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About the city of Cairo
Location:
Egypt
Climate:
Cairo’s climate is
sub-tropical. Average temperatures
in December/January are around
27 degrees Celsius. However
summers are very hot and humid
and mid-summer temperatures
can rise to 50 degree Celsius.
Currency:
Egyptian Pound
Time Difference:
GMT +2 hr
Transfer Time:
Cairo International Airport
is located 22km (13.5 miles)
northeast of Cairo
Tips on city breaks to
Cairo
Cairo, which Egyptians proudly call
the ‘Mother of All Cities’,
spreads along the banks of the River
Nile for 40km (25 miles) north to
south, the largest metropolis in Africa.
Travellers through the ages have been
both fascinated and repelled by Cairo.
Visitors are intrigued by its twisting
streets, medieval buildings, oriental
bazaars and Islamic architecture of
carved domes and sculpted minarets,
while being appalled by its dirt,
pollution, noise, crowds and constant
demands for baksheesh (gratuities).
Paying baksheesh is the local custom,
however, so expect to give little
and often. Culture shock is part of
the experience of Cairo and can at
times be wearing. But as is written
in the ancient tales of the 1001 Nights,
‘He who hath not seen Cairo,
hath not seen the world’.
The city's main square
and focal point, Midan Tahrir, is
home to the Egyptian Museum and many
hotels, including the Nile Hilton.
Centered on Midan Talaat Barb, downtown
Cairo is the unmistakable heart of
Cairo, with streets that are packed
with glitzy shops and countless thousands
of small businesses.
Here you can get a glimpse of the
surviving architectural gems and the
elegant Paris-on-the-Nile-era Cairo.
The Manial Palace Museum has some
wonderfully overblown interiors and
an overstocked Hunting Museum.
The private Throne Hall is a sight
with gilt furniture and ranked portraits
of forebears. The magnificent garden
is the largest private garden in Cairo
and definitely worth visiting.
