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Places worth the detour in Cairo

60 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Cairo, Egypt, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (55). Best known: Cairo. 19 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological55 Nature5
Within 30 km
60
Oldest
Bent Pyramid 2699 BC
Little known
19 of 60
Most from
26th century BC

All 60, ranked 60

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Cairo?

60 places within 30 km: 55 archaeological & historic sites and 5 nature & landscapes. The best known is Cairo.

Is there anything near Cairo that most visitors miss?

19 of these 60 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Cairo?

Bent Pyramid, dated to 2699 BC.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Cairo, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.