In Cairo, there's a suburb called Mokottam that is better known as "Garbage City." Why? Because its inhabitants, mostly Coptic Christian Egyptians known as the "Zabbaleen" (Garbage People ...

The best ways to get around Cairo are by metro train or ... in congested lots or figuring out the city's confusing bus system. Additionally, tour buses will pick you up and drop you off at your ...

1863–1879) planned a new Paris-on-the-Nile on the swampy floodplain between the old medieval city ... Cairo. *Bolded names and numbers in the text below correspond with our map of this tour.

This neighborhood in southern Cairo is the oldest part of the city, with twisting alleyways ... the street from the Coptic Museum. Select bus tour operators, such as Egypt Tailor Made Tours ...

Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. Founded in the 10th century, it became the new ...