📍 Landmark📸 Tourist Attraction

Cairo Tower

Giza Governorate, Egypt

4.5 (0)

Overview

Free-standing concrete tower in Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt. It lies in Egypt's desert belt, best visited between October and April.

Why visit: The Sphinx, the High Dam and the Suez Canal — the structures, ancient and modern, that Egypt is pictured by.

Things to do

›Go at opening or late afternoon for the light and the shorter queue
›Find the viewpoint across the water where there is one
›Check whether tickets must be bought online
›Allow extra time for security checks

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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

Ticketed (~₹400 – 1,800); some free to view

Hours

Typically 8 AM – 5 PM

Est. budget

₹800 – ₹3,000

Duration

1 – 3 hours

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