GrEEK Campus

Cairo


Egypt's 'tech valley'. Once part of the old AUC campus, this set of buildings has been transformed into a hub for local tech and media start-ups. As well as providing work-space though, the campus has several concert halls that as well as staging other events, are major venues for several Cairo festivals including D-Caf and the Cairo Jazz Festival.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Cairo attractions

1. Midan Tahrir

0.22 MILES

Midan Tahrir (Liberation Sq) gained world renown in early 2011, when millions of Egyptians converged here to oust then-president Hosni Mubarak. On a…

2. Midan Talaat Harb

0.23 MILES

Downtown’s two main streets, Sharia Talaat Harb and Sharia Qasr El Nil, intersect at the roundabout of Midan Talaat Harb, where cars whizz around a statue…

3. Groppi’s

0.24 MILES

Groppi’s high point was more than 50 years ago when it was one of the most celebrated patisseries this side of the Mediterranean. It has unfortunately…

4. Cairo Atelier

0.28 MILES

Off Sharia Mahmoud Bassiouni, as much a clubhouse as an exhibition space, frequented by Cairo’s art-world new and old guard.

5. Cairo Stock Exchange

0.29 MILES

The rather grand facade of the Cairo Stock Exchange was built in 1928 and merges neoclassical design with art nouveau.

6. Italian Insurance Building

0.3 MILES

With its beautifully restored Moorish-style facade, this building which once housed an Italian insurance company, is one of Qasr El Nil's most notable…

7. Mashrabia Gallery

0.31 MILES

One of the first indepen­dent galleries, Mashrabia is bit cramped but represents the bigger names in painting, video and sculpture.

8. Omar Makram Mosque

0.33 MILES

Omar Makram Mosque is the place where anybody who's anybody has a funeral.