Khan el khalili You can enjoy an amusing walk in the oldest destrict in the city of Cairo, where the 1st souq , (bazzar) was built by the mamlouk at the 13th century. When they built it on the top of the nocropolis of el zaffarn the royal cemetery of the Fatimid caliphate , then it became the centre of trade to all the merchants coming from different parts around the Islamic world. Khan el khalili is an atmospheric place full of energy culture coffee shops and souvenirs