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Egypt

Cairo is the great, loud, irresistible capital of Egypt, a city of more than twenty million people spread along the Nile where five thousand years of history sit side by side. On the western edge, in Giza, the three Pyramids and the Great Sphinx rise from the desert plateau, now reached through a new visitor gate with electric shuttle buses, and a short drive away the Grand Egyptian Museum, fully open since late 2025, shows the complete treasure of Tutankhamun for the first time under one roof. South of the city lie Saqqara, with the Step Pyramid of Djoser, and the ruins of ancient Memphis. Back in town, the old Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square still holds masterpieces of the Old Kingdom, the royal mummies rest in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Saladin’s Citadel crowns the skyline, and the medieval lanes of Al-Muizz Street and the Khan el-Khalili bazaar glow with lamps and copper. Coptic Cairo keeps the city’s oldest churches and a famous synagogue inside a Roman fortress. This guide shows you which tickets to book ahead, how to handle the plateau and the traffic, how many days you need, and which hotel suits your trip, from a palace with pyramid views to a tower on the Nile Corniche.