Cairo Governorate

Egypt's capital and the largest city in the Arab world: a thousand minarets, Coptic churches, great museums and the Nile running through it all.

Known for

• Historic Cairo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Al-Azhar Mosque, founded in 970
• The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
• Khan el-Khalili bazaar: brass lanterns, inlay work and spices
• Coptic Cairo and the Hanging Church
• Koshari, ful and ta'ameya: the street food of the capital
• Khayamiya: hand-stitched tent appliqué from the Street of the Tentmakers