Excellent little part of Islamic Cairo history. Little visited we basically had the gate to ourselves. One can climb the minarets but the spiral staircase can be quite tricky. Make sure you have a light.

One of the three remaining gate of old Cairo highly recommended to go and have alook at its spectacular design. As well as you can climb the gate to see the view from top. You can go and buy some stuff from the market near to “Bab Zuweila”

One of the most well known landmarks of Cairo, one of three remaining gates of the city wall built by fatimid 969. The tow minarets above the gate were built by sultan almoed Sheikh from the mameluk era 14th century. You can climb the minarets and enjoy breathtaking view over old Cairo watching the famous Citadel, Saleh talaaee Mosque, almoez street and more

Definitely one of my highlights of Cairo! While the gate and its towers have a interesting history itself, the views were the highlight for me. You can climb the gate and then even both minarets on top of it. Inside the minaret there is no light and it’s quite steep but the views are definitely worth it. Pricing is fair and you could get some additional information by the guard for a little tip.

Out of the three Fatimid gates that remained standing nowadays, Bab Zuwayla is the most dramatic, with its crowning fifteen-century minarets. It leads the visitors to a bazaar quarter that is as full of life today as it was in the Middle Age. In the early Mameluke period, the sultans used to sit on the platform between the two towers to watch the procession of the Mahmal, the ceremonial palanquin that accompanied the annual pilgrimage caravan to Mecca. However, this gate was also a place for public executions, and the heads of criminals were displayed above the gates on spikes. Even Tumanbay, the last Mameluke sultan of Egypt was hanged here in 1517, after the country's conquest by the Ottomans. Tumanbay’s rope broke on the first two attempts before his luck ran out. His body remained suspended from the gate for three days and then was buried. The views from towers are spectacular, although part of the neighborhood is sadly neglected.

If you really want to get a better feeling of what life in Cairo is like, this view is the perfect place to check out. Cheap price for such a valuable experience!

Absolutely breathtaking. A living piece of history, and a testament to Cairo’s enchanting past.

A very impressive medieval gate combined with a mosque. For 40LE (20LE for students) you can get to the viewing point, which has very beautiful views over Cairo. But safety is an issue so please be careful!

Islamic medieval time history and culture, Architecture. You can climb up to the rooftop.

Unique place to visit. Not to crowded which was nice. Heads up walking though as you share the tight street with cars, bikes and locals carrying all sorts of items on there heads.

Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the city wall of the Old City of Cairo. It was also known as Bawabbat al-Mitwali during the Ottoman period. It is considered one of the major landmarks of the city and is the last remaining southern gate from the walls of Fatimid-era Cairo in the 11th and 12th century. It’s also the gate where they hang the heads of numerous Mongols leaders and fighters under Hulagu and it’s also the gate where the Ottomans hung Sultan Tuman Bay and defeated the Mamluk state. Its architecture is very beautiful and the minarets of al-Muayyad mosque right behind the gate give the overall sight extra beauty and uniqueness.

Definitively recommend climbing up the minaret, but be careful at the highest level because there is only a shaking rusty ladder. It offers a great view at the city’s most important landmarks.

Beautiful architecture and views over the city. The explanatory signs are well done.

Ba'ab Zuweila is the best to see Islamic Cairo from above. Also, you can see alot of mosques there. It's always calm in weekdays, so you can enjoy the view peacefully.

Highly recommended with a guide. You can go alone and it's very safe, I went alone and people were friendly. Don't be intimidated if someone offers to explain a monument to you or offer you anything. Respectfully reject or just don't reply and keep walking, they don't bother you. The place is literally a walk through hundreds of years of history, and what's fascinating is that people still actually live and work there, many doing the same when e that was done there in the past. But to really make the most of your trip hire a tour guide before you go.

(Translated by Google) A very beautiful place that shows the beauty and progress of the Islamic civilization in Egypt (Original) مكان جميل جدا يوضح مدى جمال وتقدم الحضارة الإسلامية في مصر

Beautiful old gate and part of the walls that once guarded Fatimid Cairo

I've been living in Cairo for the past 6 months and somehow only now decided to go to Bab Zuweila and climb up the tower. It was one of my favorite moments in this country. The view was astonishing! You could see the whole city. On one side the citadel, park alazhar and mokattam. On the other the Cairo Tower and a few looks away a pyramid. Me and my friend were speechless, we just sat there looking and admiring this city. We could have stayed there for hours, seen how the light of Cairo changes, how the sky lights up like fire and the night falls upon the roofs of the city. Bab Zuweila is a definite must see when in Cairo!

Nice historical gate, with it's impressive dimensions, perfect stone masonry and graceful twin manirets raising from it's round fronted towers is nice one

A very wonderful place, especially when going up to the top of the great wall, and I saw the whole place from the top.

What a view! It definitely wouldnt pass health and safety regulations anyways haha

(Translated by Google) Entry 40 pounds. Well worth it, especially to climb all the way to the top (Original) Eintritt 40 Pounds. Lohnt sich, vor allem ganz nach oben zu klettern

One of the oldest gates of Cairo , the two minarets built on top of the gate during a later time gives the gate a very unique look , during the day you can actually climb up to the top of the minaret where you can have a very cool look over Cairo from the top.

Bab Zuweila or Metwally Gate is one of the gates of "Old Cairo" in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. This door or gate is famous for being the gate under which the heads of the messengers of Hulagu, the leader of the Tatars, were hung when they came to threaten Egypt, which eventually led to the defeat of the Mongols and the emergence of the Mamluk state. Ottoman, heralding the end of the Mamluk state.

Not that spectacular,yes,Gates with history,and a minaret where you can climb apperently for 50egp and have a wiew...coming there means going thru small streets and busy crowd...i didnt find it special...

The best veiw in cairo after the citadel From here u can see all cairo and specially the old city that was built by the fatimid in the 10th century The two minrates were built bu almoaed sheikh al mahmoudy the sultan of egypt in the earliest 15th century

One of the most unique places in Egypt and it so underrated as you can see a lot of places of old Cairo from there, all of that costs 10 EGP for Egyptians and it closes at 5 PM but my wish is that they could extend the closing to be 5 and half at the winter to witness the sunset as it is extremely worthy

Entrance 40 EGP (20 EGP students). Excellent viewpoint of the city! You can go to the very top via the metal staircase, which will for sure challenge your fear of heights!

Very attractive place to visit in Egypt specially when you want to feel like you are in middle ages, when you want to get back in the past and see people wearing like Aladdin and like ottoman people too 😍

Absolutely amazing, not known to many tourists so it was less crowded. Very authentic, colorful and beautiful hand made stuff.

(Translated by Google) Great and important archaeological place The door was built in the year 485 AH (1092 AD), and it consists of a huge building block 25 meters deep, 25.72 meters wide, and 24 meters high from street level. The door consists of two round towers, one third of the building block emerges outside the wall, and in the middle of the two towers is an open corridor that leads to the entrance door. Cairo This gate or gate is famous for being the gate under which the messengers of Hulagu, the leader of the Tatars, were hung when they came to threaten Egypt, which eventually led to the defeat of the Mongols and the emergence of the Mamluk state, and the last of the Mamluk sultans, Tuman Bey, was executed after the Ottoman Sultan Selim I entered Egypt and annexed it to the Ottoman states. Heralding the end of the Mamluk state (Original) مكان اثرى هام و عظيم تم إنشاء الباب في العام 485 هجرية (1092 ميلادي)، ويتكون من كتلة بنائية ضخمة عمقها25 مترا وعرضها25.72 متر وارتفاعها 24 مترا عن مستوى الشارع يتكون الباب من برجين مستديرين يبرز ثلث الكتلة البنائية خارج السور ويتوسط البرجين ممر مكشوف يؤدي الي باب المدخل ويرتفع البرجان الي ثلثي الارتفاع في بناء مصمت ويأتي في الثلث العلوي من كل منهما حجرة دفاع يغطيها قبو طولي يتقاطع مع قبو  هو أحد أبواب القاهرة القديمة في العاصمة المصرية القاهرة يشتهر هذا الباب أو البوابة بكونه البوابة التي عُلّق تحتها رؤوس رسل هولاكو  قائد التتار  حينما أتوا مهددين لمصر مما أدي في نهاية المطاف إلى دحر المغول ونشوء دولة المماليك وأعدم عليه أيضاً آخر السلاطين المماليك طومان باى ، بعد دخول السلطان العثماني سليم الاول  لمصر وضمها للدولة العثمانية إيذانا بنهاية دولة المماليك

Go up the tower. Fun!

An old Islamic relic which wetness alot of historical issues like hanging Tomanbay by sultan Salim the first

Feb 1, 2022 Friendly and honest door attendants! No demand for tips, no one followed me around! One of the ancient city gates. There are steps up onto the roof over the entrance gate and from there you can climb up the minaret if you dare! Amazing views of the surrounding old city as well as all of Cairo. In the ground floor entrance there are some slightly dusty but interesting displays on the history, with artifacts discovered during renovations.

An impressive medieval city gate that incorporates two minarets from a nearby mosque into its architecture. There is a long story about its name but my guide kind of got lost in the weeds while telling it, so it escaped me. Either way, a cool looking structure.

Very nice structure and awesome view! The entrance is 40 EGP, you do not need to pay more for climbing the towers!!! Somebody tried to take money from us for climbing the towers posing as a guide and also wanted a tip for telling us things while following us around, which we did not wish. If you are careful of those things, this is definitely worth a visit! Highly recommend.