Top Things to do in Cairo Governorate
Top Hotels in Cairo Governorate
- 1. Kempinski Nile Hotel Garden City Cairo
- 2. Al Masa Hotel
- 3. Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir
- 4. Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Cairo
- 5. Sonesta Hotel, Tower & Casino Cairo
- 6. The St. Regis Cairo
- 7. Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah
- 8. Triumph Plaza Hotel
- 9. Dusit Thani LakeView Cairo
- 10. InterContinental Cairo Semiramis, an IHG Hotel
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Top 10 Museums in Cairo Governorate, Cairo Governorate
Discover the best top things to do in Cairo Governorate, Egypt including Townhouse Gallery, The Coptic Museum, Children's Civilization and Creativity Center, Gayer-Anderson Museum (Bayt al-Kiritliya), Museum of Islamic Arts, National Geographic Society Museum, Manial Palace Museum, Bayt Al-Suhaymi, Egyptian Textile Museum, Foustat Traditional Crafts Center.
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1. Townhouse Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 10 reviews
This gallery, dedicated to promoting contemporary Arab artists, is comprised of a three-story main building, exhibition halls, classrooms, a library and six studios.
Reviewed By WanderingMonkeys - New York City, United States
Recommend if you want to buy small gifts to take and or interesting affordable art. Nice to avoid the khan el Khalili atmosphere and casually browse. They also hold art workshops for kids in the community.
2. The Coptic Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 313 reviews
Housing some of the finest collections of Coptic art dating back to Egypt’s Christian era, this museum includes collections of ancient ankhs and Horus-like falcons, stone carvings from the era of the Mamluks, a 6th-century Coptic stone pulpit and the 1,600-year-old Coptic book of the Psalms of David.
Reviewed By limegreenchalk - Macon, United States
If you are interested in medieval or early Christian art, this museum is for you. There are countless beautiful objects: ceramics, frescoes, textiles, architectural stone, manuscripts, and so on. The building itself is beautiful and peaceful. All objects are labeled, unlike in the Egyptian Museum. Most of the galleries have dim lighting to protect the art. Not to be missed!
3. Children's Civilization and Creativity Center
4. Gayer-Anderson Museum (Bayt al-Kiritliya)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 204 reviews
This museum features the items of antiquity collected by John Gayer-Anderson, a British member of the Egyptian civil service in the 1930s and ‘40s, who restored two adjacent 16th- and 17th-century houses decorated with mashrabiyya screens and marble inlays.
Reviewed By kingzogofalbania
This is a real treat. A rabbit Warren of rooms stuffed full of mementos the owner collected over his career in the British army. Great collection of Islamic furniture screens and tiles and a peek at how sophisticated members of the colonial class lived. Hard to believe there’s a bustling city just a few feet away. There’s a guide on the premises to explain what you’re seeing.
5. Museum of Islamic Arts
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 139 reviews
Reviewed By Gaafar - Sandefjord, Norway
Very beautiful collection of artifacts from different historical eras starting from the Ummayad Caliphate (661-744), Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimid, Ayubbid, Mamluk, Ottoman and all the way to contemporary history (Muhammad Ali dynasty), each hall housing a collection from each of those eras and explaining a bit about the lifestyle in Egypt during that time. It's not a huge collection and can be covered in a couple of hours while savoring the details of the different artifacts. Highly recommended while in Cairo.
6. National Geographic Society Museum
7. Manial Palace Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 139 reviews
Built by Prince Mohamed Ali (1875-1955), between 1901 and 1929, this palace complex houses six structures including a hunting museum belonging to the late King Farouk, the prince’s residence and furnishings and a beautiful garden.
Reviewed By elfawa7shy - Cairo, Egypt
Manial palace or prince Mohamed Ali Tawfik palace on of the most iconic places in Cairo or in Egypt. It was made to preserve the Islamic art and architecture. The beauty is in every detail , there is also a hunting museum with a lot of preserved animals, it’s a beautiful place to spend 2 hours , there are some deposit boxes to keep small backpack there and it’s for free
8. Bayt Al-Suhaymi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 63 reviews
Reviewed By Underawanderingstar7 - Exeter, United Kingdom
Would recommend to anyone who is interested in real life and Islam ☪️ a fantastic house and journey If you come to Egypt ???????? this is a nice place to chill from the Hustle and bustle of down town Cairo and the boys
9. Egyptian Textile Museum
10. Foustat Traditional Crafts Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7 reviews
