Rosetta

Worth seeing in and around Rosetta

5 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.

1. 01
   Fort Julien

   Fort Julien is a fort located on the left or west bank of the Nile about 5 kilometres north-west of Rashid on the north coast of Egypt. It was originally built by the Mamluks and occupied by the French during Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and Syria between 1798 and 1801.

   4.7 km · fort in Egypt on the Nile · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rashid National Museum

   The Rashid National Museum is an Egyptian history museum located in Rashid, on the west bank of the Nile River. The museum is housed in a three-story townhouse known as the "Arab Killy house", which is famous for its architecture.

   800 m · Museum in Egypt · Wikipedia
3. 03
   El-Abbasi Mosque

   Al-Abbasi Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العباسي, romanized: ālmsǧd ālʿbāsy is a mosque and mausoleum located in Rosetta, in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt, that lies near the banks of the Nile. The mosque is named after Sayyid Mohammed Al-Abbasi, whose tomb is located inside the mosque.

   1.2 km · mosque in Rosetta, Egypt · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Al-Mahaly Mosque

   Al-Mahalli Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum in Rosetta, in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt. The mosque is named in honour of Ali Al-Mahalli, a 15th-century sheikh who lived in Rosetta, who is entombed in the mosque complex.

   400 m · mosque in Rosetta, Egypt · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Zaghloul Mosque

   The Mosque of Zaghloul, also known as the Zaghloul Mosque, is a mosque in Rosetta, in the Beheira Governorate of Egypt. It is named after its founder, a Mamluk named Zaghloul, who is buried inside.

   800 m · mosque in Rosetta, Egypt · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

The city centre has numerous Ottoman houses and public buildings.

1. 01
   Fort Julien

   Built by the Ottoman Empire and occupied by the French during Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt and Syria between 1798 and 1801.

2. 02
   Abou Mandour Mosque

   Located along the river, this mosque was built in 1897.

3. 03
   Zaghloul Mosque

   The oldest mosque in the city, dating back to 1517.

4. 04
   St. Mark Church.
5. 05
   Amasyali House

From Wikivoyage: Rosetta, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Rosetta

Airports

Alexandria (HBE), 86 km · Sphinx (SPX), 151 km · Cairo (CAI), 172 km

• Alexandria → Rosetta

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · E£90–115
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• Al Jiza → Rosetta

  571 km · quickest by road, 14h 7m · $70–95
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• Cairo → Rosetta

  169 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · E£285–380
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