Madīnat an Naşr
Nasr City / Victory City forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
Nasr City / Victory City forms two of the nine districts of the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is administratively divided into Nasr City West/One (Gharb Madinet Nasr/awwal), and Nasr City East/Two. In 2021, Nasr City had a third district sub-divided from Nasr City East to be named either Nasr City Third or Al-Amal, as well as a qism named Nasr City Third.
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Worth seeing in and around Madīnat an Naşr
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.
2.9 km · public university in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 02Mosque of Ibn Tulun
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun is a mosque in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. Built between 876 and 879 CE by its namesake, Ahmad ibn Tulun, it is the oldest well-preserved mosque in Egypt.
9.3 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 03al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".
7.7 km · mosque in Islamic Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 04Muhammad Ali Mosque
The Muhammad Ali Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, is a mosque located in the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt. It was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha and built between 1832 and 1857.
8.4 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 05Cairo 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.
3.4 km · Football Stadium in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 06Ain 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.
6.2 km · public university in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 07Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan is a monumental mosque and madrasa located in Salah al-Din Square in the historic district of Cairo, Egypt. It was built between 1356 and 1363 CE during the Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan.
8.5 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 08City of the Dead
The City of the Dead, or Cairo Necropolis, also referred to as the Qarāfa, is a series of vast Islamic-era necropolises and cemeteries in Cairo, Egypt. They extend to the north and to the south of the Cairo Citadel, below the Mokattam Hills and outside the historic city walls, covering an area roughly 4 miles long.
6.4 km · cemetery in Egypt · Wikipedia - 09Al-Hakim Mosque
The al-Hakim Mosque, also known as al-Anwar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It is named after al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, the 6th Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismāʿīlī Imam.
7.5 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 10Al-Hussein Mosque
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874.
7.6 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia
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Getting to Madīnat an Naşr
- Airports
- Cairo (CAI), 8 km · Sphinx (SPX), 43 km · Port Said (PSD), 161 km
- Stations
- Cairo International Airport, 9.9 km · Ramses Station, 9.2 km
- Al Jiza → Madīnat an Naşr552 km · quickest by air, 8h 22m · $510–770
- Port Said → Madīnat an Naşr164 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · E£255–340
- Alexandria → Madīnat an Naşr183 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · E£305–410
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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 Madīnat an Naşr. 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 Madīnat an Naşr
Madīnat an Naşr is 7 km from Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Islamic Cairourban district7.7 km
- HeliopolisCairo suburb9.9 km
- Mokattamurban district5.4 km
- Bab Zuweilagate in the Old City of Cairo, Egypt8.2 km
- Baron Empain Palacearchitectural structure in Heliopolis, a suburb near Cairo, Egypt4 km
- Manshiyat NasserDistrict of Greater Cairo, Egypt6.8 km