Park · Egypt
Al-Azhar Park
A landscaped park beside historic Cairo, with gardens, water features and city views.
Where it is
30.0411, 31.2654
Why go
Created on the former Darassa rubble site, the park provides green space alongside Cairo’s historic neighborhoods. Its design draws on Islamic garden traditions, with a formal axis, fountains and a lake. It is a place for walking, relaxing and looking across the city, as well as a setting connected to the restoration of its historic walls.
Near Al-Azhar Park
Historic site
House of Sitt Wasila
An Ottoman-period courtyard house with decorated reception rooms and painted architectural scenes.
0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Historic site
House of Gamal Al-Din Al-Dhahabi
A seventeenth-century merchant’s house in Cairo’s Al-Ghuriyya area.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Mosque
Al-Fakahani Mosque
An Ottoman-rebuilt mosque preserving wooden doors from its Fatimid predecessor.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Monument
Sabil-Kuttab of Muhammad Ali, Al-Aqqadin
A rounded public fountain and school commissioned in memory of Muhammad Ali’s son Tusun.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ