Cairo is the largest city in Africa (built in 969 A.D.). A unique fusion of millennial remains and contemporary vibrancy. On one side, you’ll find a citadel dating from medieval times; on the other, office buildings sporting cutting-edge architecture – while in the middle, the timeless Nile flows round the islands of Roda, Abu El-Dahab and Gezira. Full of life, Egypt’s capital city boasts a lively and colourful Souk with charming, narrow streets; ancient Coptic churches (in the Old Cairo district); and Egyptian, Islamic and Coptic museums. Tall minarets and great mosques cast their calming shadows on the city’s outlying districts. You will be charmed by the city’s diversity and dynamism, that so aptly reflect the Egypt of today. Giza, one of the wonders 
of the world. On the Giza plateau stands the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence: the majestic Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu). The Pyramid is 137 metres tall and took 100,000 men 20 years to build. You can reach the funerary chamber at its heart by passing through an impressive gallery. Beside it stand the pyramids of Chephren (Khafre) and Mykerinos (Menkaure), along with the enigmatic Sphinx, half-human, half-lion, that guards the entrance to the royal necropolis. Nearby, surrounded by lesser tombs, stand the pyramids of the Queens and the Museum of the Solar Barque. Sunrises and sunsets here are spectacular, bathing Giza in fiery colours that lend the site an extraordinary majesty.
of the world. On the Giza plateau stands the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence: the majestic Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu). The Pyramid is 137 metres tall and took 100,000 men 20 years to build. You can reach the funerary chamber at its heart by passing through an impressive gallery. Beside it stand the pyramids of Chephren (Khafre) and Mykerinos (Menkaure), along with the enigmatic Sphinx, half-human, half-lion, that guards the entrance to the royal necropolis. Nearby, surrounded by lesser tombs, stand the pyramids of the Queens and the Museum of the Solar Barque. Sunrises and sunsets here are spectacular, bathing Giza in fiery colours that lend the site an extraordinary majesty.
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