Public transportation in Cairo includes buses, shuttles, subways, streetcars, and cabs. The lowest fare you'll pay is on the bus. To travel this way, you'll need to check your guidebook in advance to get the right numbers of the routes.
Bus stops are almost always written in Arabic text, so you can't figure it out on the spot. The fare is EGP 0.75. The most convenient transportation in Cairo for traveling to Heliopolis is the streetcar. However, this option is not suitable for exploring other attractions of the city. With the development of the metro in the capital, most of the streetcar routes are no longer in operation.
The metro can take you to Giza, the Cairo Museum, Ramses Station, and Tahrir Square. This mode of public transportation in Cairo is more for the local population. Metro lines practically do not coincide with the most interesting tourist destinations. The peculiarity of the subway of the capital is the first two cars of the train. They are designed for women who want to ride separately from representatives of the stronger sex. The price of this transportation in Cairo is EGP 1.
