The Coptic Museum is a large museum in Coptic Cairo with the biggest collection of Egyptian Christian artifacts in the entire world. It was built on 8,000 square meters gifted by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria under the guardianship of Pope Cyril V. Exhibits are displayed nicely in chronological order, with the upper floor framing a display of Nubian paintings. Take a look at the gorgeous paintings, as well as metal, wood, glass and ivory craftsmanship.

The Egyptian Museum was initially constructed in Boulak. In 1891, it was converted into the Giza Palace. The Egyptian Museum is located at Tahrir square in Cairo. It was constructed during the rule of Khedive Abbass Helmi II in 1897, and thrown open to the public in 1902. At the ground floor there are huge statues. The upper floor houses smaller statues, jewels, furniture, Tutankhamon treasures and mummies.

The Cairo Tower is a television tower in Cairo, Egypt. It stands in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, near the city center. Erected during the modernizing rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser, this 187 meter high tower offers spectacular views of Cairo. The tower is crowned by a circular observation deck and a rotating restaurant with views over Cairo. One rotation takes approximately 70 minutes.

The Giza Zoo is Egypt's biggest zoological garden. Situated in the city of Cairo, it is one of the few 'green' areas in the city. The zoo contains many endangered species as well as a selection of local fauna. There is a reptile house and a taxidermist's building on site and the park contains a suspension bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel. Certain rare species have been successfully bred inside the zoo - including the first Californian Sea Lion to be born in the Middle East in 2002.

Ahmed Shawki Museum is a museum devoted to the poet Ahmed Shawki. The museum houses a large ensemble of about 713 scripts, a collection of pictures, old furniture and photos of the poet and his relatives. Conventionally, a museum is said to be a structure where ancient and epoch-making items are displayed. However, the modern concept of a museum has been developed so as to reflect, as well, all aspects of ordinary and contemporary life.

The Abbas Bridge is one of the impressive bridges of Cairo. The Bridge has a pedestrian walkside and is actually a 586 meters long span type bridge inaugurated in 1908 by Khedive Abbas, in order to link Giza to Rhoda Island. The Abbas Bridge is followed by another one but smaller bridge called al-Malek al-Saleh.

The Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) is the most renowned Coptic Christian church in Cairo. It was perhaps constructed during the patriarchate of Isaac (690-92). The church was largely rebuilt during the patriarchate of Abraham (975-78) and has seen many other restorations including one very recently.

This beautiful and clean cemetery is one of the prettiest cemeteries in Egypt. The gravestones are gorgeous with statues of angels, saints, doves, crosses and the like. If you like to be in the cemetery when a funeral is occurring, you will witness the old Egyptian tradition of wailing at burials. These wailing women can be seen pictured on the murals and bas-reliefs of the tombs of the ancient Egyptians.

The Ben Ezra Synagogue, sometimes referred to as the El-Geniza Synagogue, is located in Coptic Cairo. According to the local tradition, it is built on the site of where baby Moses grew up. This was the synagogue whose geniza or store room was established in the 19th century to house a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and holy manuscripts. The collection, known as the Cairo Geniza, was brought to Cambridge, England at the instigation of Solomon Schechter.