Cairo historical city
With the remodeling of the Cairo International Airport, and construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum, scheduled to open in 2011 in the vicinity of the Pyramids, where you can enjoy a history of five thousand years old, is expected to increase more tourists.
The attractions of Cairo are scattered throughout different neighborhoods, although taxis are cheap. Calculate enough time to arrive because the traffic can be brutal. In summer, temperatures can exceed 40 ° C. However, it is best to wear discreet clothing, especially if you are visiting mosques: shoulders and legs covered (both men and women).
We offer some tips and places not to be missed:
* Waste time with the old: No one walks away from Egypt without having been enthralled with the Pyramids of Giza, built about 4600 years ago, and his enigmatic guardian, the Sphinx and mummies known to the Egyptian Museum.
* Visit the heart of the Khan el Khalili, the most famous bazaar in Cairo, Saladin Abdelaziz of Silk Atlas, which are made custom-embroidered tunics and caftans hand of the finest silks and finest cottons.
* Next to the Al-Azhar, Egyptian crafts sold classics, like bowls of hammered copper and fiber with wooden press prints, updated for modern tastes.
* The truly intrepid can enjoy looking at everything in the Suq al-Goma’a Friday (take a taxi to Sayyida Aisha, south of the Citadel), and visit a huge flea market that extends more disorderly beyond the limits of the City of the Dead, labyrinthine tombs neighborhood now occupied by the living.
The main attraction of Cairo, the Egyptian metropolis, apart from its archaeological sites, the possibility of traveling to different eras of history, for it will suffice you walk through a market or along its streets.
We continue offering advice and places to which you must visit:
* Make a smoking break with the legendary sweet fruit flavors snuff burning placed on a shisha, or water pipe. Although the cafes on the sidewalks are full of paunchy men whose amount is doubled if a football game broadcast on television, women also enjoy the pipe in places like Al Fishawi, in the Khan. William Wells, the owner of the most important space for contemporary art in Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery (Calle Nabrawy, io), recommended the Sequoia (late Abu el Feda Street), a chic restaurant on the banks of the Nile , and shisha bar on the island of Zamalek.
* Cairo is never more magical evening when air pollution, which usually forms a gray curtain over the city, is impregnated with pinks and oranges, Rent a felucca opposite the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza and enjoy the view from the water. 0 well, consider installing a Mojito cocktail in the newly opened roof of the Nile Hilton.
* Despite the growing conservatism, the vigorous art of Middle Eastern dance is alive and in good health. Liza Laziza in Le Meridien Pyramids resort, and Dina, in the hotel InterContinental Semírarnis are the best in town, call ahead to reserve a table as far forward as possible.
* To enjoy the best Indian cuisine in the city go to the intimate and expensive, Moghul Poorna in Mona House Oberoi hotel. If you are staying in a room there, be sure to look at the Pyramids lit when you leave the hotel. The restaurant Cita-del, in the Al-Azhar Park, which is located a convenient height above the city and offers great views of Ottoman-style mosques, Middle Eastern cuisine, noting especially his barbecued meats.
* To find feature embroidered clothing and accessories modernized Middle East to be included in a closet unrestricted contemporary museums adviser Lyn Younes frequents Mounaya Gallery (Calle Mohamed Anis, 16) and store Siwa (Ahmed Heshmat Street, 17), Zamalek. Mounaya stocks a wide selection of items from across the region, including jewelry and handbags of Lebanon, personally chosen by the elegant owner of the store. Siwa sells exquisitely hand embroidered kaftans and organic olive oil and gourmet food, all brought from Siwa, a remote and pristine oasis near the border with Lebanon.