Al Maţarīyah
El Matareya is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
El Matareya is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. The district is unrelated to the coastal town in the Dakahlia Governorate, that is also named El Matareya. The district holds the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Maţarīyah
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.
- 01Our 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.
4.3 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 02Gamal 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.
5.3 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 03cathedral 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.
4.4 km · cathedral in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 04Child 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.
4.1 km · children's museum in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 05Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church
St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church is the first Coptic parish built in the district of Heliopolis in Cairo, Egypt.
4.6 km · church in Egypt, Egypt · Wikipedia - 06Koubbeh Palace
Koubbeh Palace or Qubbah Palace is one of the various Egyptian palaces which serve as the country's official guest house for visiting dignitaries. The palace was most likely originally built in the mid-19th century and sold to Khedive Ismail in 1866 by his brother Mustafa Fazl Pasha.
3.4 km · Egyptian palace near downtown Cairo · Wikipedia - 07Tahra Palace
Al-Tahra Palace is a palace located in the Hadaek al-Qubbah district in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in 1927 and designed by Antonio Lasciac.
3.5 km · building in Egypt · Wikipedia - 08Luna Park, Cairo
The Cairo Luna Park was a trolley park located in Heliopolis, Egypt. Open from 1911 until early 1915, it was the first Western-style amusement park in Africa and the Middle East.
4.2 km · trolley park in Egypt from 1911 to 1915 · Wikipedia - 09Polish Center for Mediterranean Archeology UW, Research Center in Cairo
The Research Centre in Cairo, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw, is the only Polish scientific research institution in Africa and the Middle East, where it has operated since 1959 in Cairo. The mission of the Research Centre is to develop and expand Polish research in the region, particularly in the Nile Valley.
4.6 km · unit of the University of Warsaw in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 10Sultana Malak Palace
Sultana Malak's Palace is a palace located in the Heliopolis Suburb of Cairo.
5 km · building in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Maţarīyah
- Airports
- Cairo (CAI), 9 km · Sphinx (SPX), 40 km · Port Said (PSD), 156 km
- Stations
- Heliopolis Square, 3.8 km · Hammamat El-Qobba, 4.4 km · New El-Marg, 4.8 km
- Port Said → Al Maţarīyah27 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · E£46–60
- Alexandria → Al Maţarīyah201 km · quickest by road, 4h 15m · E£335–445
- El Arish → Al Maţarīyah168 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · E£300–400
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Maţarīyah
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 Maţarīyah. 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 Maţarīyah
Al Maţarīyah is 3 km from Al Khuşūş, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Heliopoliscity of ancient Egypt1.8 km
- El Matariaurban district1.8 km
- Baron Empain Palacearchitectural structure in Heliopolis, a suburb near Cairo, Egypt5.2 km
- El-Marghuman settlement in Egypt4.1 km
- Khususcity in Qalyubiyya, Egypt3.4 km
- Hadayek El Kobbacairo district3.7 km