#City Of The Dead Cairo Egypt Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
#10 of Best Things to Do in Cairo
Cemeteries
Address:
East of Sharia Salah Salem, Cairo 11511, Egypt
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-1 hour
Cairo, a voluminous book of ancient Egyptian history | 3-day tour itinerary
Cairo, the ancient capital of Egypt from years past, is currently the largest city in the Arab countries of Africa.
Upon arriving in Cairo, it feels as if you've traveled back to ancient Egypt, having read through a history book of Egypt. The pyramids from the textbooks, the Sphinx, the stacked exhibits in the museums, and the mosques and churches by the roadside all narrate the profound culture of ancient Egypt.
Cairo is the first stop in Egypt and a city you must pass through. It is recommended to spend 3 days.
Day 1:
Morning: Arrive in Cairo, rest at the hotel, Egyptian Museum
Afternoon: Khan El-Khalili market and surroundings (Al-Hussein Mosque, Al-Azhar Mosque)
Evening: Gouri Palace performance, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, starting at 7 pm
Ease the fatigue, adjust to the time difference, without too much rushing. Have lunch at the hotel, then head out to the museum. It won't be hot indoors. In the evening, go to Khan El-Khalili market. In the evening, you can rest and watch a performance, have dinner, a relaxing day.
Day 2:
Morning: Pyramids
Afternoon: Hanging Church, Coptic Museum
Suggested route for the pyramids:
North Gate - Pyramid of Khufu - Pyramid of Khafre - Menkaure - Panoramic viewpoint - Sphinx - Exit through the East Gate
The pyramids, being entirely in the desert, require attention to sun protection. Head out early. There are KFC and Pizza Hut near the East Gate for lunch and rest. The Coptic Museum is right next to the Hanging Church, not crowded, but well worth a visit!
Day 3:
Morning: Garbage City, Cave Church
Afternoon: City of the Dead, Saladin Citadel, Bab Zuweila for sunset
Evening: Citystars Mall
Garbage City is on the way to the Cave Church, with a rather strong smell, so wear a mask. If you like to take cultural photos, you can get off and walk about 1.5 kilometers to the Cave Church. In the evening, visit Cairo's largest shopping mall for dinner and to pick up some daily necessities for the trip.
Transportation:
Take a taxi, recommended apps: International version of DiDi, Uber
Uber cars are slightly more upscale, and cars in Egypt often have a strong gasoline smell, which can cause motion sickness.
Accommodation:
Recommended near the museum for convenience in travel
We stayed in a guesthouse in the Giza district, a large house, clean and bright
In Egypt, accommodation might be the only aspect where you can pay to upgrade your experience
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Giza pyramids - the wonder of Egypt
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Mushroom Jun's African Travel
Egypt, Cairo
has a whole cemetery in downtown Cairo.
Because many people in the country have a lot of people, they have to use this as a habitat.
Over time, the dead are buried underground, and millions of living people live on the ground.
It has become the [dead city] in the local population
Many people living in the city of the dead are grave-keepers. The richness of the deceased is different, and the architectural glory of the tomb is not the same.
Go to the local "middle and upper class" class Mohammed's home, where the guardian is a Turkish princess.
Listen to the yard, trees, flowers, dogs, ducks, it is hard to imagine that this is actually a grave.
Before the grave guardian is old, sitting in the chair every day is silent, his wife is extraordinarily enthusiastic, take out the cakes at home and give us food.
The eldest son (the little brother in red clothes) read the university and can speak fluent English.
asked him a lot of questions, one of which is how to look at living in the grave, he said:
Its her tomb
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The dead city, these three horrifying words, have different meanings in Cairo. The city of the dead was originally the most dense tomb area in Cairo. With the growing population of Egypt and the tight housing, the locals built a simple house on their own cemetery. The dead people were buried on the ground, and the living on the ground was alive.
Walk in the city of the dead, there is no horrible movie version of the horrible movie ghost, but with the ordinary residential area, the vehicles coming and going, the driver in the canteen drinking soda, in front of their yard The children who play, they live vividly in the city of the dead, but they are not as lively and crowded as in the city of Cairo.
The only strange thing is that the street front house is not the name and house number of the house, but the name of the tomb owner and the number of the tomb. Now there are about 1 million poor people living here. A different kind of scenery in Cairo.