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What to see by car: Cairo
    
Cairo's traffic is mad, and road rules seem irrelevant in a cacophony of blaring
horns. You're better off taking a taxi tour which you'll find difficult to avoid.
These hustlers are found in all tourist spots and offer ridiculously cheap prices,
with the tour inevitably ending up at gem and perfume shops full of very aggressive
salesmen. It is best to hire a car and then hire a driver (with his photo album
of sights to select from).
There is a sparse network of roads in the Nile delta and Cairo area, with a
highway running south on both sides of the river; caution is advised as locals
often drive dangerously. Even though you may be crossing deserts, there are
regular settlements if you run into car trouble. Following the 1997 tourist
attack, the tourist police prefer visitors to drive in convoys; however, there
hasn't been a major incident since that time.
In addition to the Pyramids at Giza, the Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Islamic
Cairo, there are further interesting sites to discover. The Manial Palace Museum,
built in the early 20th century for a royal, has interesting palatial interiors.
Alternatively, Heliopolis is Cairo's newer upmarket suburb, offering respite
from the city, as well as some great shopping if you can cope with haggling.
South of Giza are the less impressive but much older pyramids of Zosar at Saqqara.
Twenty kilometres south are the quieter Dahshur fields and pyramids of the 4th
and 12th dynasties. From here, you can see the fields of the fertile Nile basin
that feed the country.
Alexandria is an important and ancient maritime city on the Mediterranean coast
and is home to some fascinating sites. There are several sun-soaked resort towns
such as Sidi Abdel Rahman along the stretch of Mediterranean coast near Alexandria.
Alternatively, Wadi Natrun, a long, narrow depression in the desert just west
of the Delta region, shelters several ancient Coptic monasteries.
Selection of hotels in this region:
InterContinental Semiramis Cairo | | Sheraton Cairo Hotel Towers & Casino | | El Gezirah Sheraton Hotel, Towers & Casino | | Pyramids Park Inter-Continental Resort | | Sheraton Heliopolis, Towers and Casino | | Le Meridien Pyramids | |
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