Cairo Vacations, Cairo Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Cairo's official name is Al-Qahira ("The Vanquisher"), although the name informally used by most Egyptians is "Misr" (Egyptian Arabic name for Egypt), from the original name of Egypt's first Arab capital Fustat, Misr al-Fustat, "City of the Tents."
Cairo is the capital of Egypt, and the largest city in Africa. It has a metropolitan area population of about 17,285 million people. Cairo is the sixteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world.

Old Cairo (now known as Islamic Cairo) was founded 641 CE on the banks of the Nile, near ancient Egyptian towns that have since been swallowed by the growth of the city. Today, Greater Cairo encompasses various historic towns and modern districts into one of the most populous cities in the world. A journey through Cairo is a virtual time travel: from the Pyramids, Saladin's Citadel, the Virgin Mary's Tree, the Sphinx, and ancient Heliopolis, to Al-Azhar, the Mosque of Amr ibn al-A'as, Saqqara, the Hanging Church, and the Cairo Tower.