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Cairo, day by day

Cairo is the pyramids and the new Grand Egyptian Museum on one edge, a thousand years of mosques and bazaars on the other, and the Nile down the middle. Start with three days that give each of those its own day, with the ticket prices and opening hours as the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities lists them for 2026.

Updated 12 September 2026 · 9 official sources checked · report an error

Cairo
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0

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3 days in Cairo

3 Days in Cairo
3 days3 Days in CairoThe pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Citadel, Al-Azhar and Khan el-Khalili, then Coptic Cairo, the royal mummies and the Egyptian Museum.

Before you go

Good to know in Cairo

Tickets and opening hours

  • The Giza Plateau is open 8:00–16:00 every day. Area entry for foreign visitors is 700 EGP (students 350 EGP); this ticket does not cover the interiors of the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Tomb of Meresankh III or the Workers' Cemetery, which are ticketed separately.Source: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Discover Egypt's Monuments · checked Sep 2026

Getting around

  • Cairo Metro single tickets on lines 1, 2 and 3 cost 10 EGP for up to 9 stations, 12 EGP for up to 16, 15 EGP for up to 23 and 20 EGP for longer journeys, following the fare change of March 27, 2026. Mar Girgis on line 1 is the station for Coptic Cairo and Sadat the station for Tahrir Square.Source: Egypt Independent · checked Sep 2026

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Sources and method

Places and coordinates: Wikidata and Tripwoa's open-data place catalog (Overture Maps Foundation, © OpenStreetMap contributors). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each image. Practical rules: the official sources linked in each note, checked in September 2026.

How this plan was made: Tripwoa's planner drafted the day order from real coordinates and typical visit times. Each stop was then reviewed, reordered where needed and rewritten with AI assistance. Walking distances are straight-line estimates, so allow a little extra time on real streets.