We hope you had the Best.Day.Ever on your Intrepid Urban Adventures experience in New York.
To help you keep making the most of your stay in our wonderful city, we’ve created a list of our favourite places to go and things to do. You can find them below.
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We are Intrepid, the world's largest B-Corporation certified travel company, and a truly global company with teams in cities around the world. Our team is part of a community of hundreds of local guides and unique itineraries that take travellers behind the scenes of a destination to reveal hidden secrets and local hot spots through the eyes of a local. As a team, we have curated a list of recommendations for you:
Top street food trucks:
1. Food Trucks At 306 Street at Maadi, Dokki, Sheraton
2. Ezz El Monofy Truck (sausage & Liver) At Dokki
3. Check beans (Homs) Trucks at Nile Cost (Cornish El Nile)
4. Grilled corn & grilled sweet potato Trucks
5. Belela (Egyptian wheat & milk)
Our top most recommended restaurants / food establishments
1. Koshery Abo Tarek
2. Felfela & Gad
3. Eish & Malh
3. Sobehy Kaber
4. Ice Cream at El Abd or Koueidr
5. El Kazaz
Best coffee stops in the city to start your day:
1. Groby
2. café Riche & Oldish Café
3. El Bostan Street Café
Top 5 live music / evening entertainment venues you can’t miss:
1. Opera House
2. EL Sawy Culture wheel
3. Sofy Dance at Wekalet EL ghory
4. Shows At Nile curse
5. shows At Citadel & Moaz Street ( couple Months at the year)
Our top parks to wander and relax in:
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Our favourite hidden gems:
1. Takiya Al-Mawlawiyah ( in El-Darb El-Ahmar, the only remaining Takiya with dervish theater)
2. Prince Naguib Palace (on Dahab Island)
3. Makan (a multi-layered point of reference to the cultural richness of Egyptian music and arts)
4. Al-Qalam (in El-Khalifa, Cairo, Destination For All People Around The World Who Are Passionate About Arabic Calligraphy And Islamic Ornaments)
5. Glass workshops and glassblowers around City of the Dead
6. Hosh al-Pasha (is tombs of the Royal Family of Muhammad Ali Pasha)
7. Imam Shafi’I
8. Abu Al Dahab Complex
9. Salama workshop Authentic Hand Dying workshop Al Darb Al Ahmar
Top must-do activities in the city:
1. Visit the Giza Pyramids & Saqqara Pyramids
2. Visit the sight seen such as: Egyptian museum, Civilization Museum, Citadel, Coptic Cairo & Khan El Khalily Bazar)
3. Take a fullka at the Nile River & see the sunset
4 Go to Cairo Tour & see the sun set
5. .Walking at the down Town & Tahrir square & Kasr El Nil bridg
Top things to avoid while visiting
1. Avoid the Rush ours & going out at the National days
2. Scams At the Pyramids from the Camel men & the Sellers men & Hawkers
