Exploring 19th and 20th Century Cairo - Manial Palace and Cairo Tower

Exploring 19th and 20th Century Cairo - Manial Palace and Cairo Tower

Morning you will be picked from hotel by Menatours representative and start your tour by visiting Mohamed Ali Palace, The Manial Palace and Museum, is a former Alawiyya dynasty era palace and grounds on Rhoda Island on the Nile, then visit Cairo tower one of the modern highlight site in Egypt, a free-standing concrete tower at 187 m (614 ft), it has been the tallest structure in Egypt and North Africa for about 50 years. It was built from 1954 to 1961, It’s partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a pharaonic lotus plant, an iconic symbol of ancient Egypt. The tower is crowned by a circular observation deck and a rotating restaurant with a view over greater Cairo. Move to Down town and tour of the down town area and the Zamalek streets, see the shops and the real Egyptian life you can view some of the shops. lunch and bottled water are included.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Manial Palace Museum, 1 Saray Street Manyal, Cairo 11511 Egypt

The Manial Palace and Museum, is a former Alawiyya dynasty era palace and grounds on Rhoda Island on the Nile. It is located in the Sharia Al-Saray area in the El-Manial district of southern Cairo, Egypt. The palace and estate has been preserved as an Antiquities Council directed historic house museum and estate, reflecting the settings and lifestyle of the late 19th- and early 20th-century Egyptian royal prince and heir apparent. The residence compound, composed of five separate and distinctively styled buildings, is surrounded by Persian gardens within an extensive English Landscape garden estate park, along a small branch of the Nile.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cairo Tower, Zamalek, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Cairo Tower, is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At 187 m (614 ft), it has been the tallest structure in Egypt and North Africa for about 50 years. It was the tallest structure in Africa for ten years until 1971, when it was surpassed by Hillbrow Tower in South Africa.

One of Cairo's well-known modern monuments, sometimes considered Egypt's second most famous landmark after the Pyramids of Giza, it stands in the Gezira district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, close to downtown Cairo.

Built from 1954 to 1961, the tower was designed by the Egyptian architect Naoum Shebib.[1] Its partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a pharaonic lotus plant, an iconic symbol of Ancient Egypt. The tower is crowned by a circular observation deck and a rotating restaurant[3] with a view over greater Cairo. One rotation takes approximately 70 minutes.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes