Aswan
Moderate
Aga Khan Mausoleum
The Aga Khan Mausoleum on Aswan's west bank is a Fatimid-style white dome monument on a desert hilltop — the t...
Cairo
Easy
Ben Ezra Synagogue
The Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo's Coptic Quarter is the site of the Cairo Geniza — 280,000 medieval manuscript...
Cairo
Easy
Saladin Citadel of Cairo
The Saladin Citadel of Cairo is Egypt's most significant medieval fortress — founded in 1176 CE by Saladin and...
Alexandria
Easy
Qaitbay Citadel
Fort Qaitbay in Alexandria is a 1480 CE Mamluk fortress built on the site of the ancient Pharos lighthouse — o...
Cairo
Easy
Bayt al-Suhaymi
Bayt al-Suhaymi is Islamic Cairo's finest Ottoman-era merchant house — a 1648 CE domestic compound with carved...
Cairo
Easy
Bab Zuwayla
Bab Zuweila is Cairo's last surviving Fatimid southern gate (1092 CE) — topped by the minarets of the al-Mu'ay...
Wadi Natrun Monasteries
The Wadi Natrun Monasteries are four of the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian communities — foun...
Cairo
Easy
Hanging Church
The Hanging Church is Egypt's most celebrated Coptic monument — a 7th-century church suspended over a Roman fo...
Saint Catherine
Moderate
Saint Catherine’s Monastery
St. Catherine's Monastery is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery — a UNESCO World He...
Abu Mena
Moderate
Church of Saint Menas
The Saint Mina Church and pilgrimage site at Abu Mena marks one of the ancient world's most important Christia...
Cairo
Easy
Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo is the seat of the Coptic Pope and mother church of Africa's o...
Cairo
Easy
Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo)
Coptic Cairo is the world's most historically layered religious district — Roman fortress walls, Egypt's oldes...
Cairo
Easy
Church of the Virgin Mary
The Church of the Virgin Mary at Zeitoun is the site of the celebrated 1968–1971 apparitions witnessed by up t...
Cairo
Easy
Church of St. Mercurius
The Church of Saint Mercurius (Abu Sifein) is Old Cairo's most extensive Coptic church compound — a multi-hall...
Cairo
Easy
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church
The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Abu Serga) is Cairo's oldest church — a 4th-century basilica built o...
Cairo
Easy
Church of Saint George
The Church of Saint George in Old Cairo is Egypt's most architecturally unusual Christian building — a circula...
Cairo
Easy
Church of Saint Barbara
The Church of Saint Barbara is one of Cairo's oldest Coptic churches — a 7th-century basilica within the Roman...
Cairo
Easy
Qalawun complex
The Sultan Qalawun Complex is the finest Mamluk monument in Egypt — a mosque, madrasa, and medieval hospital b...
Cairo
Easy
Al-Mu’izz Street
Al-Muizz Street is the world's largest open-air museum of Islamic architecture — a 1,000-year-old Cairo thorou...
Cairo
Easy
Muhammad Ali Mosque
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali — Cairo's Alabaster Mosque — is the most dominant landmark in Egypt's capital, an O...
Cairo
Easy
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Ibn Tulun Mosque is Cairo's oldest mosque in its original form (879 CE) — a vast brick monument with a unique ...
Alexandria
Easy
Nabi Daniel Mosque : The Intersection of Legend
The Nabi Daniel Mosque in Alexandria sits at the intersection of Islamic history and ancient legend — long cla...
Cairo
Easy
Al-Rifa’i Mosque
Al-Rifa'i Mosque is Cairo's royal mausoleum — containing the tombs of Egypt's last three monarchs and the Shah...
Cairo
Easy
Al-Hussein Mosque
The Mosque of al-Hussain is Egypt's most sacred Islamic shrine — built over the supposed resting place of the ...
Cairo
Easy
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque is the world's oldest continuously functioning university (970 CE) and the supreme authority o...
Cairo
Easy
Al Aqmar Mosque
Al-Aqmar Mosque (1125 CE) is Cairo's most architecturally innovative Fatimid monument — the first mosque in Eg...
Luxor
Easy
Abu Haggag Mosque
The Abu Haggag Mosque at Luxor is Egypt's most dramatic example of religious layering — an active 13th-century...
Alexandria
Easy
Abu Al-Abbas Al-Mursi Mosque
The Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi is Alexandria's finest Islamic monument — a four-domed 13th-century Sufi s...
