Visitor's Guide: Cairo

Egyptian Museum in Cairo downtown

Egyptian Museum in Cairo downtown

Giza Pyramids & the Sphinx

Home to the Pyramids, the Egyptian Museum and over 16 million people, Cairo is teeming with history and culture. The past blends with the present, creating a unique and exciting atmosphere. Magical, mystical and maddening but never mediocre.

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Local Business and Services Directory: Cairo

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Area Events

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Cairo International Book Fair

1/23/09 to 2/2/09

Arabic Music Festival (0 miles E)

11/1/09 to 11/30/09

Sound and Light Shows at the Pyramids & Sphinx of Giza.

1/1/09 to 12/31/09

Ismailia Film Festival (99.4 miles NE)

9/1/09 to 9/30/09

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Area Tour Services

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American Express Cairo

  • Daily to all City Attractions
  • Contact Guest Relation
  • 20 2 5743656

Emeco Travel

  • Daily to all City Attractions
  • Contact Guest Relation
  • 20 2 574 9360

Memphis Tours

  • Memphis Tours
  • 20 02 24020464

Min Travel

  • City Attractions
  • 20 2 263 25 917

Suneast Tours

  • Cairo Sightseeings
  • Suneast Tours
  • 20 02 2415 3687

Thomas Cook

  • Pharaonic Cairo
  • Thomas Cook
  • 20 02 26965066

Identification of these resources is solely for the convenience of our guests. Neither Marriott International, Inc. nor any of its affiliates or franchisees endorses or is a sponsor of these resources.

Cairo Marriott® Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino

16 Saray El Gezira Street Cairo, 11211 Egypt

  • Phone:  20 2 27283000
  • Fax 20 2 27283001
  • Sales:  20 2 27394639
  • Toll-free:  25100200 8004326626

Tent Market in Old  Cairo

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To make reservations by phone, call 1-800-228-9290 in the USA and Canada (or any of our worldwide reservation telephone numbers ).

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Cairo Weather:

November 6, 2009

  • AM Mostly Sunny / PM Mostly Clear
  • Hi:84F |28C
  • Low:64F |17C