Greater Cairo
Historic Cairo & Khan el-Khalili
القاهرة التاريخية وخان الخليلي
Medieval mosques, workshops and bazaars of the UNESCO-listed historic city.
Historic Cairo, inscribed by UNESCO in 1979, is one of the world's great medieval Islamic cities. Founded as al-Qahira in the tenth century, it grew into a dense quarter of mosques, madrasas, mausoleums, caravanserais and city gates. Al-Muizz Street runs through its heart, past monuments of the Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman periods, to Bab al-Futuh and Bab Zuweila, with the bazaar of Khan el-Khalili alongside.
Part of the UNESCO World Heritage property “Historic Cairo”
Highlights
- Al-Muizz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuweila
- The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan
- Al-Azhar Mosque
- Khan el-Khalili bazaar
Good to know
- Mosques welcome visitors outside prayer times; dress modestly.
- The street is lively in the evening, when several monuments are lit.
Ways to experience it:Historical & archaeologicalReligious heritage & the Holy FamilyFood, crafts & living culture
- Suggested visit
- Half day
- Coordinates
- 30.0477°N, 31.2622°E (approximate)
- Status
- Editorial draft · unverified
- Sources
- Text checked against these sources on 2026-11-05.
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