Baron Empain Palace
The Baron Empain Palace, also known as Le Palais Hindou, is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central Cairo, Egypt.
The Baron Empain Palace, also known as Le Palais Hindou, is a distinctive and historic mansion in Heliopolis, a suburb northeast of central Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1905 for Édouard Empain, Baron Empain, a Belgian businessman and industrialist with particular interests in tramways. The building was inspired architecturally by Hindu temples.
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Worth seeing in and around Baron Empain Palace
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.
- 01Al-Azhar University
Al-Azhar University is a public university in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 970, and associated with the Al-Azhar Al-Sharif religious institution in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university, and one of the oldest universities in the world.
3.6 km · public university in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 02Cairo 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.
2.6 km · Football Stadium in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 03Our 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.
900 m · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 04Rabaa 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.
2.3 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 05Gamal 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.
3.5 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 06cathedral 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.
2.5 km · cathedral in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 07Unknown Soldier Memorial
The Unknown Soldier Memorial in Cairo is a pyramid-shaped monument in Nasr City. Its construction was ordered by president Anwar Sadat in 1974 in honor of Egyptians and Arabs who lost their lives in the 1973 October War.
2.8 km · memorial in Egypt dedicated to the martyrs of October 1973 Arab-Israeli War · Wikipedia - 08Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Egypt, also called the Coptic Catholic Cathedral of Cairo, is a Coptic Catholic church building at 39 Mustafa Fahmi Street in Cairo, Egypt. The cathedral serves as the main church of the Catholic Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria which began in 1741 as an apostolic vicariate created by Pope Benedict XIV. It was elevated to its present status in 1895 under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII with the papal bull “Christi Domini".
2.7 km · church in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 096th of October Panorama
The 6th of October War Panorama is a museum and memorial to the 1973 October war, located in Heliopolis, Cairo. Constructed over an area of 7.5 feddans, it was inaugurated on 5 October 1989 by former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.
2.7 km · museum in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 10Child Museum
The Children's Civilization and Creativity Center is a children's museum in Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, established in 1986. It was renovated twice in 1996 and in 2012.
1.6 km · children's museum in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia
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Getting to Baron Empain Palace
- Airports
- Cairo (CAI), 7 km · Sphinx (SPX), 42 km · Port Said (PSD), 159 km
- Stations
- Heliopolis Square, 2.5 km · Hammamat El-Qobba, 3.1 km
- Al Jiza → Baron Empain Palace548 km · quickest by air, 8h 12m · $440–670
- Port Said → Baron Empain Palace161 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · E£250–335
- Alexandria → Baron Empain Palace184 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · E£310–415
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- 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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Baron Empain Palace is 4 km from Madīnat an Naşr, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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