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Port Suez

Capital of the Suez Governorate, Egypt

Photo: U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Lance H. Mayhew Jr., Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Overview

Port Suez is a major port on the Red Sea Coast of Egypt, 123 km east of Cairo.

Sights and activities

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Suez National Museum
See
Displays the 7,000-year history of Suez over 3 floors. There's a colossus of King Sesostris III and a head of Queen Hatshepsut. Other display halls cover local mining and the Suez Canal.
Hours
Daily 09AM-5PM
Price
Entrance LE80
Details

Where to eat, drink and stay

Eat7 places

Alf Lela
Fish.
Address
Canal St
Jeama
Address
23 July
El Khalifa
Fish.
Address
320 23 July
Koshary El Tahrir
Filling snacks.
Address
30 El Tahrir St
Kushary Palace
Filling snacks.
Address
Saad Zaghloul St

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Pronto
Address
23 July
Red Sea Restaurant
Address
13 El Riad St
Directions
within Red Sea Hotel

Sleep7 places

Port Tawfiq

Arafat HotelSingle rooms from LE35
Price
Single rooms from LE35
Address
23 July Street
Phone
+20 62 333 8355
Website
akrnet.com
Red Sea Hotel
Mid-range place with 81 rooms.
Address
13 El Riad St, Port Tawfiq
Phone
+20 62 333 4302, +20 62 333 4303, +20 62 333 4301 (fax)
Website
redseasuez.com
Summer Palace Hotel
Upscale hotel with 92 rooms, pools, sauna, tennis, beach and two restaurants.
Address
Port Tawfiq
Phone
+20 62 322 1287, +20 62 335 0349, +20 62 332 6615 (fax)
Website
ineedbooking.com

Suez

Sina Hotel
Address
21 Banque Misr St
Phone
+20 62 333 4181
Star Hotel
Address
17 Banque Misr St
Phone
+20 62 322 8737

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Suez

Red Sea Hotel
Address
13 El Riad St
Phone
+20 62 3190192
Green House Hotel
Mid-range hotel with 78 double rooms.
Address
Port Said St
Phone
+20 62 333 1553, +20 62 333 1554, +20 62 333 1554 (fax)
Website
greenhousehotel.net

Getting there and around

Getting there

By train
There are six trains a day from Cairo Ain Shams station, taking about 2½ hr. These do not call at Cairo main station—there is only one train a day from that station.
By boat
There is a ferry, the M/F Alnawa Express, run by Namma Shipping Lines, that runs between Suez and Jeddah that takes around 60 hours.

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Getting around

This is a great sprawling city with poor public transport, under a hot sun, so you'll need to take taxis, certainly between bus or railway station and the centre.

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UnderstandStanding at the top of the Gulf of Suez, this city has been a port since antiquity.

Get inEast Delta Buses run hourly from Cairo Turgoman to Port Suez, taking 2 hr, fare LE10. They also run at least daily from Port Said, Ismailia, Alexandria (6 hr), Sharm el-Sheikh (7 hr) and Taba.

Get aroundThis is a great sprawling city with poor public transport, under a hot sun, so you'll need to take taxis, certainly between bus or railway station and the centre.

SeeColonial era architecture in Port Tawfiq.

BuyLots of small stores for basics (including pharmacies) along main drag.

EatThe main eating strip is the downtown section of 23 July Street. There's another strip along El Corniche on the shoreline.

DrinkMint tea is always a good choice hereabouts.

SleepBudget hotels are around Sharia Nimsa. Head northeast for some blocks to find Hotel Medina with single rooms from LE90–100. Next door is Hotel Shahin with rooms from LE35.

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Port Suez" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photo: U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Lance H. Mayhew Jr., Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Overview

Sights and activities

Suez National Museum