Sights & Attractions in Cairo

Things to Do in Downtown and Bulaq

Name	Category	Location

Banque Misr Colonial Cairo emulated the French, was run by the British, and...	Architectural Sites	Downtown and Bulaq

Chaar-Hachamaim Synagogue This unusual concrete block with a subtle art nouveau floral...	Religious Sites	Downtown and Bulaq

The Egyptian Antiquities Museum On the north end of Maydan Tahrir, this huge neoclassical building...	Museums / Galleries	Downtown and Bulaq

Groppi On the western edge of Maydan Tala'at Harb, recognizable by the...	Restaurants	Downtown and Bulaq

L'Orientaliste This small, unostentatious bookstore is one of the world's premier...	Stores / Malls	Downtown and Bulaq


Old Red-Light District Although the area around Shar'a Clot Bey is now rather conservative...	Historic Districts / Sites	Downtown and Bulaq

Sednaoui A spectacular building modeled on a store in Paris, Sednaoui...	Stores / Malls	Downtown and Bulaq

St. David Building Founded in the 1880s by a Welshman as the Davies Bryan department...	Architectural Sites	Downtown and Bulaq

Trieste Designed by the architect of the Banque Misr but even more intriguing...	Architectural Sites	Downtown and Bulaq
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