there are literally thousands of hotels in the country to choose from…
Cairo
Getting from the Airport to Your Hotel in Cairo
Hopefully you’ve pre-arranged your transportation from the airport with your fabulous Western-run tour company and someone will be there at arrivals waiting…
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Mummies on the Move
There have been quite a few recent developments about mummies in Egypt lately, including the largest discovery of mummies in over a century near Luxor, which…
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The Steigenberger El Tahrir
The #2 property on the Best Hotels of Egypt for 2019 is the Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir. This is a wonderful new hotel property that makes a very solid…
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The Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino
The undisputed #1 property on the Egypt Travel Blog’s and the Egypt Travel Podcast’s list of Best Hotels of Egypt for 2019 in Cairo and Giza is the Sheraton…
All Cairo Area Museums
All About the Egyptian Museum
UPDATE for 2024/early-2025: If you’re looking for information about what artifacts remain in the old Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo (Tahrir Square), be…
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Downtown Cairo’s Two Four Seasons Properties
NOTE: The hotel scene in Egypt can change drastically within a few years as some hotels improve, others decline, and some close unexpectedly for renovations…
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The Khan el Khalili
Experiencing the Khan el Khalili always tops the list of things to do when visiting Cairo. While in any other Arab country you might just refer to the old…
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The American University in Cairo
Many visitors to Egypt might be surprised to learn that one of Egypt’s leading educational institutions – and the top-ranked institution of higher learning in…
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Flashback: The Other Old Cairo
I tend to think of there really being two Old Cairos. The first is, of course, what most people who live in and visit Cairo refer to when they talk about Old…
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Cairo’s Chaotic Traffic
Visitors to Egypt have told me that they’ve seen equally chaotic traffic in places like India and China, but I’ve yet to witness an equivalent level of…
Cairo
Taking the Right Type of Taxi in Cairo & Giza
Cairo is one of the easiest cities in the world in which to hail a cab, as its crowded and chaotic streets are literally flooded with taxis. But there are two…
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The Nile Kempinski in Cairo
The Kempinski is one of the newest hotel properties in Cairo. Although the chain – which is unfamiliar to many Americans but widely known for its…
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The Semiramis InterContinental
The Semiramis InterContinental hotel in Cairo is the successor property to the old Semiramis Hotel that hosted the likes of dignitaries and socialites during…
Cairo
The [Old] Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum, which holds the largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world, is centrally located right off of Cairo’s now-famous…