قلعة صلاح الدين
قلعة صلاح الدين rises above Cairo on a hill, with pale limestone walls that shift under the changing light. From this height, rooftops and domes spread across the city in every direction.
Salah al-Din built the fortress during the twelfth century to defend Cairo against Crusader attacks. Later rulers added palaces, barracks, and mosques, creating a city within the city. The Alabaster Mosque stands out with twin minarets and stone that glows softly golden in sunlight.
The hill opens a broad view across Cairo, where the modern skyline meets distant pyramids. Clear days can reveal pyramids beyond the city.
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The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Cairo. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.