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Street in Islamic Cairo with minarets and lanterns
Cairo og Giza

Det islamiske Cairo og Khan El Khalili

Tusind års moskeer, porte og markeder, stadig beboet.

Khan El Khalili
grundlagt 1382 af emir Djaharks el-Khalili
Al-Azhar
moské 970, universitet 972, det ældste, der stadig underviser
Al-Muizz-gaden
1 km, UNESCO Historisk Cairo, gågade om aftenen
Citadellet
Saladin 1176–1183; Muhammad Ali-moskeen 1830–1848

Det islamiske Cairo er byens fatimidiske, mamelukiske og osmanniske kerne, et UNESCO-sted omkring Al-Muizz-gaden: Al-Azhar-moskeen (970), Qalawun- og Sultan Hassan-komplekserne, Bab Zuweila og de fatimidiske porte, Saladins Citadel med Muhammad Ali-moskeen og Khan El Khalili, basaren grundlagt i 1382. Vores gåture dækker det på fire timer; Cairo-dagene kombinerer det med museerne og det koptiske Cairo.

Besøget

Cairo was founded in 969 by the Fatimids as a walled palace city, and Al-Muizz Street was its main axis. Walk it today from Bab Zuweila in the south to Bab al-Futuh in the north and you pass the mosque of Al-Ghuri, the complex of Sultan Qalawun with its hospital and mausoleum (1285), the madrasa of Barquq, the sabil-kuttab fountains and the merchant's house of Bayt al-Suhaymi, most of them open to visit.

Khan El Khalili sits off the street's middle: a grid of specialised lanes for gold, copper, spices, lanterns, perfume oils and leather, with El Fishawy café at its heart. Above the old city on the Muqattam spur, the Citadel of Saladin and the alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali give the view over all of it to the pyramids.

At night the street is lit and pedestrian, the bazaar stays open late and the food lanes fill up. Our night tours and the street-food walk are built around that.

Tips fra vores guider

  • Fridays 11:00–13:00 the mosques close for prayers; walk the bazaar then
  • Haggle with a smile; the guide knows the fair price
  • Al-Azhar Park on the hill has the best sunset view of the minarets

Bedste tidspunkt: Sen eftermiddag og aften, alle årstider; formiddage om sommeren.

Spørgsmål

Yes, outside prayer times, with shoulders and knees covered and shoes off. Women receive a scarf at the door of Al-Azhar and the Muhammad Ali Mosque.
30.0475 N, 31.2622 EÅbn i Google Maps

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