Monday, March 3, 2014

Overnight in the Khan (David)

Trying to get out of Maadi a bit and explore/enjoy more of Cairo.   Maadi is great, but there is much much more here.   The Khan is the large market place in downtown Cairo.  Actually there are many, but this one has multiple sections as well as historical/cultural places.  It also has a little lovely hotel.  We stayed there last weekend for one night.   Loved it!  Enjoyed the area, wandered streets, and toured many of the places.  

A coffee merchants house from many years past.

More coffee merchants, these windows were for the women.

At a place for juice and water.

View from our balcony at hotel.

1000 year old mosque, school, and tomb

Inside tomb

School

Mosque

Minarets Seen from a rooftop

One of the old gates to the Khan

Lunch


On rooftop