Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . TOULOUN QUARTER, CAIRO. \RAB THEOLOGIANS, CAIRO. ritory. The Tombs of the Khalifs and the Tombs of theMamelukes, although falling to ruins, are exceedingly inter-. esting A visit to the ^Citadel should not be omitted. Itaffords a beautiful view of the city and its surroundings. The broad Shubra avenuetoward the north is linedwith beautiful sycamoretrees, and is the RottenRow of Cairo. The suburb of Bulak con-tains in its museum ofEgyptian antiquities a mag-nificent collection, and en-tirely unrivaled of its kind
Grand winter excursions to the Azores, Madeira, the Mediterranean and the Orient . TOULOUN QUARTER, CAIRO. \RAB THEOLOGIANS, CAIRO. ritory. The Tombs of the Khalifs and the Tombs of theMamelukes, although falling to ruins, are exceedingly inter-. esting A visit to the ^Citadel should not be omitted. Itaffords a beautiful view of the city and its surroundings. The broad Shubra avenuetoward the north is linedwith beautiful sycamoretrees, and is the RottenRow of Cairo. The suburb of Bulak con-tains in its museum ofEgyptian antiquities a mag-nificent collection, and en-tirely unrivaled of its may be madefrom Cairo in various di-rections, all offering sightsfrom cairo into the desert. of great interest. To the northeast of the city are the villages of Abbasiyeh, with itsobservatory and Khedival palace, and Matariyeh, with theTree and Well of the Holy Virgin, who is said tohave rested here during the flight to Egypt. Alittle beyond are situated the ruins of the famousancient Heliopolis, the city of the sun, of whichan obelisk and the outer wall are now the onlyvestiges. To the west of the city, on an island inthe Nile, are the palace&nd park of Gezireh, wellworth a visit. Gizeh, with its greatPyramids and theSphi
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