Creating a self-guided walk to explore Cairo is easy. Choose the attractions that interest you the most, and let our software create a walking route based on your selections. Afterward, retrieve your walk in the GPSmyCity app on your mobile device. The app will guide you from one tour stop to the next as if you had a personal tour guide. Our short
tutorial video shows the steps needed to create your walk.
Step 1: Select Attractions
Select "Interface" below to select the 'List' or 'Map' interface. Use "Filter Sights" to filter attractions by category. Maximum 20 sights per walk. If you select the 'Map' interface, click a map pin to view the sight information and select the sight.
Interface* :
Map and List of attractions
List of attractions
Map with attraction pins
Filter Sights* :
-- Show all sights --
Must-see
Attraction/Landmark
Museum/Gallery
Religious
Shopping
Abbas Bridge
Abdeen Palace (must see)
Ahmed Shawki Museum
Al-Azhar Mosque (must see)
Al-Azhar Park (must see)
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
Al-Rifa'i Mosque
Babylon Fortress
Ben Ezra Synagogue
Cairo Opera House
Cairo Tower (must see)
Coptic Museum (must see)
El Kahhal Carpets
El Karnak Bazar
Ethnographic Museum
Gayer-Anderson Museum
Great Pyramid of Giza (must see)
Great Sphinx of Giza (must see)
Khalil Museum
Khan Al-Khalili Bazaar (must see)
Khan El Khalili
Liberation Square
Mosque of Amr Ibn el-As
Mosque of Ibn Tulun (must see)
Mosque of Muhammad Ali (must see)
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan (must see)
Muizz Street (must see)
Museum of Islamic Art
National Military Museum
Old Coptic Cemetery of Cairo
Pyramid of Teti I at Saqqara - 6th Dynasty
Pyramid of Userkaf, Saqqara - 5th Dynasty
Pyramids Sound and Light Show
Railway Museum
Ramses II Statue
Roma Bazar
Royal Carriage Museum
Saint Barbara Church
Saint Shenouda Church
Sayyida Zeinab Mosque
Solar Boat Museum
Suleiman Pasha Mosque
Talaat Harb Square (Midan Talaat Harb)
Talaat Store
The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus
The Citadel (must see)
The Giza Zoo
The Greek Church of St. George
The Hanging Church (must see)
The Lost Pyramid of Sekhemkhet at Saqqara
The Mastaba El-Faraun
The Mukhtar Museum
The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (must see)
The National Geographic Society Museum
The Postal Museum
The Red Pyramid of Dahshur
The Sarghatmish Madrasa
The Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Step 2: Select Starting Point
Indicate walk's starting point which can be either one of the selected sights (shown on the map in 'Step 3') or a custom sight of choice, e.g. your hotel or a metro station.
Select One* :
Use one of the selected attractions
Use my hotel or a location specified by me
Use a walk friendly hotel
Enter Place Name* :
GPS Coordinates* :
Locate the place on map
Choose a Hotel* :
Valencia Hotel (view info)
Pyramids Guest House (view info)
Tahrir Plaza Suites (view info)
Paradise Boutique Hotel (view info)
The Australian Hostel (view info)
Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah (view info)
Safir Hotel Cairo (view info)
Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Cairo (view info)
Starting Point* :
Step 3: Create/Update Route
The selected attractions are displayed on the map below.
Walk Distance:
Your walk is not saved yet. To save it, please proceed to the final 'Step 4' below.
Selected Attractions:
Step 4: Save Your Custom Walk
Enter a name for your custom walk, along with your email address, in the fields below. You will receive the instructions for retrieving your custom walk in the GPSmyCity app by email. The GPSmyCity app offers turn-by-turn travel directions to guide you from one attraction to the next.
Walk Name* :
Email* :