Filming locations near Cairo

10 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot — every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Mosque of Ibn Tulun, 2 km south-east; the most filmed is Gayer-Anderson Museum with 1 recorded production.

Everything recorded against Cairo itself — rather than at a named spot near it — is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 10 9 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 1 towns & cities Closest · Mosque of Ibn Tulun · 2 km Most famous · Great Pyramid of Giza

Within 25 km of Cairo

1. Mosque of Ibn Tulun · 2 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Spy Who Loved Me. Mosque in Cairo, Egypt

2. Gayer-Anderson Museum · 2 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — The Spy Who Loved Me. Art museum in Cairo, Egypt

3. City of the Dead · 4 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Baraka. Cemetery in Egypt

4. Shubra El-Kheima · 9 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — The King's Speech

5. Great Pyramid of Giza · 12 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Jeans. Oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world

6. The Great Sphinx · 12 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Spy Who Loved Me. Ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture

7. Giza pyramid complex · 12 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   6 productions, per Wikipedia — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Spy Who Loved Me. Archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, Egypt

8. Egyptian pyramids · 13 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Jeans. Ancient masonry structures constructed by ancient Egyptians

9. Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet el'Aryan · 14 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Land of the Pharaohs. Smooth-sided pyramid

10. Abu Rawash · 16 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — The Ten Commandments. Village in Giza Governorate, Egypt

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