Cairo · Islamic Cairo · Egypt

Al Khyiamia (Tent Makers Bazaar)

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easy

9/10

best: morning, afternoon

historic, gritty, authentic

A local would say...

The last hanging in Cairo was performed at this gate — the minarets have watched over the city since 1092.

The sole surviving gate from the old city's southern Fatimid walls (1092), Bab Zuweila's twin minarets offer the best views in Islamic Cairo. Below stretches the Souq al-Khayamiyya — the covered Street of the Tentmakers — where craftsmen still specialize in the elaborate appliqué work used to decorate mosque interiors and festival tents.