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ADVANCEDMamluk Domes and the Cave
≈ 8,000 steps + 9.3 mi by car3.7 mi on foot · a full dayAdvanced · 6 stops · 800 credGetting there is not the hard part.A full day down the eastern edge of the city, where Cairo buries its dead and quarries its stone. Carved Mamluk domes in a cemetery people live in, a church cut into the cliff above the rubbish sorters, the rim of the plateau, and the wall that carried water to the Citadel. Six stops, a car between them, start early.
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