Tourist office Giza
The Egyptian Tourism Authority, whose board of directors is chaired by the Minister of Tourism, keeps 2 tourist information offices in Giza. The first stands at the main entrance to the Giza Pyramids area in Al Haram, the second at Giza Railway Station in Al-Omraniya.
The Grand Egyptian Museum has an information desk of its own, where museum visitors can ask for help and directions or about lost property.
Get to know Giza in detail
Get to know Giza in detail
Three Fourth Dynasty pyramids, raised for Khufu, his son Khafre and Menkaure, head the guide to what to see in Giza, together with the Great Sphinx on the eastern edge of the plateau and the Grand Egyptian Museum, which opened beside the plateau on 1 November 2025 and shows the complete collection of Tutankhamun.
Day trips south reach the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, Sneferu's Bent and Red pyramids at Dahshur and the fallen colossus of Ramesses II at Memphis. Haram, along Pyramids Road, is the tourist base, and the guide also points to Dokki and Mohandessin, nearer the Nile, for quieter residential streets.
Public holidays in Giza to plan around
In Giza, a public holiday can mean closures or holiday hours at museums, offices and transport. Eid Al-Fitr falls on the first days of Shawwal, a month of the Islamic calendar, and starts once the new moon is sighted: in 2025 the holiday began on 29 March, and in 2026 on 19 March, ten days earlier in the year.
National holidays in Egypt 2026
- 7 January Coptic Christmas Day
- 29 January January 25th Revolution and National Police Day
- 19 to 23 March Eid Al-Fitr
- 13 April Sham El-Nessim
- 25 April Sinai Liberation Day
- 7 May Labor Day
- 26 May Arafat's Day
- 27 to 31 May Eid Al-Adha
- 18 June Islamic New Year
- 2 July June 30 Revolution
- 23 July July 23 Revolution Day
- 27 August Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Mawlid Al-Nabi)
- 8 October Armed Forces Day (anniversary 6 October)
Local holidays in Giza 2026
Giza Governorate celebrates its national day on 31 March, in memory of the struggle of its people during the 1919 revolution, but the anniversary brings no public holiday, national or local.
National holidays in Egypt 2027
- 7 January Coptic Christmas Day
- 25 January January 25th Revolution and National Police Day
- 25 April Sinai Liberation Day
- 1 May Labor Day
- 30 June June 30 Revolution
- 23 July July 23 Revolution Day
- 6 October Armed Forces Day
No 2027 date has been set yet for Sham El-Nessim or for the five Islamic holidays: Islamic New Year, Prophet Muhammad's Birthday, Arafat's Day, Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. Each of the seven dated holidays of 2027 can still be swapped for a day next to the weekend; in 2026 that swap puts four of these anniversaries on a Thursday.
Local holidays in Giza 2027
On 31 March 2027, a Wednesday, Giza's national day again stays off the list of public holidays.