Cairo, capital of Egypt and Tourism

Cairo tourist town middle-class where multiple by all appearances tourist may require visitor there are archaeological sites dating back to the era of the Pharaohs and the ancient city walls dating back to the Islamic era and Islamic sites, Christianity and Judaism in since the entry of the different religions of Egypt and cultural areas and areas shopping famous and there are hundreds ofpalaces and mosques, churches and gates historical buildings and ancient from different eras in addition to the places art, theaters, the Opera House and others, and therefore spread in Cairo, a large number of hotels and accommodations that may exceed the numbers that may exist state small whole, the following are some of the most important tourist sites in Cairo.

Library and the National Archives:

Egyptian Museum:

Designed current Egyptian Museum in 1896, by the French architect Marcel ORNON, an updated classic pattern which is commensurate with the ancient monuments and classic, but it does not compete with ancient Egyptian architecture that still exists, and it should be noted that the Halls spacious interior and high walls. Natural light enters through the glass panels on the roof and windows on the ground floor. The central lobby of the museum is the highest part of the home where the effects presented as they were found in ancient temples. Has been taken into account in the building that houses any future expansions, as commensurate with the requirements of the ease of movement of visitors from one room to another, this effects were distributed on two floors, the basement of which contain heavy effects such as stone sarcophagi, statues, paintings and wall reliefs. The upper floor Faihoa presentations with specific topics such as manuscripts and statues of the gods and the royal mummies and the effects of everyday life and pictures of mummies and sculptures unfinished statues and utensils Greco-Roman period and the effects of private beliefs of other life, etc. The museum contains Egyptian residing in Tahrir Square the heart of Cairo since 1906 the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities an estimated 136 ancient A Pharaonic impact, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of effects in its stores, but the most important room What sets it apart is the golden mask of King Tutankhamun and his treasures, which busiest museum rooms. And the current museum building was one of the oldest buildings in the world in the use of reinforced concrete, and work is now on the establishment of the Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids in Giza area so as to facilitate the visitors and shorten the distance between the museum and the pyramids.

Khan el-Khalili:

One of the old neighborhoods of Cairo, which enjoys a major tourist attraction for visitors to Cairo, Egypt, in general, is characterized by particularly bazaars and there are also shops and popular restaurants, also features a lot of tourists and habitual inhabitants of them. Khan el-Khalili, and one of the oldest markets in the Middle, a little older than 600 years, and still authentic architecture persists unchanged since the Mamluk era until now. If we go back by time back often will Italana of Muslim months Maqrizi who says that Khan building large square surrounded by a courtyard and is similar to the agency, include a bottom layer from shops, and includes the upper layers of the stores and housing, has been named this name relative to the origin Sharif el-Khalili, who was senior traders in the era of Sultan plum in 1400.

Cairo Tower

Cairo Tower was built between 1956 - 1961 of reinforced concrete on the Egyptian lotus flower design, and is located in the heart of Cairo on the island of Zamalek Nile River, up to 187 meters high which is higher than the Great Pyramid in Giza, about 43 meters. There is at the top of the Cairo Tower Restaurant on a rotating platform tourist restaurant manned spin to see Cairo landmarks from all sides, and the Cairo Tower built in the era of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and costs were created in that time, 6 million pounds.

Ancient Egypt:

One of Cairo ancient, containing Islamic Cairo and Coptic Cairo and Fatimid Cairo and the city of Fustat, the ancient Coptic Museum, and Castle of Babylon, and the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George, and many Coptic churches other, and the synagogues and the Mosque of Omar ibn al-Aas and the Al-Azhar Mosque Citadel of Salah al-Din, one of the most luxurious castles war which was built in the Middle Ages and the Mohammed Ali Mosque inside the castle and the Mosque of Imam Hussein and old neighborhoods as a live Sayeda Zeinab Hussein revelation, therefore The Ancient Egypt region are the main witnesses to the great history of the city.