📍 City📸 Tourist Attraction

Cairo

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

4.5 (0)

Overview

Capital city of Egypt. It lies in Egypt's desert belt, best visited between October and April.

Why visit: Cairo's medieval quarters and Alexandria's Mediterranean seafront — cities layered from pharaonic to Ottoman to modern, all still occupied.

Things to do

›Walk one quarter properly rather than crossing the whole city
›Carry small notes — almost nothing here takes a card
›Agree taxi fares before setting off, or use a ride app instead
›Sit in an old coffeehouse for an hour; it is the real thing to do

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Travel Information

Best time

October – April

Weather

Hot desert — warm, dry winters of 18–25°C that are the only comfortable time to travel, and summers routinely above 40°C in the Nile Valley and the deserts, where midday heat is a real hazard.

Entry fee

Free to explore; attractions ticketed

Hours

Open access

Est. budget

₹2,000 – ₹6,000 for the day

Duration

Full day

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