Top rated Historical landmarks in Al Jizah, Egypt to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Top rated Historical landmarks in Al Jizah

Experience the best that Al Jizah has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 99 places from Historical landmark category.

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Within Al Jizah

Saqqara Necropolis

Historical landmark

👍👍 So glad our tour visited here before the more famous Giza pyramids. This being the first pyramid built it helped explain the timeline better. Plus the step by Imhotep was really impressive for a first attempt. There are other pyramids on site that you can enter. I'm a tall and large chap and mana...

4.80 (2.5K reviews) (~15.95 km from centre)

Red Pyramid

Historical landmark

A necropolis for Memphis, the ancient burial chamber & passages can be explored by guided tour.

4.80 (1.8K reviews) (~22.45 km from centre)

Bent Pyramid

Historical landmark

Pyramid built for the pharaoh Sneferu, known for its irregular shape, with access to inner chambers.

4.80 (1.4K reviews) (~24.48 km from centre)

Mastaba of Mereruka

Historical landmark

👍👍 Another massive tourist draw, but well worth the waiting and irritation. Excellent restoration work and many of the ancient walls have kept their original colors. Worth the stop!

4.80 (924 reviews) (~15.22 km from centre)

Serapeum of Saqqara

Historical landmark

Necropolis complex dating back to around 1,400 B.C., containing the stone tombs of sacred Api bulls.

4.80 (475 reviews) (~15.02 km from centre)

Sultana Malak Palace

Historical landmark

👍 This palace was designed by the Belgian engineer Édouard Empain to give it to Sultan Hussein Kamel, but he refused to take the palace as a gift and insisted on buying it, but he died before paying for it. The ownership of the Palace passed to the New Egypt Housing and Construction Company, which es...

4.80 (199 reviews) (~16.01 km from centre)

قلعة صلاح الدين

Historical landmark

👍👍 ❤️❤️

4.80 (80 reviews) (~6.63 km from centre)

Great Sphinx of Giza

Monument

Iconic stone monument that is more than 4,500 years old & has a human face on a lion's body.

4.70 (19.9K reviews) (~6.36 km from centre)

Masged and Madraset Soltan Hassn

Historical landmark

👍👍 So old and so beautiful,part of the an impromptu "money" tour. So this , the Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan, said to have taken 3 years of construction without a single day of rest from 1356CE , is on the 100LE note

4.70 (7.8K reviews) (~6.87 km from centre)

Citadel Saladin

Historical landmark

👍👍 It was an amazing experience. The time of my visit, there was construction happening. But the overall experience was amazing. I finally get to see the Citadel that haunted my memories since I was 14. Going back all grown up, fully understanding the history and stories behind every wall was worth t...

4.70 (1.7K reviews) (~7.07 km from centre)

Bab Zuweila

Historical landmark

👍👍 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”

4.70 (1.6K reviews) (~7.47 km from centre)

Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad Shaykh

Mosque

👍👍 “Al-Moayad is Sheikh” ... the mosque of the imprisoned Sultan The pride of the mosques of the Circassian Mamelukes "Al-Muayyad is Sheikh" ... the mosque of the imprisoned Sultan I wrote: Zakaria Nasif victim July 05 Egyptian Geographic site Al-Moayad Sheikh Mosque, or as historians call it, “Th...

4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~7.48 km from centre)

Qalawun Complex

Historical landmark

Marble & stone buildings with intricate details, named after the 13th-century ruler who built them.

4.70 (931 reviews) (~8.11 km from centre)

Prince Qayson Mosque

Mosque

4.70 (620 reviews) (~6.97 km from centre)

Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i

Shrine

👍👍 Recently my family and I visited here. Such an honour and well kept. The Shrine itself closes during prayer times and re opens half an hour later. A suggestion would be for a guide to be present as the experience would be more memorable and educational.

4.70 (619 reviews) (~6.56 km from centre)

Prince Taz Palace

Historical landmark

👍👍 Huge palace of a Memluk prince. Beautiful central courtyard. There are some bathing rooms, halls with hanging lights, wall engravings, and many many rooms!

4.70 (507 reviews) (~6.61 km from centre)

مسجد سليمان أغا السلحدار

Mosque

👍👍 Mosque, Sabeel, and Book of Suleiman Agha Al-Salhdar (1255 AH / 1839 AD), is one of the mosques that was established in the era of Muhammad Ali in Egypt, is located at the beginning of the bourjwan lane in Amir Al-Jayoush Street (Al-Moez Din Allah). On the other hand, it is in the extension of Al-N...

4.70 (310 reviews) (~8.38 km from centre)

Pyramid of Khufu

Historical landmark

👍👍 Grandiose, beautiful, amazing pyramid that is the biggest of them all.

4.70 (161 reviews) (~6.37 km from centre)

Teti Pyramid

Historical landmark

👍👍 The steps take you 31 metres below the top of the pyramid, negotiating descending when people are coming up can be timely. Not ideal if you have a bad back or are afraid of restricted spaces. Once down it's amazing to see hieroglyphics and the stars on the tomb ceiling. King Teti was from the 5th d...

4.70 (143 reviews) (~15.31 km from centre)

Khedive or Zamalek tree

Park

👍 Very interesting looking tree, on way to Cairo tower, so ideal for those wanting to take a selfie

4.70 (130 reviews) (~5.3 km from centre)

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Top rated Historical landmarks in Al Jizah, Egypt