Welcome to Cairo! "Al Qahira", is Egypt's capital and usually the starting and ending point of all itineraries. It was established by the Fatimids, dating back more than 1000 years. The largest city in Africa, Cairo is home to 25 million people, and offers an incredible selection of shopping, leisure and nightlife activities. Shopping ranges from the famous bazaar Khan el-Khalili Souk, largely unchanged since the 14th century, to modern air-conditioned retail centers displaying the latest fashions. Today the city throbs with ever increasing energy and has booming western-style nightlife with a wide variety of restaurants and bars, as well as more traditional entertainment such as local coffeehouses and Arabic nightclubs with belly dancers. Highlights of Cairo include the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian Museum, the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Museum of Civilization, which contains the mummies of the greatest kings of the Pharaonic civilization, The Citadel of Saladin and old Cairo District it has the largest religious complex that contains the oldest churches and the cave in which the Holy Family hid and the first mosque founded in Africa and the oldest Jewish temple in one place.
