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Street in Islamic Cairo with minarets and lanterns
Le Caire et Gizeh

Le Caire islamique et Khan El Khalili

Mille ans de mosquées, de portes et de marchés, toujours habités.

Khan El Khalili
fondé en 1382 par l'émir Djaharks el-Khalili
Al-Azhar
mosquée 970, université 972, la plus ancienne encore en activité
Rue Al-Muizz
1 km, Caire historique UNESCO, piétonne le soir
Citadelle
Saladin 1176–1183 ; mosquée Muhammad Ali 1830–1848

Le Caire islamique est le cœur fatimide, mamelouk et ottoman de la ville, un site UNESCO autour de la rue Al-Muizz : la mosquée Al-Azhar (970), les complexes de Qalaoun et Sultan Hassan, Bab Zuweila et les portes fatimides, la Citadelle de Saladin avec la mosquée Muhammad Ali, et Khan El Khalili, le bazar fondé en 1382. Nos balades le couvrent en quatre heures ; les journées au Caire le combinent avec les musées et le Caire copte.

La visite

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.

Conseils de nos guides

  • 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

Meilleure période: Fin d'après-midi et soirée, en toute saison ; le matin en été.

Questions

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.
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Excursions visitant Le Caire islamique