Al Fayyum
Faiyum is a city located geographically in Lower Egypt but culturally and politically in Upper Egypt, 100 kilometres southwest of Cairo.
Faiyum is a city located geographically in Lower Egypt but culturally and politically in Upper Egypt, 100 kilometres southwest of Cairo. In the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Fayyum
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Labyrinth of Egypt
The Labyrinth of Egypt was a structure, or temple, built south of Amenemhat III's pyramid at Hawara. Not much is known about its use, but it was probably a multifunctional building—with a palace, town and administrative centre.
6.7 km · archaeological site in Egypt · Wikipedia - 02Fayoum Stadium
The Al-Fayoum Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Fayoum, Egypt. It was used mostly for football and serves as the home stadium of Misr El Makasa.
1.1 km · Football stadium in Egypt · Wikipedia - 03Fayoum University
Fayoum University is a public university located in the Egyptian city of Faiyum in northern Egypt. From 1976 to 2005, Fayoum University was a public institution within the University of Cairo.
1.6 km · public university in Faiyum, Egypt · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Sultan Qaitbay Mosque
Built by the wife of the eighteenth Sultan Qaitbey in the early 16th century.
- 02Medinet Madi Archaeological Park
- 03Karanis
An agricultural town in the Ptolemaic Kingdom, inhabited until the early 5th century.
- 04Karanis Site Museum
Archaeological museum displaying ancient relics from Crocodilopolis and the Faiyum Oasis archaeological region Hanging Mosque.
- 05Lake Qaroun
- 06Temple of Qasr Qaroun
Sun-Thu 08:00-16:00, Fri-Sat 08:00-18:00.
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Where to eat
You can find local food of Fayum in one of the Eco lodges in Tunis village and the restaurants in lake Qaroun. Fast food is also served in all the restaurants of Fayum city,
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Getting to Al Fayyum
- Airports
- Sphinx (SPX), 89 km · Cairo (CAI), 104 km · Alexandria (HBE), 212 km
- Al Jiza → Al Fayyum635 km · quickest by road, 14h 2m · $65–90
- Cairo → Al Fayyum92 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · E£140–185
- Alexandria → Al Fayyum228 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · E£395–530
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al Fayyum
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Al Fayyum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Al Fayyum
Al Fayyum is 60 km from 6th of October City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.