Ahmed Samir

The Royal Mummy Room of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir closed in 2021. Its 18 kings and 4 queens, among them Ramesses II, Seti I and Hatshepsut, now lie in the Royal Mummies Hall of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat. Here is who you will see, prices and tips.

Ras Mohamed National Park, at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula near Sharm El Sheikh, was declared Egypt's first protected area in 1983. Its reefs hold more than 220 coral species. How to visit by boat or by road, what to see, fees, the best season and Egypt's other national parks.

Bayt Al Suhaimi (Bayt al-Suhaymi) is the finest Ottoman-era house in Cairo, begun in 1648 and enlarged in 1796, on Darb al-Asfar off Al-Muizz Street. Open daily 9:00 to 17:00. What to see inside, its history and how to fit it into a walk through Islamic Cairo.

Bab Zuwayla is the southern gate of Fatimid Cairo, rebuilt in stone in 1092 by the vizier Badr al-Jamali. You can climb its two 15th-century minarets for one of the best views over Islamic Cairo. Here is its history, the ticket price and how to combine it with Al-Muizz Street.

Aisha Fahmy Palace is a Nile-side mansion in Zamalek, Cairo, built in 1907 by the Italian architect Antonio Lasciac for the Fahmy family. Restored and reopened in 2017, it is now a free venue for art exhibitions, with painted ceilings, stained glass and a Japanese room. Its history, highlights and visiting tips.

Read this blog to discover the history of the Manasterly Palace, located in Cairo and famous for its unique design, arts, garden, wellsprings, and porches.

The Cairo Museum of Illusions is at Walk of Cairo mall in Sheikh Zayed, on the Cairo to Alexandria desert road. A general ticket costs EGP 375 on weekdays and EGP 400 at weekends, and it is open daily from 10:00 to 23:00. Here is what you will find inside and how to fit it into a Cairo trip.

The best suhoor places in Ramadan in Egypt are the cafés around Al-Hussein Mosque and Khan El Khalili, Al-Muizz Street, the Ramadan tents of the big Nile hotels and the local ful and ta'meya shops in every neighbourhood. Here is where to go, what to eat and how visitors can join in.

The Khufu ship is a 43.4-metre cedar boat buried beside the Great Pyramid around 2500 BC and found in 1954 in 1,224 pieces. Since 2021 it has been in the Grand Egyptian Museum, where its twin is now being reassembled in front of visitors. History, facts and how to see it.

Al-Azhar Park is a 30-hectare public garden in the heart of Islamic Cairo, opened in 2005 by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on hills of rubbish that had grown for centuries. It has the best sunset view of the Citadel and the minarets of old Cairo. Here is its history, what to see and how to visit.

The Egyptian Geological Museum in Cairo was founded in 1901 with the Geological Survey of Egypt and is one of the oldest natural history museums in Africa and the Middle East. It shows fossils from the Fayum, the Nakhla meteorite that fell from Mars in 1911, the Kamil iron meteorite and Egypt's minerals and rocks.

Mini Egypt Park is an open-air park in Makadi Bay, south of Hurghada, with scale models of Egypt's famous sites from the pyramids to Abu Simbel. A good half-day for families on a Red Sea holiday. What you see, hours, tickets, how to get there and whether it is worth it.