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Susanne

October 9, 2018

The Cairo Tower was completed in 1961 and is 187 meters high. It can be visited and contains upstairs also a rotatable restaurant and cafe. You have an unexpectedly good view over the city of Cairo!

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Stephan N

October 13, 2024

The Cairo Tower was built between 1956 and 1961 in reinforced concrete in the Egyptian lotus flower and is located in the heart of Cairo on the island of Zamalek in the Nile. It is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Cairo.

Its height is 187 meters and it is 43 meters higher than the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza. At the top of the Cairo Tower there is a tourist restaurant on a rotating platform that rotates around the restaurant to see the landmarks of Cairo from all sides.

The tower was renovated in 2006 at a cost of 15 million pounds.

The Cairo Tower is one of the most famous landmarks in Cairo where the number of tourists who want to enjoy a glimpse of its distinctive design symbolizing ancient Egyptian civilization. It consists of 16 floors and a base made of Aswan granite stones. which the ancient Egyptians used to build their temples and cemeteries, and currently the number of arrivals to this tower is increasing, especially visitors from Arab countries who wish to climb to its roof, which is characterized by its magnificent view of Cairo, where the time of ascent to the surface does not exceed seconds, and through which it is possible for a tourist to see many important places in Egypt, such as the television building, the Sphinx, the Nile, Salah El-Din Citadel, Al-Azhar Mosque and the pyramids, in addition to the possibility of visitors having lunch in the restaurants of this tower, the most important of which is the circular restaurant located on the 14th floor, which is characterized by its rotation around a pivot that allows the visitor to see Cairo, and nineteen tables that can accommodate five people each, as well as the possibility of enjoying various types of juices and drinks from the top of the tower.

Source: cairotoptours.com/de/Agypten-Reiseführer/Kairo-Sehenswurdigkeiten/Kairo-Tower-

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Dirkster

December 5, 2023

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