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Cairo

Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East. It is also the 19th largest city in the world, and among the world's most densely populated cities. Wikivoyage

Population 9,801,536 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Egypt

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Egypt

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Cairo International Book Fair

    January

    The Cairo International Book Fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the Arab world, held every year in the last week of January in Cairo, Egypt, at Egypt International Exhibitions Center in New Cairo, it is organised by the General Egyptian Book…

    Official site Wikipedia

  2. Cairo International Women's Film Festival

    February – March

    The Cairo International Women's Film Festival (Arabic: مهرجان القاهرة الدولي لسينما المرأة) or CIWFF is an independent initiative dedicated to introducing films directed by women from around the world—not necessarily addressing women's issues—to explore the…

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Bab Al-Louq Vegetable Market

    سوق خضار باب اللوق

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Souq Al-Leimoun

    سوق الليمون

    No hours mapped

    1.6 km from the centre

  • Ammu karim

    No hours mapped

    2.0 km from the centre

  • El Khalifa Market

    سوق الخليفة

    No hours mapped

    2.8 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 16 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Ramses Station 1.1 km, Imbaba 3.8 km, Al-Farz Station 4.3 km, Wadi El Nil 4.5 km, Upper Egypt train station 5.7 km, Bashteel 5.7 km

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