"Cairo" Cairo by leffe3

Cairo Travel Guide: 3,867 reviews and 8,922 photos

It's huge! It's noisy, dirty, polluted. But it's like no place you've ever been to before. You'll love it or hate it, its that extreme. Rarely have I heard a middle-of-the road reaction to Cairo.

An incredible 16 million people live here. It has history pouring out of every corner - the Pharoahs, the early Christians, the Moslems, the Crusaders, the the the... It is a city teeming with life - it certainly ain't been prettified for tourism. No fancy boulevards, no huge open plazas providing open views for cameras and digital videos. It's a living city - the old city simply has no room to cater for picture-postcard vistas. And with so many people, every sense is assaulted - the noise, the crowds, the smells, the sights.

  • Last visit to Cairo: Jan 2000
  • Intro Updated Oct 17, 2006
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  • freddie18's Profile Photo
    Aug 20, 2008 at 4:39 PM

    The information on your Cairo page gave me a big picture of what to expect when I visit the city in October. It gave me an idea on what not to miss. Thanks for sharing.

  • Homanded's Profile Photo
    May 28, 2007 at 5:10 AM

    We were blown away with Cairos pollution and crowds also but, agree, no where else like it. We loved the food though! Your photography is brilliant! Homer

  • gilabrand's Profile Photo
    May 9, 2007 at 6:38 AM

    One day I hope to get to Cairo. I was checking out the airfare recently for this 1 hour trip and it is incredibly high...

  • MM212's Profile Photo
    May 1, 2007 at 11:07 AM

    Great Cairo page, with excellent photographs. Very interesting seeing Cairo of 7 years ago. I just returned and Ibn Tulun and it surroundings have been cleaned up. Cheers!

  • trafolino's Profile Photo
    Sep 20, 2006 at 4:10 PM

    Wow...Stunning and very beautiful pictures. It`s a pleasure to browse your travel pages.

  • hgchuy's Profile Photo
    Sep 12, 2006 at 8:04 PM

    Cairo looks like a big chaotic city....I love it!

  • Purpleshade's Profile Photo
    Oct 14, 2005 at 9:19 PM

    I've always thought the pyramids and markets as fascinating, but I probably would not care for the heat dust and crowds! More pyramids on my Broome page. Lesley

  • CindyLou99's Profile Photo
    Oct 2, 2005 at 11:08 PM

    Amazing pages

  • uglyscot's Profile Photo
    Aug 5, 2005 at 2:55 PM

    So far the best pages I've seen on Cairo, or is it that we seem to be on the same wave length. Agree heartily with love it or hate it- my opinion fluctuates from week to week!

  • hez28's Profile Photo
    Nov 16, 2004 at 12:49 AM

    greAT pages on cairo!

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