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Cairo is big: just how big you'll see on the drive in from the airport. And what you see on the way into town, amazingly, is only half of it—Cairo's sister city, Giza, on the west bank of the Nile, stretches to the pyramids, miles from Downtown. But if you are the sort of person who navigates by compass points and you think of the Nile as a giant north-south needle running through the center of the city, exploring the city can be a breeze. More »

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