Of course the biggest attraction in Egypt is pyramids, and Cairo has the famous Giza Pyramid Complex right on the edge of the city. There are three big pyramids there, and a number of smaller ones – and there’s also the Sphinx. The complex has recently been redeveloped and we felt that the visit was well organized and not crazy crowded as we had expected, all good! We began with camel rides to a pyramid overlook …
We then took one of the shuttle buses (which ran regularly, we didn’t have to wait long) down to the pyramids, and spent a long while walking around them and being amazed!
Then a longer shuttle down to the Sphinx; this area was quite busy and it wasn’t possible to get right up to the Sphinx (I think there’s more development needed here to make things better for tourists) …
A few days later we visited a museum that had aerial photos of what the Giza Pyramid Complex looked like back in the 1930s; I thought they were interesting so here they are:
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