Lucas Meyer
Walking Cairo, from Old Cairo's churches to Al-Muizz Street
Based in Cairo, Egypt.
Lucas moved from Zurich to Cairo eight years ago and now maps the city on foot, from the Coptic churches of Old Cairo to the artisan workshops of Al-Muizz Street. He builds long-weekend itineraries pairing Giza and the Egyptian Museum with quieter finds in Islamic Cairo and Garden City.
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Grand Egyptian Museum After Year One: New $35 Ticket, Late Nights and the Eternal Sun Show
A year in, the Grand Egyptian Museum costs more and sells only booked slots. Timing the visit around the Eternal Sun show takes planning, and other Cairo museums are still worth a morning.
Cairo's Egyptian Museum on a December Morning
What Tahrir still holds after the gold moved to Giza, and how to build a December day around it.
A Cairo Morning Beneath the Step Pyramid at Saqqara in October
What there is to see inside Djoser's pyramid, what the gate charges in EGP, and why arriving at eight changes the rest of the day.
Walk Islamic Cairo from Bab al-Futuh to the Citadel
A minaret-by-minaret route through medieval Cairo: what the doors cost, which stairs you can actually climb, when prayer times shut things, and whether to bother with a guide.
Cairo's Grand Egyptian Museum and the Pyramids Beyond It
How to split a Giza day between the new museum, the plateau's relocated gate and the quieter pyramids to the south.
Cairo Seen from Its Towers, Minarets and Rooftops
A dozen places to get above Cairo: a lattice tower, two minaret stairs, a hilltop park, five river rooftops and the tables that face the pyramids, with what each costs, when it opens and who it suits.
Three Days in Cairo at a Walking Pace
A workable first-visit plan for Cairo, built around one anchor sight a day, with the opening hours, booking rules and gate changes that catch people out.
How a Shi'a Caliphate Shaped Cairo's Historic Core
A myth-vs-reality walk through the mosques, gates and shrines the Fatimids left behind, and the market and sultan's dynasty that grew over what they lost.
The Pigeon Towers of Cairo: The Rooftop Hamam Tradition
Above Cairo's rooftops, wooden dovecotes still hold working flocks — here's where to watch them fly, where their keepers buy and sell birds, and where hamam mahshi ends up on the plate.
The Nile felucca at dusk — Cairo's lateen-rigged sailboats and the captains who've worked the river for generations
An hour on the water at golden hour, from the flag-it-down Corniche docks to the fixed-price operators and the one crossing that isn't a tourist product at all.
The City of the Dead: Living Among the Tombs in Cairo's Necropolis
Inside Cairo's Northern and Southern Cemeteries, where Mamluk sultans built tombs meant to be lived in - and generations of Cairenes still do.
The Art of the Haggle: A Local's Guide to Khan el-Khalili
How to read Cairo's 700-year-old bazaar, price a copper lantern, and know which stalls reward a hard bargain and which don't — with the tea stops, kebab houses and timings to plan a full day around.
The Best Desert Adventures in Cairo
From quad convoys below the Great Pyramid to the White Desert's chalk under the stars — a calm, honest map of every desert trip worth taking from Cairo in 2026.
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