Best places: Tourist attractions in Manial Shiha, Egypt

Vast mosque & educational institution with unique architectural features & opulent interiors.

Islamic place of worship with a high ceiling, 44 pillars & tombs of Egyptian royals & Iran's Shah.

Sculpture, pottery & metalware charting millennia of Egyptian civilization, plus a hall of mummies.

👍👍 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

Grand, 19th-century mosque in Cairo's iconic Citadel, lavishly decorated with Islamic motifs.

Coptic Orthodox church with a wooden roof in the shape of Noah's ark, a 5th-century pulpit & icons.

The world's 1st large-scale cut stone structure, forming the centerpiece of a huge mortuary complex.

Sprawling 9th-century mosque featuring a spiral minaret & a courtyard lined with stucco arcades.

4th-century church believed to be built on the spot where Joseph, Mary & baby Jesus once rested.

Exhibition hall displaying gold coffins & mummies of pharaohs who ruled more than 3,000 years ago.

Imposing fortress & wall built by Saladin in the 12th century as protection against the Crusaders.

Restored mosque with a tall, carved minaret, home to the 14th-century mausoleum of Sayyida Aisha.

Ornately decorated palace with a clocktower built between 1900 & 1929 in a mix of Islamic styles.

👍👍 I visited this Mosque in Al khalifa district (called Darb Al Sebaa or Darb ال البيت)Mosque of Sayyida Sakina Bent El Hussein is one of the popular placed in Cairo. El Sayyida Sakina was the daughter of El Husein, grandson of Prophet Mohamed, the wife of Abd Allah Ibn El Zubair Ibn El Awam. She witne...

17th-century home turned museum showcasing Egyptian architecture, furnishings, costumes, art & more.

Also called Aqsunqur, this 1300s structure features a mausoleum, courtyard & a blue-tiled interior.

👍 Against all odds this place was more organized than the famous pyramids of Giza. It had places where you could throw your trash. It was even separated in different categories depending on the material (plastic, glass, trash). They had signs showing you the way for the monuments, it had also an on si...

Ornate, neoclassical palace housing a collection of Impressionist paintings, with views of the Nile.

👍👍 Al-Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun Mosque in the Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi in Cairo The architectural masterpiece that combines the Pharaonic, Islamic, Roman and Ptolemaic arts ... its green dome in the form of the dome of the Prophet's Mosque..and its columns are decorated with lotus blossoms a...

👍👍 I like this place and the view of the Nile river up to The Mansterly Bridge 🥰❤️😍