Eyaziwa ngokuthi yiDolobha Leminyaka EnguMillion Minarets, inhloko-dolobha yaseGibhithe yindawo egcwele ngokweqile izigcawu zendawo zasendulo, imoto esheshayo, ama-mosque angenakuqhathaniswa nezakhiwo ezikhazimulayo zanamuhla. Idolobha elikhulu laseCairo liyingxenye enkulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika , linikezela abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-20 ikhaya - ulwandle lwesintu olunezimpikiswano zomuzi ngenkathi luhlinzeka ngenhliziyo.
Egcwele izinto eziphikisanayo, imisindo kanye nephunga, izivakashi eziningi zithola amandla kaKairo akhululekile; kodwa kulabo abanomuzwa wokuhleka usulu nesilinganiso esithile sokubekezela, kubamba ingcebo yokuhlangenwe nakho okungenakucatshangwa noma ikuphi.
Umlando Omfushane
Nakuba iCairo iyinhloko-dolobha yanamuhla (ngezindinganiso zaseGibhithe, okungenani), umlando womuzi uhlotshaniswa nekaMemphis, inhloko-dolobha yasendulo ye-Old Age yaseGibhithe. Manje esitholakala cishe ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-30 eningizimu yedolobha laseCairo, umsuka kaMemis usukela eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-2 000. I-Cairo ngokwayo yasungulwa ngo-969 AD ukuba isebenze njengenhloko-dolobha entsha yenkosi yaseFatimid, ekugcineni ihlanganisa izikhulu ezindala zikaFustat, al-Askar no-Qatta'i. Phakathi nekhulu le-12, inzalo ka Fatimid yawela eSaldin, iSultan yaseGibhithe yokuqala.
Phakathi namakhulu eminyaka alandela, ukubusa kukaCairo kwadlula kumaSulumane kuya kumaMamluk, kwalandelwa ama-Ottomans, amaFulentshi namaBrithani.
Ngemva kwesikhathi sokwanda okukhulu engxenyeni yokuqala yekhulu le-19, izakhamuzi zaseCairo zavukela iBrithani ngo-1952 futhi zaphinde zathola ukuzimela komuzi ngokuphumelelayo. Ngo-2011, iCairo yiyona ndawo ebhekene nemibhikisho efuna ukuxoshwa kukaMongameli u-Hosni Mubarak, owamisa ngoFebhuwari 2011.
Umengameli wamanje u-Abdel Fattah al-Sisi umemezele izinhlelo zokudalula izimali ezintsha zokuphatha empumalanga yeCairo ngo-2019.
Izakhamuzi zaseKairo
I-Cairo yidolobha elikhulu elinemingcele yalo okunzima ukuyichaza. Izindawo eziningi zomphakathi (kufaka phakathi i-Satellite Nasr City nezindawo zokuthenga ezithengayo, kanye ne-ambassy enclave Maadi) ziyizo ngaphandle kwemingcele yedolobha. Ngokufanayo, yonke into engasentshonalanga yoMlambo iNayile iyingxenye yedolobha laseGiza, nakuba amagatsha asentshonalanga njengoMhandiseen, uDokki no-Agouza namanje babhekwa njengabantu abaningi beyingxenye yeCairo. Izindawo zokuvakasha eziyinhloko zihlanganisa iDowntown, i-Islamic Cairo neCoptic Cairo, kuyilapho iHeliopolis enamandla neqhingi laseZamalek ziyaziwa ngokudla kwazo, amaholide ebusuku kanye namahhotela aphezulu.
Eyenziwe phakathi nekhulu le-19 ngeqembu labadwebi baseYurophu, i-Chaotic Downtown ihlala eMamyuziyamu yaseGibhithe naseziqhingini zezombusazwe zanamuhla ezifana neTahrir Square. I-Islamic Cairo imelela ingxenye yomuzi owakhiwe ngabasunguli bayo baseFatimid. I-maze ye-labyrinthine yama-mosque, ama-souks nezikhumbuzo ezinhle zamaSulumane, konke okuvelela umsindo we-muezzins ongenakubhala othembekile emthandazweni. Indawo yakudala kunazo zonke iCoptic Cairo, indawo yokuhlala yaseRoma yaseBabiloni.
Ukubuyela emuva ekhulwini le-6 BC, kudume ngezikhumbuzo zalo zobuKristu ezingokomlando.
Izindawo eziphezulu
I-Egyptian Museum
Kutholakale ngaphandle kweTahrir Square, i-Museum Museum yaseGibhithe yindawo eqoqayo yezinto eziphathelene nomlando waseGibhithe, kusukela enkathini yangaphambili ngaphambi kokubusa kwamaRoma. Iningi lalezi zakhiwo zibuyele emuva esikhathini samasaya, futhi ngaleyo ndlela imyuziyamu ikwenza kuqala ukumelela noma ubani ohlela ukuvakashela ezokuqala zemibukiso yaseGibhithe. Amaphuzu avelele ahlanganisa iqoqo lemyuziyamu lamaMamizimu aseMbusweni waseNew Kingdom kanye namagugu abuyiselwe ethuneni lomfana inkosi uTutankhamun.
Khan Al-Khalili Bazaar
I-Cairo iyipharadesi le-shopper, futhi kunezinhlayikhulu eziyikhulu nezitolo zamasitolo ezizohlola. Okudumile kunazo zonke yi Khan Khan-Khalili, emakethe ehamba phambili enhliziyweni yeCairo yamaSulumane eyabuyela ekhulwini le-14.
Lapha, izinto ezivela ezikhangisweni zokuvakasha nezindwangu zesiliva kanye nezinongo ezingavamile, zonke zidayiswa phakathi kwe-cacophony yabathengisi bekhangisa imikhiqizo yabo noma baxhaphaza ngamanani namakhasimende abo. Uma udinga ikhefu, yimela ipayipi le-shisha noma indebe yethishi yendabuko kwenye yezindawo eziningi zokuthengisa emakethe.
Ethunywe ngumlenze weFatimid ngo-970 AD, i-Al-Azhar Mosque yayiyiyokuqala yamaSulumane amaningi aseCairo. Namuhla, idume njengendawo yokukhulekela kwamaSulumane nokufunda, futhi ibuye ibe nedolobha elidumile lase-Al-Azhar University. Ivulekele kumaSulumane nabangewona amaSulumane ngokufanayo, izivakashi ziyakwazi ukuzakhela izakhiwo ezimangalisa egcekeni elimhlophe le-marble le-mosque kanye nehholo lomthandazo elihle. Izici eziningi zesakhiwo samanje zanezelwa isikhathi esiphezulu, zinikeza ukubuka okubukwayo kwezakhiwo zobuSulumane phakathi neminyaka.
Enhliziyweni yeCoptic Cairo kukhona iSonto Lokulinda. Isakhiwo samanje sibuyele ekhulwini le-7, futhi ingenye yamasonto amadala kunawo onke aseGibhithe. Liqamba igama layo endaweni yalo lapho kuhanjiswa khona iSakhiwo saseRoma saseBabiloni, esenza sibonakale simiswa phakathi emkhathini. Ingaphakathi lesonto lihlaba umxhwele nakakhulu, ngezimpawu ezivelele ezihlanganisa ukufakwa kwesitimu (okuhloswe ukuba kufane nomkhumbi kaNowa), ipulpiti yalo eline-marble kanye nokuqoqwa kwayo kwezithombe zenkolo.
Usuku LwaseKairo
Akukho ukuhambela eCairo kwakuzophelela ngaphandle kokuhamba usuku oluya ePyramids yaseGiza, mhlawumbe umbono ovelele kunazo zonke eGibhithe. Kutholakala ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-20 ngasentshonalanga yedolobha, isikhungo sePiramidi seGiza sinePhiramidi yaseKhayfre, iPiramidi yeMenkaure kanye nePiramidi enkulu yeKhufu. Lezi zinsuku zingenye yezimangaliso eziyisikhombisa zezwe lasendulo - kanti kuphela okukhona okwamanje. Yonke imipiramidi emithathu igcinwa yi-Sphinx futhi ibuyele eminyakeni engaba ngu-4 500.
Enye indlela ejabulisayo yokuya kuyo yiSaqqara, i-necropolis yaseMemphis lasendulo. I-Saqqara iphinde ibe nama-piramidi amaningana, phakathi kwabo iPramidi eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke i-Djoser. Ukwakhiwa ngesikhathi seNtshonalanga YesiThathu (eminyakeni engaba ngu-4 700 eyedlule), isakhiwo se-pyramid esifana nesinyathelo esithathwa njengesinyathelo sithathwa njengesibonakaliso sezindlela zamapiramidi kamuva ezibonakala eGiza. Emva kokuvakashela izinto zakudala eGiza naseSaqqara, cabanga ukuphumula ekuhambeni okusheshayo kokuphila komuzi waseCairo nge- cruise e-Nile endaweni ejwayelekile yendabuko.
Nini ukuya
I-Cairo iyindawo ehamba kuyo yonke indawo; Nokho, isimo sezulu saseGibithe senza ezinye izikhathi zikhululeke kakhulu kunabanye. Ngokuvamile, isimo sezulu eCairo sishisa futhi sinomswakama, kanti izinga lokushisa ehlobo (Juni kuya ku-Agasti) ngokuvamile lidlula 95ºF / 35ºC. Izivakashi eziningi zikhetha ukuhamba kusukela ekupheleni kwekwephuzile kuze kube sekuseni kwentwasahlobo, lapho izinga lokushisa liphakathi kwamanani angu-86ºF / 20ºC. Kodwa-ke, abahambi abaqaphele ibhajethi kufanele baqaphele ukuthi uDisemba yisikhathi sezokuvakasha e-Egypt, futhi izintengo zokuhlala nezokuvakasha zingakhula ngokuphawulekayo.
Ukuthola Kukhona Nokuzungezile
Njengesiqhingini sesibili esikhulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika, i-Cairo International Airport (CAI) yiyona ndawo eyinhloko yokungena kwezivakashi emzini. Itholakala ngamakhilomitha angu-20 enyakatho-mpumalanga yedolobha, kanti izinketho zokuthutha edolobheni zihlanganisa amateksi, amabhasi omphakathi, ama-cabs angasese e-London ne-Uber. Amazwe amaningi adinga i-visa ukuvakashela eGibhithe. Abanye (kubandakanya izakhamizi zaseBrithani, EU, Australia, nase-United States) bangathenga lapho befika kunoma iyiphi indawo yokungena.
Uma usufika esikhungweni saseCairo, kunezinketho eziningi zokuthutha zomphakathi ongakhetha kuzo, kufaka phakathi amatekisi, amabhasi amancane, amatekisi omfula kanye namabhasi omphakathi. Mhlawumbe indlela esheshayo futhi engabizi kakhulu yi-metropolitan Cairo, okuyinto, nakuba ivame kakhulu, inika inzuzo enkulu yokuphunyuka komuzi ohlonishwayo ngenethiwekhi yomgwaqo. Izinsizakalo zamatekisi ezizibandakanya njengo-Uber ne-Careem zinikeza ithuba elifanele lokuthutha umphakathi.
Uzohlalaphi
Njengamanye amadolobha amakhulu, iCairo inezinketho eziningi zokuhlala ukuze zivumelane nazo zonke izabelomali kanye nokunambitheka okucatshangwayo. Amathiphu aphezulu lapho ukhetha ihhotela lakho zihlanganisa ukuhlola izibuyekezo zezivakashi zangaphambilini endaweni ethembekile njenge-TripAdvisor; futhi unciphise usesho lwakho ngokusho komakhelwane. Uma kuseduze nesikhumulo sezindiza kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu, cabangela enye yamahhotela ahlakaniphile eHeliopolis. Uma ukubuka indawo kuyisisekelo esiyinhloko sokuvakashelwa kwakho, inketho yebhange lasentshonalanga ekufinyeleleni kalula kwinkimbinkimbi yasePiza kuyoba yisinqumo esingcono. Kulesi sihloko , sibheka amahhotela ambalwa kunazo zonke eCairo.