Top 10 Mosques in Cairo
Description:
Amongst other things, Cairo is known as the “City of 1000 Minarets.” There are tons of mosques in Cairo, and this top ten list of the best mosques will help ensure you visit the most beautiful and interesting of them. The top ten mosques in Cairo range from the stunningly opulent to the elegantly severe, and from the oldest mosque in Africa to a mosque that contains a severed head! Most of the ten best mosques in Cairo are free to enter, and some will let you climb the minaret for stunning views out over Cairo.
Author: Nicholas Rowlands
Day 1 - Cairo
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Ibn Tulun Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsOff 'Abd al-Magid al-Labban (Al-Salbiyya) Street
Ibn Tulun Street
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 391 3454 (Tourist Information)2
Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa
Location:
view in google mapsEl-Qalaa Street
(Beneath the Citadel)
Cairo, Egypt
3
Al-Refa'i Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsEl-Qalaa Street
Beneath the Citadel
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 391 3454 (Tourist Information)4
Al-Azhar Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsAl-Azhar Street
Opposite El-Hussein Square
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 59 38935
Amr Ibn el-Aas Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsSidi Hasan al-Anwar Street
Fustat
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 391 3454 (Tourist Information)6
Citadel: Mohammed Ali Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsCitadel Historic Complex
Salah Salem Highway
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 391 3454 (Tourist Information)7
Citadel: Suleiman Pasha Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsCitadel
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 2 285 4509 (Tourist Information)8
Al Hussein Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsEl-Hussein Square
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 285 4509 (Tourist Information)9
Hakim Mosque (Al)
Location:
view in google mapsAl-Mu'izz li-Din Allah Street
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 285 4509 (Tourist Information)10
Sayeda Zeinab Mosque
Location:
view in google mapsAl Sayeda Zeinab Square
Cairo, Egypt
Phone:
+20 (0)2 285 4509 (Tourist Information)