Cairo

Welcome to Cairo

Cairo is a city of layers—Pharaonic, Coptic, Islamic, and modern—sprawling across the Nile in a perpetual state of magnificent chaos. Twenty million people navigate traffic, call to prayer, and daily life within sight of the last surviving Ancient Wonder of the World. The Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx have anchored this location for 4,500 years, while medieval Islamic Cairo preserves centuries of mosques, madrassas, and mausoleums. The city is dusty, loud, and overwhelming—but those who embrace its energy discover one of civilization's most important cities, where history isn't preserved in museums alone but lived in the streets.