Giza, Egypt
الجيزة
Giza is a regional capital of 4,367,343 people in Giza, Egypt, founded in 642.
Why visit Giza
Townapedia lists 100 museums and landmarks, 18 parks and trails, 118 places to eat, 27 places to stay and 8 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Giza Zoo, Egyptian Royal Opera House, Darb 1718 and National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation.
Weather in Giza
Forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Full forecast
About Giza
Giza is the third-largest city in Egypt by area and population, and is also the eighteenth-largest city in Africa by population. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 4,458,135 as of 2023. It is located on the west bank of the Nile opposite central Cairo, and is a part of the Greater Cairo metropolis. With 45,300 inhabitants per square kilometer (117,000/sq mi), it is one of the world's most densely populated cities proper.
From the Wikipedia article Giza (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Giza on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do8
Egyptian Royal Opera House
Cinema and theater · 6.0 km
Former opera house in Cairo, Egypt
Pharaonic Village
Monument and historic site · 1.5 km
Historic site in Giza, Egypt
Museums and landmarks100
Egyptian Geological Museum
Museum · 2.4 km
Geological museum in Maadi
Abu Rawash
Monument and historic site · 13.1 km
Village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
Abusir
Monument and historic site · 12.6 km
Village in Giza Governorate, Egypt
88 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds18
Cultural Park for Children, Egypt
Park · 4.4 km
Public park in Cairo, Egypt
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Orman Botanic Garden
Park · 2.3 km
9 شارع عبد السلام عارف, جيزه
6 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes118
المصطبه
Cafe · جميع انواع الجاتوه السريع والترت · 3.5 km
المكان هنا اسمو المصطبه عباره عن مكان في جميع المشروبات الدافئه والبارده وكمان في انواع كتير حلويات علي شكل التشيذكيك والهاني كيك والخ الخ
2 شارع محمد صالح, الدقي
24/7
Al Gnani Al Demeshqi (Dokki Chillout branch)
Restaurant · Syrian Food, Fast Food · 3.8 km
Chill Out Gas Station Al Dokki Street, Giza
24/7
VIOLA ROOFTOP
Restaurant · Regional, Pizza, Burger, Seafood, Steak House · 2.0 km
135 El Nile St, جيزه
24/7
مطعم زهرة الشام
Restaurant · Sandwich, Regional · 2.7 km
مطعم زهرة الشام للمأكولا المصرية والشامية
برج الباشا شارع العشرين, الجيزة
24/7
Chef Saber
Restaurant · Seafood · 3.4 km
الدقى
Mo-Su 09:00-00:30
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Cafe · Burger, Pizza, Coffee Shop, Sandwich, Shawarma, Pasta, Crepe · 1.8 km
Su-Thu 8:30-6:00
106 more on the map.
Where to stay27
Elegance Grand City Hotel
Motel and hotel · 3.8 km
11 شارع جمال الدين ابو المحاسن
Churches and places of worship104
Shopping50
Gas and EV charging19
Schools, colleges and libraries76
Arab Academy for Management, Banking and Financial Sciences
School · 5.2 km
Faculty of Medicine Al-Azhar University Girls Branch Cairo
School · 11.4 km
Healthcare121
Map of Giza
250 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Cairo International Airport (CAI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 23 km away.
- Cairo 7 km northeast, about 7 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Ḩalwān 21 km southeast, about 21 min by car
- New Cairo 25 km east, about 25 min by car
- 6th of October City 26 km southwest, about 26 min by car
- Al-'Ubūr 36 km northeast, about 36 min by car
- Badr 51 km east, about 51 min by car
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān 61 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Quwaysinā 62 km north, about 1 h by car
- Zagazig 70 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Giza Corniche, Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 4.0
- The Great Pyramid of Giza as Seen From Secretary Kerry's Plane as He Travels From Vienna to Cairo (26824771360), U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Micerino, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, profilo della sfinge, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, la piramide grande, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramidi, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, divieto di scalata, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, baracche e cellulari, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Chefren e beduino, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Micerino e Chfren, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramidi di Chefren e Micerino, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, sole sopra la piramide, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, Gaspa e le piramidi, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, sfinge e piramide di Chefren (1), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, tempio alto di Micerino, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Cheope (3), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, collina panoramica, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, sfinge e piramide di Chefren, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramidi minori (2), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Chefren, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramidi minori (1), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Cheope, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, tempio della sfinge (2), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, tempio della sfinge (3), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, le piramidi di Chefren e Cheope, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, tempio alto di Micerino (1), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, mondezza, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Kamerernebti, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramidi minori (3), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, la sfinge (1), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, vista della città, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, vista dal tempio alto di Micerino (1), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, bandiera rossa, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, le piramidi di Dashur, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, tramonto, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, la sfinge (2), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, le piramidi dalla collina panoramica, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, Carlo alle piramidi, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, la sfinge, Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Flickr - Gaspa - Giza, piramide di Micerino e piramidi minori (1), Francesco Gasparetti from Senigallia, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Giza Zoo by Hatem Moushir 35, Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ain Shams University-Zafarana Palace2, Ashashyou, CC BY-SA 3.0
- جامعة الأزهر بالقاهرة, Kareem torky, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Qasr Al-Ainy Campus, Dylam X, CC BY 4.0
- ModernEgypt, Khedivial Opera House, BAP 25178, Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- Pharaonic Village, مستخدم: علي سمسم, CC0
- Hatem Egyptian Geological Museum, Hatem Moushir at Arabic Wikipedia, Public domain
- GD-EG-Caire-AlManyal020, Néfermaât, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Cairo - Heliopolis - 1973 October War Panorama - entrance, Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Abu Rawash Pyramid, No machine-readable author provided. AhlyMan assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
- Abusir, Axel Seedorff ( de:Benutzer:Aoswch ), CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Egyptian Agricultural Museum (35134), Amr F.Nagy, Public domain
- GizaAhmedShawqyFacade, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Палац Біжу у Цитаделі в Каїрі, Користувач:IgorT, Attribution
- Cairo-Moskee Sultan Hassan - Moskee ar-Rifai, Original uploader was Chris Karman at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kairo Hanging Church BW 1, Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cairo, monastero di san mercurio, 05, Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Basiliek van de heilige theresia van het kind jezus cairo, Ziqo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Греческий собор святого Георгия в Каире, Московская духовная академия, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cairo - Coptic area - Church of Saint Barbara - exterior, Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Abbasyia, Cairo, Ashashyou, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Azbakeya 06, Marsupium, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Orman Garden - Lotus pond 01, Wilrooij, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kasr Al Ainy New Teaching Hospital, JohanRamli, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cairo - Garden City - Hyatt from the Nile, Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 4.0
- El Gezirah Hotel, Cairo (2398217835), air babble from England, CC BY 2.0
- NMEC-MainEntrance, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 4.0
- StSimonTheShoemaker, Ytrottier, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Darb 1718, Moataz Nasr, CC0
- A flower in Al Azhar Park (2714876183), Filip Maljković from Pancevo, Serbia, CC BY-SA 2.0
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