Cairo
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ABDEEN PALACE, CAIRO
Abdeen Palace in Cairo has an amazing display of gifts given to the Kings and Presidents of Egypt as well as A LOT of unusual items such as the smallest handgun in the world. Must Visit!
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Islamic Museum of Art
The “Islamic Museum of Art” is a much too limiting name for this outstanding museum in my opinion. When I first visited it, I could not believe I had lived in Egypt for over 8 years and had never heard […]
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Abdeen Palace, Medieval Cairo, (Egypt Group Tour – Day 11)
Abdeen Palace Our last day 🙁 Abdeen was late opening (but at least it was open!) which threw out our schedule a little and our restaurant insisted we eat at 12 noon because they had a big group arriving so […]
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Cave Church, Garbage City & Islamic Museum of Art (Egypt Group Tour – Day 10)
First stop this morning was Garbage City and the Cave Church at Moquattam Hills. Next stop was supposed to be Abdeen Palace but it was closed…what to do? Well, we are good at dealing with changes here in Egypt so […]
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Saqqara Temple & Sufi Dance (Egypt Group Tour – Day 8)
We had planned to fly Aswan to Cairo this morning, check into the Steigenberger El Tahrir again and have a relaxing day until time for the Sufi dance this evening. But we are always ready to change plans and go […]
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Giza Plateau, Antiquities Museum (Egypt Group Tour Diary – Day 2)
Day 2 of my Group Tour through Egypt – Tour to Giza plateau, Great Pyramid, Solar Boat, Sphinx. Afternoon to the Antiquities Museum at Tahrir Sq. Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza is not open yet. This is my diary of the tour.
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Bad Day on the Giza Plateau
You definitely do need a guide at the Giza Plateau because the hassle and tourists traps are just too intense there – not a moments peace without a guide to try and shield you somewhat.
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