Hotels in Cairo

Cairo is the largest city in the Arab world and the political, cultural, and economic heart of Egypt. It sprawls along both banks of the Nile River, stretching east into desert and west toward the Pyramids of Giza on the Giza Plateau. Greater Cairo is home to roughly 22 million people, making it Africa's most populous metropolitan area.

The city blends 5,000 years of layered history. Pharaonic monuments at Giza and Saqqara sit alongside Coptic churches in Old Cairo, the medieval Islamic quarter around Khan el-Khalili, and the 19th-century downtown laid out under Khedive Ismail. Cairo International Airport (CAI) is Africa's second-busiest, and the new Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza opened fully in 2025.