Viewpoint · Egypt
Cairo Tower
برج القاهرة
A 187 m lotus-shaped concrete tower on Gezira Island in Zamalek, built with an open-air viewing deck at its top.
Where it is
30.0460, 31.2243
Why go
Architect Naoum Shebib shaped this reinforced-concrete tower on Gezira Island to suggest a lotus, a symbol drawn from Pharaonic Egypt. At 187 metres it rises well above the Great Pyramid, and its top capsule was designed with an outdoor viewing deck and a revolving restaurant, looking out over the Nile, its islands and the capital. The structure was strengthened and given new visitor lifts in a rehabilitation completed in 2009.
Near Cairo Tower
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Museum of Modern Egyptian Art
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0 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
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1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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Royal Carriages Museum
The former khedivial stables in Bulaq, now displaying the carriages, harness and liveries of Egypt's Muhammad Ali dynasty.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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Manial Palace Museum
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2 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ