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Cairo holidays

April 2020

  • The entrance to the tomb of Queen Meresankh III, with the Pyramid of Khufu in the background, Giza, Egypt.

    Five-thousand-year-old Egyptian tomb opens for virtual tour

    Egypt’s classical wonders are off limits but a royal tomb is one of four sites where 3D modelling gives us a fascinating glimpse of antiquity

September 2019

  • the Ramses II statue at The Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

    A glimpse behind the scenes of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum

    Egypt’s vast, much-delayed museum is scheduled to open in 2020. But while Tutankhamun’s treasures are being readied for tourists, some critics see the building as a vanity project

December 2018

  • the group on a sunset camel ride near Aswan.

    Our big exotic sleepover: a single-parent tour of Egypt

    As the Land of the Pharaohs edges its way back on to the tourist map, our writer and her daughter join other single-parent families on a new group tour

March 2018

  • Salesman works on a carpet in the markets of al-Darb al-Ahmar.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Alive with artisans: Cairo’s al-Darb al-Ahmar district – a photo essay

    Amid the quarter’s busy streets, a thousand workshops maintain centuries-old craftmaking traditions. These workers’ ancient skills are celebrated in a new exhibition at London’s Royal Geographical Society

December 2016

  • Young teenagers taking selfies, Al Azhar Park, Cairo

    Instagram snapshots
    Instagram snapshots: Annapurna Mellor in Egypt

    Photographer Annapurna Mellor found Cairo and Luxor ‘devoid of tourists’ on a recent visit. ‘I urge people to go to Egypt. Locals have a deep love for their country and a desire to share its beauty with the world’

March 2016

  • a dish of kushari in Cairo.

    The foodie traveller
    Cheap, healthy and oh so tasty: the best kushari in Cairo

    This spicy mixture of rice, lentils and pasta started as filling food for the poor - but is now Egypt’s national dish

October 2015

  • A museological gem … Cairo’s Agricultural Museum.

    A great little place I know
    Where does the British Museum’s keeper of Ancient Egypt get his kicks when in Cairo?

    No, not the Pyramids, the Sphinx or in a mummy’s tombs – he prefers to hang out at the city’s Agricultural Museum

March 2015

  • A scale-model of Egypt's planned new capital, on display at the Egyptian Economic Development Conference at Sharm el-Sheikh

    A new New Cairo: Egypt plans £30bn purpose-built capital in desert

    The currently nameless city of five million would be home to 660 hospitals, 1,250 mosques and churches, and a theme park four times the size of Disneyland – all to be completed within seven years. Could it happen?

October 2014

  • Mohamed Elshahed

    Blogger of the week
    An urbanist's guide to Cairo: ‘a city weighed down by stereotypes’

    Taxis, trash and street dance parties: Mohamed Elshased of Cairobserver navigates us beyond the sensory overload of the Egyptian capital

March 2014

February 2014

  • Traffic congestion in Cairo

    City links
    City links: the best of the web

    City ‘selfies’, overcrowding misconceptions and how weather affects New Yorkers’ generosity feature among the best city content we’ve seen online this week

August 2013

  • Beach at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

    Egypt travel advice: is it safe to go?

    Egypt is under curfew as it reels from the worst violence in decades. Where does that leave people who have booked holidays to Red Sea resorts, including Sharm el-Sheikh

June 2013

  • A girl takes a photo with her mobile in cairo

    Blogging students
    Why I'm taking a punt on Cairo

    If you're studying Arabic, finding a safe place to practise speaking the language can be tricky

April 2012

  • Streets ahead: business as usual in the new Cairo

    Sightless in Cairo

    Being blind didn't deter Ryan Knighton from visiting Egypt in the chaotic aftermath of the Arab Spring. But it did make him wonder how everyone else gets around

June 2011

  • Pyramids

    Back to the Middle East: Egypt needs your holiday money

    Celebrated novelist and political commentator Adhaf Soueif has the perfect way to support Egypt's revolution: come on holiday

May 2011

  • Bantry House, Ireland

    Experts' and readers' tips
    Readers' tips: music venues

    When it comes to the most atmospheric places to hear live music, Been There readers have plenty of top tips, from a former council carpark in Glasgow to a punk rock and ska hotspot in Ljubljana

September 2010

  • Riad chi chi

    Arabian nights: stylish places to stay

    Four new and revamped urban bolt holes in the Middle East and north Africa

July 2010

  • Al Moudira Hotel bedroom, Luxor

    Live like a pharaoh: fabulous places to stay in Egypt

    From luxurious new hotels to an oasis villa and Nile cruise, Tom Bell picks top places to stay from his new Egypt collection for i-escape.com

March 2010

  • Coffee plantation, near Armenia, Colombia

    Ask Tom
    Ask Tom: your travel dilemmas answered

    Lonely Planet's Tom Hall answers your questions on worldwide travel. This week: is Colombia really a safe destination and can you do Cairo in a day?

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