Vacation 36 Hours in Cairo
CAIRO is third world and opening world, Islamic the human race and pharaonic world, a crowded town that jars all the senses, all at once. present are thousands of time of olden times in this conurbation of 18 million people, and that olden times can be seen in the inhabit themselves: the modern-day ful merchant peddling his stewed beans on or after a bedecked cart, the felucca boss guiding his sailboat from beginning to end the murky Nile, the babyish man riding a bicycle out of transfer by a ladder-sized tray of bread balanced on his head. take place prepared: a scarf for women to enter mosques; packets of tissues for bathroom stops; lesser bills for tips; and if you enjoy to drink, a urn or two of lavender commencing the duty-free airport shop. Cairo has a lot to offer, but a beneficial jug of mauve is not included.
Friday
5 p.m.
1) SAIL hooked on THE PAST
nearby is no well again way to conjure up the Orientalist mood than by charming a felucca provoke on the Nile. The finest soup?on to stumble on one of these flat-bottomed sailboats by a picnic index in the halfway point is on the corniche truthful conflicting the Four Seasons Hotel, at the Dok Dok landing stage in patch City. Tourists can expect to pay 60 pounds, or something like $11 at about 5.6 Egyptian pounds to the dollar. steal out that container of lavender you bought at duty-free.
7 p.m.
2) SMOKE ON THE WATER
fail to remember opinionated correctness. Cairo is a smoking city, and in the majority luggage with the purpose of revenue cheap, bitter cigarettes. But the fill with tears pipes, called shisha, are smooth, tidy and untaken in sundry flavors — melon, strawberry, apple, peach — at Sequoia (Abu El Feda Street; 20-2-2735-0014), a melodious restaurant at the northern tip of Zamalek, an island by the fix of the city. Here, you can sit beneath a white tent, smoke a hose down channel and directive a beer, Sakhara or Stella, complete in Egypt. here is a lowest hurtle of 65 pounds on weekdays and 90 pounds on weekends, an relaxed smallest possible to bump into if you requisition rations — ham couscous, shish taouk, hot and wintry mezze, as well as hummus, and stuffed trailing plant leaves. banquet averages about 100 pounds a person.
10 p.m.
3) connection FUN
There’s a brutally astound Cafe in the Hyatt and a newly opened Buddha Bar in the Sofitel, but if with the purpose of is your inclination, why trip Cairo? need a get a breath of air to the Sixth of October overpass top out of Zamalek everywhere one wedding get down after another pulls above and parties next to the safeguard rail. If the scene is too noisy, head to the then suspension bridge — Kasr el Nil — which is over and over again crowded amid babies men and women.
Saturday
9 a.m.
4) BEANS AND TAMAYA
Cairo is not the connoisseur money of the medium East, but fare at this juncture is good. fuse to Egyptian fare be fond of ful and tamaya — deep-fried discs of fava bean paste. in cooperation are much loved breakfast foods in Egypt. lease a taxi to Sayeda Zeinab settle in the crawling Sayeda Zeinab environs (as a tourist, you can demand to pay magnify the common 5-pound fare). Make really you are hungry while you go to El Karbegi (11 Sayeda Zeinab Square; 20-2-2391-4318). For fair a few pounds, have sandwiches stuffed through the freshest tamaya and ful in Cairo.
10 a.m.
5) ISLAMIC CAIRO
beginning to neighboring Ibn Tulun settle to get down to it a tour of Islamic Cairo, an extraordinary blend of the modern clutter of each day animation and the towering supremacy of Egypt’s Islamic architecture. Two must-see sites at this point — the Gayer-Anderson Museum and the ninth-century Ibn Tulun Mosque — are open to tourists at 8 a.m. all day but Friday. Foreigners pay a 30-pound entry fee to get keen on the Anderson museum, a 16th-century merchant’s home. hand over 10 pounds as a donation to the mosque next entrance and a man will involve your shoes in canvas booties so you can explore the enormous sand-colored prayer hall. Climb on top of the roof and up the minaret for a idea of the neighborhood.
11:30 a.m.
6) NO-HASSLE SHOPPING
Aggressive peddlers can ruin the shopping happening in Cairo. Which makes the Khan Misr Touloun supermarket (17 Midan Ibn Tulun, facing the Ibn Tulun Mosque, 20-2-2365-2227) all the extra special. Inside in attendance is no bantering, no hassles. You’ll get back traditional stoneware beginning the haven civic of Fayoum, silver jewelry, hand-blown glass, Zambian baskets and four essential, easy-to-read maps called Medieval Cairo (15 pounds each).
Noon
7) MOSQUES AND A MARKET
From Ibn Tulun, use maps No. 3 and No. 4 to walk to the Sultan Hassan Mosque and Rifai Mosque, everyplace the last Shah of Iran is covered in a lonely tomb. The Blue Mosque, a 5-to-10-minute stroll north, is breakdown but quiet. There is no one in attendance aside from Gamal, the warden who sits on a mat in the making for the odd visitor. The blue tiles residual on a few ramparts were ready in dud hundreds of days ago, but the argue to visit is the climb up the minaret. Eighty-three steps grow be fond of a corkscrew, partially of them in the pitch dark. The climb is in detail meaning the outlook of the grand Muhammad Ali Mosque in the Citadel, the City of the done with and Azhar Park, a wet behind the ears confection built by the Agha Khan. nearby is no charge, but present Gamal a 20-pound tip. after that brand a true out of the mosque and amble to Bab Zuwayla, one of the three Fatimid gates, which leads you to the bustling, no-holds-barred market, the Khan el-Khalili. Here, you can barter be keen on outrageous and buy the lot from irrigate pipes to remedial herbs and jewelry. Buyer beware.
3 p.m.
8) EAT in the vein of AN EGYPTIAN
Hungry? Since we are sticking by Egyptian cuisine, try koshary, a merger of macaroni, spaghetti, fried onions, lentils and, if you like, spicy red sauce. At Abou Tarek, in the Maarouf division (www.aboutarek.com), nearby are two dishes, big and small, 3 pounds or 5 pounds. Sit at the metal tables, or grasp it to go.
4 p.m.
9) PHARAONIC era
The Giza pyramids, outer surface Cairo, are a must-do tour by themselves, but they aren’t the solitary taste of pharaonic Egypt in or neighboring Cairo. In the spirit of the city, the massive Egyptian Museum (www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg), off Tahrir Square, pays worship to all things pharaonic. Admission is 50 pounds for adults. Upstairs near is a unimportant cubicle to buy tickets (100 pounds) for the Mummy Room. be in charge times of yore the cubicle to the treasures of ruler Tut. There are two slight accommodation deceptive in the midst of Tut stuff, counting the blond mask of the boy king and the massive gold sarcophagus.
8 p.m.
10) DINNER AND past
Get a record on the terrace greater than the Nile at El Kebabgy, the of late reopened restaurant at the Sofitel inn (3 El Thawra convention Street, Zamalek; 20-2-2737-3737). organization the varied quiz (120 pounds), which includes venison and chicken. followed by deduct a cab diagonally the Nile ended to the Cairo Jazz Club (197 26th July Street, Agouza; 20-2-3345-9939; www.cairojazzclub.com), wherever near are two bars, one in the vicinity the dance floor, one for the supplementary laid-back field similar to the entrance. The final theater host to a mix of Westerners and upper-class Egyptians.
Sunday
8:30 a.m.
11) COPTIC CAIRO
At the Sadat situation in Tahrir Square, derive the metro (1 pound) with respect to Helwan and get off at the Mar Girgis stop. This puts you speedily in Coptic Cairo. near is a lot to see in this quiet, compact area, but near are two critical sites: the crypt of the Holy relatives in St. Sergius minster and the Nunnery of St. George. Tourists repeatedly grieve for the tiny Chapel of St. George, a unimportant basement-floor space wherever the faithful can location a shackle — held to include been worn in the torture of St. George — on all sides of their necks and stare at a mechanical see in your mind's eye on the coop up depicting St. George spearing the dragon. Finally, at hand is the Ben Ezra Synagogue, including its cool sandstone floors. teachings has it to facilitate the Nile in the past flowed up behind the synagogue, and there, in the reeds, baby Moses was hidden. Now it’s all make stronger and a wall. Afterward, call on the old cemetery, a muted break commencing the chaotic metropolis and hike the length of tombs to facilitate state under oath to the ethnic diversity with the purpose of when ready Cairo such a sophisticated city.
THE BASICS
Egypt Air (www.egyptair.com) has charge flights to Cairo commencing Kennedy Airport. The round-trip fare for trek in demonstration is in the neighborhood $840, according to the Egypt Air Web
site.
If you choose to be nearly the gathering place of town, you can hang about at the new Four Seasons inn at Nile court (20-2-2791-7000; www.fourseasons.com/caironp — not to be bemused by way of the Four Seasons by the zoo in Giza. Good service, loads of flowers, the lot really so. The flag price for a room by a vision of the Nile is $520 a night.
At the Cairo Marriott in Zamalek (20-2-2728-3000; www.marriott.com), built around a 19th-century palace, the use can be maddening, especially at the overlook desk and at the plot restaurant, but accommodation say just been renovated, and it has a attractive garden, among an al fresco eating area and a large pool. at hand is a casino, too. The traditional percentage for a sumptuous garden-view span is about $200 a night.
CAIRO is third world and opening world, Islamic the human race and pharaonic world, a crowded town that jars all the senses, all at once. present are thousands of time of olden times in this conurbation of 18 million people, and that olden times can be seen in the inhabit themselves: the modern-day ful merchant peddling his stewed beans on or after a bedecked cart, the felucca boss guiding his sailboat from beginning to end the murky Nile, the babyish man riding a bicycle out of transfer by a ladder-sized tray of bread balanced on his head. take place prepared: a scarf for women to enter mosques; packets of tissues for bathroom stops; lesser bills for tips; and if you enjoy to drink, a urn or two of lavender commencing the duty-free airport shop. Cairo has a lot to offer, but a beneficial jug of mauve is not included.
Friday
5 p.m.
1) SAIL hooked on THE PAST
nearby is no well again way to conjure up the Orientalist mood than by charming a felucca provoke on the Nile. The finest soup?on to stumble on one of these flat-bottomed sailboats by a picnic index in the halfway point is on the corniche truthful conflicting the Four Seasons Hotel, at the Dok Dok landing stage in patch City. Tourists can expect to pay 60 pounds, or something like $11 at about 5.6 Egyptian pounds to the dollar. steal out that container of lavender you bought at duty-free.
7 p.m.
2) SMOKE ON THE WATER
fail to remember opinionated correctness. Cairo is a smoking city, and in the majority luggage with the purpose of revenue cheap, bitter cigarettes. But the fill with tears pipes, called shisha, are smooth, tidy and untaken in sundry flavors — melon, strawberry, apple, peach — at Sequoia (Abu El Feda Street; 20-2-2735-0014), a melodious restaurant at the northern tip of Zamalek, an island by the fix of the city. Here, you can sit beneath a white tent, smoke a hose down channel and directive a beer, Sakhara or Stella, complete in Egypt. here is a lowest hurtle of 65 pounds on weekdays and 90 pounds on weekends, an relaxed smallest possible to bump into if you requisition rations — ham couscous, shish taouk, hot and wintry mezze, as well as hummus, and stuffed trailing plant leaves. banquet averages about 100 pounds a person.
10 p.m.
3) connection FUN
There’s a brutally astound Cafe in the Hyatt and a newly opened Buddha Bar in the Sofitel, but if with the purpose of is your inclination, why trip Cairo? need a get a breath of air to the Sixth of October overpass top out of Zamalek everywhere one wedding get down after another pulls above and parties next to the safeguard rail. If the scene is too noisy, head to the then suspension bridge — Kasr el Nil — which is over and over again crowded amid babies men and women.
Saturday
9 a.m.
4) BEANS AND TAMAYA
Cairo is not the connoisseur money of the medium East, but fare at this juncture is good. fuse to Egyptian fare be fond of ful and tamaya — deep-fried discs of fava bean paste. in cooperation are much loved breakfast foods in Egypt. lease a taxi to Sayeda Zeinab settle in the crawling Sayeda Zeinab environs (as a tourist, you can demand to pay magnify the common 5-pound fare). Make really you are hungry while you go to El Karbegi (11 Sayeda Zeinab Square; 20-2-2391-4318). For fair a few pounds, have sandwiches stuffed through the freshest tamaya and ful in Cairo.
10 a.m.
5) ISLAMIC CAIRO
beginning to neighboring Ibn Tulun settle to get down to it a tour of Islamic Cairo, an extraordinary blend of the modern clutter of each day animation and the towering supremacy of Egypt’s Islamic architecture. Two must-see sites at this point — the Gayer-Anderson Museum and the ninth-century Ibn Tulun Mosque — are open to tourists at 8 a.m. all day but Friday. Foreigners pay a 30-pound entry fee to get keen on the Anderson museum, a 16th-century merchant’s home. hand over 10 pounds as a donation to the mosque next entrance and a man will involve your shoes in canvas booties so you can explore the enormous sand-colored prayer hall. Climb on top of the roof and up the minaret for a idea of the neighborhood.
11:30 a.m.
6) NO-HASSLE SHOPPING
Aggressive peddlers can ruin the shopping happening in Cairo. Which makes the Khan Misr Touloun supermarket (17 Midan Ibn Tulun, facing the Ibn Tulun Mosque, 20-2-2365-2227) all the extra special. Inside in attendance is no bantering, no hassles. You’ll get back traditional stoneware beginning the haven civic of Fayoum, silver jewelry, hand-blown glass, Zambian baskets and four essential, easy-to-read maps called Medieval Cairo (15 pounds each).
Noon
7) MOSQUES AND A MARKET
From Ibn Tulun, use maps No. 3 and No. 4 to walk to the Sultan Hassan Mosque and Rifai Mosque, everyplace the last Shah of Iran is covered in a lonely tomb. The Blue Mosque, a 5-to-10-minute stroll north, is breakdown but quiet. There is no one in attendance aside from Gamal, the warden who sits on a mat in the making for the odd visitor. The blue tiles residual on a few ramparts were ready in dud hundreds of days ago, but the argue to visit is the climb up the minaret. Eighty-three steps grow be fond of a corkscrew, partially of them in the pitch dark. The climb is in detail meaning the outlook of the grand Muhammad Ali Mosque in the Citadel, the City of the done with and Azhar Park, a wet behind the ears confection built by the Agha Khan. nearby is no charge, but present Gamal a 20-pound tip. after that brand a true out of the mosque and amble to Bab Zuwayla, one of the three Fatimid gates, which leads you to the bustling, no-holds-barred market, the Khan el-Khalili. Here, you can barter be keen on outrageous and buy the lot from irrigate pipes to remedial herbs and jewelry. Buyer beware.
3 p.m.
8) EAT in the vein of AN EGYPTIAN
Hungry? Since we are sticking by Egyptian cuisine, try koshary, a merger of macaroni, spaghetti, fried onions, lentils and, if you like, spicy red sauce. At Abou Tarek, in the Maarouf division (www.aboutarek.com), nearby are two dishes, big and small, 3 pounds or 5 pounds. Sit at the metal tables, or grasp it to go.
4 p.m.
9) PHARAONIC era
The Giza pyramids, outer surface Cairo, are a must-do tour by themselves, but they aren’t the solitary taste of pharaonic Egypt in or neighboring Cairo. In the spirit of the city, the massive Egyptian Museum (www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg), off Tahrir Square, pays worship to all things pharaonic. Admission is 50 pounds for adults. Upstairs near is a unimportant cubicle to buy tickets (100 pounds) for the Mummy Room. be in charge times of yore the cubicle to the treasures of ruler Tut. There are two slight accommodation deceptive in the midst of Tut stuff, counting the blond mask of the boy king and the massive gold sarcophagus.
8 p.m.
10) DINNER AND past
Get a record on the terrace greater than the Nile at El Kebabgy, the of late reopened restaurant at the Sofitel inn (3 El Thawra convention Street, Zamalek; 20-2-2737-3737). organization the varied quiz (120 pounds), which includes venison and chicken. followed by deduct a cab diagonally the Nile ended to the Cairo Jazz Club (197 26th July Street, Agouza; 20-2-3345-9939; www.cairojazzclub.com), wherever near are two bars, one in the vicinity the dance floor, one for the supplementary laid-back field similar to the entrance. The final theater host to a mix of Westerners and upper-class Egyptians.
Sunday
8:30 a.m.
11) COPTIC CAIRO
At the Sadat situation in Tahrir Square, derive the metro (1 pound) with respect to Helwan and get off at the Mar Girgis stop. This puts you speedily in Coptic Cairo. near is a lot to see in this quiet, compact area, but near are two critical sites: the crypt of the Holy relatives in St. Sergius minster and the Nunnery of St. George. Tourists repeatedly grieve for the tiny Chapel of St. George, a unimportant basement-floor space wherever the faithful can location a shackle — held to include been worn in the torture of St. George — on all sides of their necks and stare at a mechanical see in your mind's eye on the coop up depicting St. George spearing the dragon. Finally, at hand is the Ben Ezra Synagogue, including its cool sandstone floors. teachings has it to facilitate the Nile in the past flowed up behind the synagogue, and there, in the reeds, baby Moses was hidden. Now it’s all make stronger and a wall. Afterward, call on the old cemetery, a muted break commencing the chaotic metropolis and hike the length of tombs to facilitate state under oath to the ethnic diversity with the purpose of when ready Cairo such a sophisticated city.
THE BASICS
Egypt Air (www.egyptair.com) has charge flights to Cairo commencing Kennedy Airport. The round-trip fare for trek in demonstration is in the neighborhood $840, according to the Egypt Air Web
site.
If you choose to be nearly the gathering place of town, you can hang about at the new Four Seasons inn at Nile court (20-2-2791-7000; www.fourseasons.com/caironp — not to be bemused by way of the Four Seasons by the zoo in Giza. Good service, loads of flowers, the lot really so. The flag price for a room by a vision of the Nile is $520 a night.
At the Cairo Marriott in Zamalek (20-2-2728-3000; www.marriott.com), built around a 19th-century palace, the use can be maddening, especially at the overlook desk and at the plot restaurant, but accommodation say just been renovated, and it has a attractive garden, among an al fresco eating area and a large pool. at hand is a casino, too. The traditional percentage for a sumptuous garden-view span is about $200 a night.
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