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Airlines that fly from Moscow to Cairo: Egyptair, Turkish Airlines, Swiss, Austrian Airlines, Alitalia, Lufthansa, LOT Polish Airlines, Aeroflot, KLM.

Possible airport transfers: Ataturk, Zurich, Vienna, Fiumicino, Frankfurt International, F. Chopin (okecie), Schiphol, Franz nd. Strauss.

The flight to Cairo is made from Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports. Average flight time 4 hours 10 minutes. Arrival carried out in airports: Cairo.

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Cairo — the capital of Egypt — one of the oldest states in the world, preserved to this day. The first settlements appeared here 6,000 years ago. From the 3rd millennium BC in the Saqqara region (a suburb of modern Cairo), the grandiose construction of the pyramids began. Toward the beginning of our era, the city was called Babylon (the name given by the ancient Sumerians). The date of foundation of the modern city is considered to be 929 AD.

Best time to travel to Cairo

The capital of Egypt is located near the delta of the great African River Nile. The climate in these regions is dry tropical, in the spring days the local wind Khamsin often blows. According to our standards, Cairo is warm all year round, but seasonal (from + 40 ° C in summer — to 0 ° C in winter) and daily (again, from + 40 ° C in the daytime — to + 15 ° C and lower at night) impressive. On the other hand, there is very little precipitation, so bad weather in those places will not be able to spoil the rest.

Sights of Cairo

If you are not going to Cairo for a whole year, then a single visit to the city will not be enough to see all of its attractions (the city has more than 400 historical and architectural monuments that appeared from the IV century BC to the XIX century, respectively, our era ).

Since ancient times, in Cairo, the tower of the Babylon fortress (187 m in height) has been preserved; the fort of Emperor Trajan with the El Mual-Lac Coptic Church located therein; Abu Serg’s church (according to legend, Mary and Jesus hid from their pursuers next to her, once upon a time).

Most of the Coptic churches were built in the Byzantine period — by the VII century. ne — These are the temples of the Holy Bacchus and Sergius, Barbarians and the temple of the Mother of God.

During the rule of the Arabs, the mosques of al-Hakim, Amr ibn al-Asa, al-Azhar, al-Juyushi, Ibn Tulun, al-Salih-Talay, the mausoleums of Sabya Banat and Umm Kulthum were created. Of the sights of that era, mention should also be made of the remains of the city walls and houses recently found by archeologists.

In later times, the citadel of Saladin was built (among the Egyptians it is better known as Salah ad-Din), the mausoleums of Sultan Qalaun, the imam ash-Shafi, Sanjar al-Gawli, the mosque of Sultans Hasan and Barkuk, al-Muaydah, the mausoleum of Mamluks and more several buildings, such as the museum and the Mausoleum of Kaitbey, the Mosque of Pasha Mohammed and Sinan Pasha.

All the main monuments of antiquity are located in the Old City, but the pride of the New City is the National Museum and a monument of granite called “The Awakening of Egypt” (built in the 1920s).

In the suburbs of Cairo are famous for the whole world thousand-year Egyptian pyramids. In general, Cairo is a city in which everything breathes history. Perhaps it cannot be called a resort (as, for example, Egyptian Alanya), but, being in Egypt, it is impossible to pass by Cairo.