Al-Azhar Park
Salah Salem Street, Al Sarayat, Cairo, 11535, Egypt
Al-Azhar Park is Cairo's most beautiful green space — a 30-hectare park created by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on a former rubbish dump on the edge of Islamic Cairo, opened in 2005 and providing the city with its first significant public park in over a century.
Bab Zuweila
Al Moez Ldin Allah Street, Darb Sa'Ada, Cairo, 11639, Egypt
Bab Zuweila is the last surviving gate of the Fatimid city walls — a massive 11th-century stone gateway with twin minarets that marks the southern entrance to Al-Muizz Street and Islamic Cairo's medieval core.
Nile Corniche & Zamalek
Al Gezira Street, Omar El Khayam, Cairo, 11568, Egypt
The Nile Corniche is Cairo's river promenade — a continuous waterfront road running along both banks of the Nile through central Cairo that provides the only reliable open space and fresh air in a city of 20 million people.
The Citadel of Saladin
Al Abageyah Street, Al Abageyya Housing, Cairo, 11636, Egypt
The Citadel of Saladin is the fortress that has dominated Cairo's skyline for over 800 years — built by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin beginning in 1176 as a defence against the Crusaders, and serving as the seat of Egyptian government for nearly 700 years until the 19th century.
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