Photo: Mohammed Ali Moussa (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A self-guided audio walk along al-Muizz li-Din Allah Street, the spine of the walled Fatimid city of al-Qahira: Bab al-Futuh, the Mosque of al-Hakim and Bab al-Nasr, the Wikala of Qaytbay, Bayt al-Suhaymi, the Aqmar Mosque, Qasr Beshtak, the Mamluk foundations of Bayn al-Qasrayn (Barquq, al-Nasir Muhammad, Qalawun and al-Salih Ayyub), the Khan el-Khalili, Barsbay, the al-Ghuri complex and its wikala, the Fakahani Mosque, al-Mu'ayyad, Bab Zuwayla and the Mosque of Salih Tala'i. 27 narrated stops along about 2.7 km. The mosques are working places of worship, and some buildings open on their own schedules or need a ticket.
27 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
Going somewhere with no signal? Put the guide on your home screen first, then download it from that icon while you are on wi-fi — that way you download once, and it works in airplane mode with no roaming charges. Show me the order →
Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 13 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
Bab al-Nasr, Mosque of al-Hakim, Bab al-Futuh, Wikala of Qaytbay, Mosque of Mahmud Muharram, Bayt al-Suhaymi, Mosque of Sulayman Agha al-Silahdar, Mosque of al-Aqmar, Sabil-Kuttab of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda.
Qasr Beshtak, Madrasa of al-Kamil Ayyub, Madrasa-Khanqah of Sultan Barquq, Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad, Qalawun Complex, Madrasa of al-Salih Ayyub, Madrasa of al-Zahir Baybars, Sabil-Kuttab of Khusraw Pasha.
Khan al-Khalili, Mosque of al-Ashraf Barsbay, Al-Ghuri complex, Wikalat al-Ghuri, Fakahani Mosque, Sabil of Tusun Pasha, Mosque of al-Muayyad, Zawiya of Farag Ibn Barquq, Mosque of Salih Tala'i, Bab Zuwayla.
Badr al-Jamali's gate of 1087, about 22 metres high, with shafts above the entrance for dropping missiles on attackers.
An Ottoman merchant's house begun in 1648 and extended in 1796, with a dog-leg entrance and mashrabiya screens.
A carved stone facade of 1125, bent to follow the street while the prayer hall keeps its orientation.
A hospital, madrasa and mausoleum built in 1284 and 1285, with most of the endowment's income going to the hospital.
Built where Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh had been imprisoned, fulfilling a vow; its minarets stand on Bab Zuwayla's towers.
The southern Fatimid gate, where the Ottoman conquerors hanged Tumanbay, the last Mamluk sultan, in 1517.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 27 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 27 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Historic Cairo — al-Muizz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
27 narration points, including Bab al-Nasr, Mosque of al-Hakim, Bab al-Futuh, Bayt al-Suhaymi and Mosque of al-Aqmar. That is about 44 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Add the icon first, then download from the icon. On iPhone a guide downloaded in Safari cannot be seen by the home screen icon, so downloading first means downloading the whole thing twice.
Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
On Android (Chrome): tap the three-dot menu at the top right, tap Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app), then confirm. On Android either order works.
If you opened this link from inside Instagram, Facebook or Gmail, you are in that app’s built-in browser. It cannot add anything to your home screen, and a guide downloaded there is thrown away when the app closes. Open the link in Safari or Chrome first.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~3 hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 27 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.