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Just outside the site that has inspired playwrights, composers and writers: Giza with its Sphinx and pyramids. But Saqqara's royal burial grounds and other archaeological splendorous are in the vicinity of Cairo that has over 400 registered historical monuments. The Egyptian Museum in town has a magnificent collection of treasures, from royal mummies to fabulous treasures. Domed houses of worship are themselves in architecture. But who can resist ambling through the famous Khan El Khalili, a bazaar largely unchanged since the 14th century?
Street markets often specialize in merchandise like fabrics, cotton, appliqué products, musical instruments. Take in the busy camel market through you won't be able to get one of these dromedaries in your suitcase. Modern shopping centers are ubiquitous, too.
When you want relax you might take in a morning of golf or horse racing, visit the zoo or botanical gardens the opera, art museum, flok theatre or a sound and light show. Whatever you decide to do, Cairo would not disappoint you.
Marriot
1,250 rooms (including executive corporate and 7 presidential suites); seafood, international, American Tex-Mex, Egyptian, barbcue restaurants; grill, café, dinner night club, bars, piano bar, cocktail lounge, bakery, 24-hour casino; 6-acere Nile Island recreational grounds, health club (swimming pool, whirlpool, 3floodlit tennis courts.
Le Meridian Pyramids
Provides unrivalled views of the Giza Pyramids, and offers a spectacular swimming pool complex with a swim- in bar, a health club and boats a variety of international restaurants including Italian and Chinese cuisine.
Sheraton
West bank of the Nile, 3 miles from the Egyptian Museum, opera house and shopping and business centers ; 19 kilometers from airport; 660 rooms ( including 113 suites and 14 non smoking floors), all with views of the city or Nile; Tex-Mex, Lebanese, Italians, Egyptian, Indonesian, Japanese restaurants, snack lounge, night club, 24-hour coffee shop; casino restaurant, bars, lounge.
Sheraton Towers
54 rooms, 27 suites; outdoor heated swimming pool with bar, health club (gym, sauna, Jacuzzi, massage, stem bath, out door tennis court)
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