Filming locations near Cairo

16 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 Egyptian Museum, 1 km north-west; 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 · 16 12 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 4 towns & cities Closest · Egyptian Museum · 1 km Most famous · Great Pyramid of Giza

Within 25 km of Cairo

1. Egyptian Museum · 1 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: Samsara, The Awakening. Museum in Cairo

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

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

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

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

4. Muhammad Ali Mosque · 3 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Desert Warrior. Mosque in Egypt

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

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: Baraka, Samsara. Cemetery in Egypt

6. Giza · 7 km south · Towns & cities

   7 productions, per Wikipedia: The Spy Who Loved Me, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. City in Egypt

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

   5 productions, per Wikipedia: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Spy Who Loved Me. Part of the archaeological site on the Giza plateau, near Cairo, Egypt

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

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Jeans. Oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world

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

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: The Spy Who Loved Me, Jumper. Ancient Egyptian monumental sculpture

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

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

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

    4 productions, per Wikipedia: Death on the Nile, Baraka. Ancient masonry structures constructed by ancient Egyptians

12. Pyramid of Menkaure · 13 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Death on the Nile. Smallest of the three main Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

+ 3 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. Faiyum · 91 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Valley of the Kings. City in Egypt

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