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Modern Cairo is a dazzling varied metropolis that hums with activity
all year round.
A city of contrasts, it is a place where donkey carts, jockey
with Mercedes along the crowded streets where a thousand minarets adorn the skyline
alongside a sea of skyscrapers.
Each of the pagan, Christian and Muslim civilizations which Cairo has
hosted has left its imprint in the form of customs, celebrations, monuments and
artifacts.
Monuments such as the Pyramids, Sphinx, lively bazaars, Famous
Islamic Mosques and ancient Coptic Churches open a window of a glorious past.
A Center of cultural, social intellectual, economic and political
activity, Cairo also holds a diversity of world famous hotel chains, glittering
nightclubs, Casinos, and discos Cairo the city that never sleeps, being the cultural
and commercial center of the Arab world and the largest in Africa and the Middle
East.
Cairo is, Egypt s capital, where East meets west, combining
the exoticism of one and the sophistication of the other, is the largest city in
Africa and the heart of the Arab world.
Cairo strikes one as a land of vivid contrasts. Its ancient
civilization, unique history and culture blend harmoniously with the modern refinements
of the 20th century.
Sites in Cairo
The Egyptian Museum
The Pyramids
Sphinx of Giza
The Citadel
Khan El- Khalili
Sakkara
Old Cairo
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