Abū Qīr
Abu Qir, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus and 23 kilometers (14 mi) northeast of Alexandria by rail.
Abu Qir, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus and 23 kilometers (14 mi) northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located on Abu Qir Peninsula, with Abu Qir Bay to the east.
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Worth seeing in and around Abū Qīr
One place 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.
- 01Egyptian Naval College
The Egyptian Naval College, one of the colleges of the Egyptian Military Academy, is a military college set up to supply the navy with professional officers. It was established in October 1946.
2.2 km · College of the Egyptian Military Academy · Wikipedia
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Getting to Abū Qīr
- Airports
- Alexandria (HBE), 55 km · Sphinx (SPX), 156 km · El Alamein (DBB), 158 km
- Alexandria → Abū Qīr18 km · quickest by road, 39 min · E£31–41
- Al Jiza → Abū Qīr606 km · quickest by road, 14h 50m · $75–100
- El Alamein → Abū Qīr118 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · E£170–225
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Abū Qīr
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 Abū Qīr. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Abū Qīr
Abū Qīr is 18 km from Alexandria, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Canopusancient Egyptian town2.4 km
- Heracleionancient Egyptian city, now submerged, near Abukir3.8 km
- El MaamoraNeighborhood in second Montaza district, Alexandria, Egypt3.7 km