Al Khuşūş
Worth seeing in and around Al Khuşūş
10 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.
- 01Cairo International Stadium
The Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin from 1934 to 1936.
9.3 km · Football Stadium in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 02Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.
8.9 km · public university in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 03Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church located in the Abbassia District in Cairo, Egypt. The cathedral is the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope.
9.7 km · cathedral · Wikipedia - 04Cairo Military Academy Stadium
The Cairo Military Academy Stadium is located in Cairo, Egypt and has a total capacity of 28,500. It was one of six stadiums used in the 2006 African Cup of Nations, held in Egypt.
6.9 km · Football stadium in Egypt · Wikipedia - 05
- 06Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral
Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral, also known as the Latin Cathedral of Our Lady of Heliopolis, or the Basilica of the Holy Virgin, is a Roman Catholic church building, located on Al-Ahram Square in the Heliopolis neighbourhood of Cairo, Egypt. Alexandre Marcel designed the cathedral in a Byzantine Revival style, based on the Hagia Sophia.
6.7 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 07Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
The Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The mosque is known for containing the mausoleum of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
8 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 08Al-Nour Mosque
The Al-Nour Mosque is a mosque in Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt. It is among the landmarks of the neighborhood and the largest mosques in the city with several different halls for multi-purposes.
9.2 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 09Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque
The Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque, also transliterated Rabi'a al-Adawiya, Rabaa el-Adawia or Rabaa el-Adaweya, is a mosque located on the northern edge of Nasr City district in eastern Cairo, Egypt. Completed in the c. 1970s, the mosque was named after the 8th-century Sufi saint Rabia al-Adawiya.
9.6 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 10cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima or just Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in Cairo is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Cairo, the capital of the African country of Egypt. It is a temple that follows the Chaldean Catholic or Eastern Syriac Rite in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
5.9 km · cathedral in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Khuşūş
- Airports
- Cairo (CAI), 9 km · Sphinx (SPX), 41 km · Port Said (PSD), 153 km
- Stations
- Cairo International Airport, 9.4 km · Abbassia, 9.8 km · Heliopolis Square, 5.5 km · Hammamat El-Qobba, 7.1 km
- Al Jiza → Al Khuşūş545 km · quickest by air, 8h 18m · $480–730
- Port Said → Al Khuşūş156 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · E£250–330
- Alexandria → Al Khuşūş178 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · E£315–420
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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 Al Khuşūş
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 Khuşūş. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAs of 2025 it has only seasonal charter services operated by Smartwings.
- Get inA cheaper option to get to Sharm by bus is to take a bus, a train, or a minibus to Suez and from the main bus station there, take the 11AM or the 1:20PM bus to Sharm.
- Get aroundBecause of problems with sexual harassment women travellers are advised only to take the small minibuses and buses which prohibit standing.
- Get aroundOn minibuses, the fare starts at LE5 and goes up to LE15 depending on the length of the route.
- Get aroundThere are actually two stations - the main bus station for the city buses, and the minibus station behind it.
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Next door to Al Khuşūş
Al Khuşūş is 7 km from Shubrā al Khaymah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Heliopoliscity of ancient Egypt3.6 km
- Shobra ElkhemaEgyptian city north of Cairo7.5 km
- El Matariaurban district3.6 km
- Baron Empain Palacearchitectural structure in Heliopolis, a suburb near Cairo, Egypt7.5 km
- El-Marghuman settlement in Egypt1.9 km
- Khususcity in Qalyubiyya, Egypt800 m