Midan Tahrir

Midan Tahrir

Midan Tahrir

Midan Tahrir (Liberation Square) was famous in 2011 when millions of Egyptians gathered here to get rid of president Hosni Mubarak. On a normal day, it’s just a big roundabout (traffic circle), where half a dozen major streets meet. The reason you’ll pass through is to visit the pink puffball of the Egyptian Museum there are also alot of famous places you can visit during your stay in egypt Egypt Tours have many recommendations to help you choose from also if you want private trip Egypt Private Tours help you choose 

One of the best orientation aids is the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The modernist slab with the mod-hieroglyphic facade was built in 1959. Due north is the Egyptian Museum. Behind it used to be the blackened shell of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP) headquarters, which was torched during the revolution and demolished in 2015 also there are many famous landmarks in egypt you can visit such as Pyramids of Giza and Khan Al Khalili which has many shopping markets and Cairo Tower which is 187 meters tall is the most famous landmark and Police Museum which is inside theold prison building in citedal

South of the hotel is the Arab League Building where Middle Eastern leaders sometimes meet and sometimes protest. South across Tahrir street you’ll see the fancy white palace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Omar Makram Mosque where everyone who’s anyone has their funeral. The rest of the south side is taken up by the Mogamma, home to 18,000 civil servants and infamous nationwide as the heart of the country’s administrative hell. Comedian Adel Imam spoofed the place in his 1992 film Irhab Wal Kabab (Terrorism and Kebab) where his character takes everyone in the building hostage

Egypt has so many places to visit and so many activities to do in Things To Do In Egypt have many recommendations for you to help you book also if you want trips which include women only Egypt Women Tours moreover if you want safari trips Egypt Safari Tours give you many choices to book your trip from 

Next to it is the old campus of the American University in Cairo (AUC) the college of choice for the sons and daughters of Egypt’s super rich. Most have moved to a new campus in an eastern suburb but that hasn’t stopped Egyptians from imagining the western perks behind the high walls egypt also has Cairo Atelier which has alot of creativity arts