In depth
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Area guide
Downtown, the Khedivial city
Tahrir Square and the Egyptian Museum, the belle-époque streets of Talaat Harb, Groppi and Café Riche, and the Corniche towers.
Area guide · Cairo
Downtown Cairo: where to go between Tahrir and Talaat Harb
Tahrir Square and the Egyptian Museum, the belle-époque streets of Talaat Harb, Groppi and Café Riche, and the Corniche towers.
What's onThis week in Cairo
What to see and do
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On Tahrir Square since 1902
The Egyptian Museum
The museum of 1902 on Tahrir Square, still the great treasury of Pharaonic Egypt.
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On foot
Downtown’s Khedivial Cairo
Belle-époque Cairo, from Talaat Harb Square to the restored passages.
Where to eat
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Fairmont Nile City
Gingko
Fairmont Nile City’s Asian restaurant, in the Nile City Towers.
Nile City Towers, 2005 B Corniche El Nil, CairoExplore View on map
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Talaat Harb Square
Groppi
The historic tea room on Talaat Harb Square, a name from Downtown’s belle époque.
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Talaat Harb Street
Café Riche
The old café on Talaat Harb Street, long a meeting place of Cairo’s writers.
Bars
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25th floor
Sky Pool, Fairmont Nile City
Drinks by the pool on the 25th floor of the Nile City Towers.
Nile City Towers, 2005 B Corniche El Nil, CairoExplore View on map
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Nile City Towers
Champagne Bar, Fairmont Nile City
Fairmont Nile City’s champagne bar.
Nile City Towers, 2005 B Corniche El Nil, CairoExplore View on map
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The St. Regis Cairo
The St. Regis Bar & The Water Garden
The St. Regis’s cocktail bar on the Corniche, its arched windows looking over the Nile.
1189 Nile Corniche, CairoExplore View on map
Shopping
Where to stay
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By Tahrir Square
The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo
The Ritz-Carlton between the Nile and Tahrir Square, beside the Egyptian Museum.
1113 Corniche El Nil, CairoExplore View on map
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On the Corniche
The St. Regis Cairo
The St. Regis on the Nile Corniche, north of Downtown.
1189 Nile Corniche, CairoExplore View on map
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Sky Pool
Fairmont Nile City
Fairmont in the Nile City Towers, with a pool on the 25th floor and a Willow Stream spa.
Nile City Towers, 2005 B Corniche El Nil, Ramlet Beaulac, CairoExplore View on map
Spas and wellness
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Hotel spa
Willow Stream Spa, Fairmont Nile City
Fairmont’s spa in the Nile City Towers.
Nile City Towers, 2005 B Corniche El Nil, CairoExplore View on map
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