Mokattam
The Mokattam, also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of an Eastern Desert plateau as well as the district built over it in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
The Mokattam, also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of an Eastern Desert plateau as well as the district built over it in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt.
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Worth seeing in and around Mokattam
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.
- 01Muhammad 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.
4 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 02City 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.
3.7 km · cemetery in Egypt · Wikipedia - 03Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
The Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque, or more formally, the Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun Mosque, is a mosque located in the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt. Completed in 1318 CE, the mosque was built by the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasr Muhammad as the royal mosque of the Citadel, where the sultans of Cairo performed their Friday prayers.
3.9 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 04Lulua Mosque
The Lulua Mosque or al-Lu'lu'a Mosque is a mosque in the Muqattam Hills that surround Cairo, Egypt. Built during the reign of the third Fatimid caliph, al-Hakim, in the Fatimid architectural style, the mosque was completed in c. 1016 CE. Located in the Southern Cemetery in the Moqattam hills, the majority of the mosque collapsed in 1919, but was later refurbished in 1998 by the Dawoodi Bohras, who trace their religious lineage to the Fatimid Caliphate's Shia Islam.
3.1 km · mosque in Cairo, Egypt · Wikipedia - 05Sulayman Pasha Mosque
The Sulayman Pasha Mosque, also known as the Sulayman Pasha al-Khadem Mosque, and as the Sariat al-Jabal Mosque, is a mosque, mausoleum and shrine, located inside the Citadel at the top of Mount Mokattam, in Islamic Cairo, Egypt. The mosque was completed in 1528 CE by Suleiman Pasha Al-Khadem, one of the Ottoman-era rulers of Egypt.
3.6 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 06Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
The Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, also known as the Arab Contractors Stadium or Al-Mokawloon al-Arab Stadium, is a multi-use stadium used mostly for football matches in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, which has a seating capacity of 35,000. It is the home stadium of Al Mokawloon Al Arab, and acted as a temporarily home venue for various clubs in Egypt such as FC Masr and Misr Lel Makkasa.
3.5 km · Football stadium in Egypt · Wikipedia - 07Juyushi Mosque
The Juyushi Mosque is a historic monument in Cairo, Egypt. The mosque is dated from 1086 CE, during reign of the Fatimid Imam-Caliph al-Mustansir Billah.
3 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 08Egyptian National Military Museum
The Egyptian National Military Museum is the official museum of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Armed Forces. It is located in the Cairo Citadel in Cairo, Egypt.
3.9 km · Egyptian National Military Museum · Wikipedia - 09Emir Qurqumas Complex
The Emir Qurqumas Complex is located in Medieval Cairo, Egypt, in the City of the dead.
3.8 km · building in Egypt · Wikipedia - 10Mosque and Khanqah of Farag ibn Barquq
The Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq is an Islamic funerary complex that comprises a mosque and two mausoleums, located in the Northern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. The complex was completed in 1410–1411 by the Mamluk sultan Faraj ibn Barquq.
3.8 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mokattam
- Airports
- Cairo (CAI), 14 km · Sphinx (SPX), 40 km · Port Said (PSD), 166 km
- Al Jiza → Mokattam555 km · quickest by air, 8h 32m · $570–860
- Port Said → Mokattam56 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · E£90–115
- Alexandria → Mokattam9 km · quickest by road, 28 min · E£20–27
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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 Mokattam
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 Mokattam. 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 Mokattam
Mokattam is 5 km from Madīnat an Naşr, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Manshiyat NasserDistrict of Greater Cairo, Egypt2.7 km