The Khan Al-Khalili Bazaar popularly called the Khan is one of the oldest markets in Egypt. This open air market retains the medieval ambience of a traditional Arab market till today.
The Khan Al-Khalili Bazaar was established as a large caravanserai by Emir Jaharks al Khalili in 1382 during the reign of the Burji Mamluk Sultan, Barkuk. It was rebuilt many times after its establishment It was called the Turkish Bazaar under the rule of the Ottoman Turks. Its popularity among foreign tourists looking for bargains has also made it the target of terrorist attacks.
The Khan Al-Khalili Bazaar has shops selling textiles, spices, traditional arts and crafts, jewelry and perfumes. There are also several street hawkers selling small souvenirs at bargain prices for visitors to take home as mementoes. Egyptians prefer shopping at the west of the market where gold and silver objects and jewelry are available. Beyond the gold and silver market are canvas covered shops selling bronze and copper artifacts. There are also many restaurants and hookah bars called Shisha bars and coffee houses serving traditional Arabian coffee. The El-Fishawi Café or café of mirrors is a favorite among local artists and writers and is frequented by the Nobel Prize winning writer Naguib Mahfouz. The bazaar is the setting of his novel, Midaq Alley.

The Postal Museum is a repository of communications through the delivery of mails in Egypt from the era of the pharaohs. It is located on the second floor of the Central Post Office in Cairo at the Al Ataba Square.
The Postal Museum in Cairo was established in 1934 to coincide with the opening of the tenth Universal Postal Conference held in the city. The event took place during the reign of King Fuad I. It was opened for public viewing from 1940. The museum today is the results of renovations and expansions made in the year 1989.
The Postal Museum has ten sections. The first section is dedicated to the history of postal communication in the country from the age of the Pharaohs, the second is dedicated to the many international postal conferences around the world, the third displays tools used in postal technology, another section displays the different uniforms used by postal personnel down the ages and there is a display of miniature models of postal buildings in Egypt. There are also displays dedicated to types of transportation used by the postal service, a philately section, an air mail section and a section displaying different aspects of postal mail around the world. An artistic display at the museum is a stamp mosaic made of 15,000 identical stamps.

The Abdeen Palace is a large ornate building that is one of the official residences and the main office of the President of Egypt. A portion of the palace is now a museum.
The Abdeen Palace was built on the ruins of an old house belonging to Abdeen Bay, a commander of Mohamed Ali Pasha the Wali of Egypt. In 1872, Kedive Ismail, the then ruler of Egypt moved to the palace from the citadel and made it his official residence. The present building was constructed between 1863 and 1874. It was designed by the French architect, Rousseau and Egyptians, Turkish, French and Italian decorators worked on its ornate interiors. It was the scene of the Abdeen Palace incident of 1942 when King Faroukh I was forced to abdicate by the British.
The Abdeen Palace has lavish interiors with sculpture, paintings and clocks decorated with pure gold in its parlors and wings. The first floor is now used for visiting foreign dignitaries and the lower floors have museums including the Arms Museum, the Royal Family Museum, the Historical Documents Museum that was recently inaugurated in 2005 and the Presidential Gifts Museum displaying gifts given to the former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak.

The Liberation Square or Tahrir Square is the main gathering places for protests and events in Cairo. It was the scene of eight continuous days of protests where the people of Egypt forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign in 2011.
The Tahrir Square was once called the Midan Ismailia. After the revolution in 1952, that made Egypt a republic from a monarchy, it got its present name. The Square has been the venue of demonstrations in 1881 against the Khedive Tawfiq and in 1919 against the British. In 2003, it hosted demonstrations against the War in Iraq. It has always been a popular place for demonstrations because those who oppose policies and governments take control of the center of Cairo.
The Liberation Square is located at one of Cairo’s main traffic intersections. It consists of a central grassy area surrounded by busy boulevards. Important institutions like the Egyptian Museum, the offices of the Arab league, the Nile Hotel, the National Democratic Party headquarters Building and the American University in Cairoare found near the square. It also has many souvenir shops and is the starting point of walking tours around the city. Visitors use the underground viaducts of the square to get across the busy streets around Tahrir Square.

The river Nile in Cairo is a popular spot. It is one of the longest rivers in the world and is visible from all the principal streets of Cairo. The Nile was one of the main factors in the survival and development of the ancient Egyptians. If you want to admire its beauty, you can take a sunset dinner cruise on the river. Hundreds of “felucca”, Egyptian sailboats, and former cruise liners ply the waters of the Nile River as it makes its way through Cairo.

The Cairo Opera House was built with funds donated by the Japanese Government and inaugurated in 1988. The first performance was a Japanese Kabuki show. It was the first ever Kabuki performance in the African continent.
The first Cairo Opera House was the Kehedevial Opera House commissioned by Khedive Ismail in 1869 to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. Guiseppe Verdi was commissioned to write the opera Aida with an Egyptian theme. The building was inaugurated with the performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In 1971, the building was completely destroyed by a fire. The Japanese Government gave the new building as a gift on former President Hosni Mubarak’s visit to Japan in 1983 and the inauguration of the new building was by President Mubarak and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, the younger brother of the present Emperor of Japan.
The Cairo Opera House has seven floors and was designed by Egyptian and Japanese architects with an Islamic style. It has three levels and can seat up to 1,300 people. The building houses a smaller hall that can seat 500 people is used for chamber music performances and a small Opera Museum. There is an amphitheater for outdoor performances. It is the home of the Cairo Ballet Company, the Cairo Choir, the Arab Music Ensemble and the Cairo Children’s Choir.

The Cairo Tower or Borj al-Qahira in Arabic is the tallest tower in North Africa and the modern landmark of the city. It offers spectacular views of the ancient and modern parts of Cairo.
The Cairo Tower was constructed with American funds in 1956 and completed in 1961 with the help of the Soviet Union. It was designed by Egyptian architect, Naoum Chebib like a lotus which was the most sacred among flowers in the age of the Pharaohs. Extensive restoration was carried out between the years 2004 and 2009 to get the structure ready for its fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 2011.
The Cairo Tower is 187 meters high. It is the second tallest tower in Africa. The Cairo Tower is 45 meters taller than the Great Pyramid at Giza. The walls are built using concrete and granite and the tower has a latticework exterior. There is a TV tower, a revolving restaurant and an observation deck at the top. Telescopes are stationed on the observation deck for visitors to see different parts of the city. It is lighted up at night and the twinkling lights through the latticework somehow blend with the stars above. It is open daily from 9.00 am to 1.00 am the next day.