Sidi Bishr
Sidi Bishr is a neighborhood in the Montaza District of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sidi Bishr is a neighborhood in the Montaza District of Alexandria, Egypt. Established as a summering site by the Egyptian middle class before the Revolution of 1952, it has since become one of the largest neighborhoods of the city.
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Worth seeing in and around Sidi Bishr
6 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.
- 01Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport
The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport or is a regional university operated by the Arab League, which runs programs in marine transportation, business, and engineering. Most of its campuses are in Egypt.
1.4 km · university in Egypt · Wikipedia - 02Royal Jewelry Museum
The Royal Jewelry Museum is an art and history museum in Alexandria, Egypt. It is located in the former palace of Princess Fatma Al-Zahra' in Zizenia neighborhood.
3.2 km · Art museum in Egypt · Wikipedia - 03San Stefano Grand Plaza
San Stefano Grand Plaza is a structural complex including a hotel, apartments, offices, shopping mall and a marina in Alexandria, Egypt. The complex was designed by WZMH Architects.
2.8 km · building complex in Alexandria, Egypt · Wikipedia - 04Sidi Bishr Mosque
The Sidi Bishr Mosque is a mosque located in the Sidi Bishr neighborhood of Alexandria, on the north coast of Egypt. The mosque is named in honour of Sheikh Bishr Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ubayd Allah Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Bishr Al-Jawhari, a sheikh from the late 5th-century to early 6th-century AH who lived in Alexandria after coming from the Maghreb.
1.4 km · mosque in Egypt · Wikipedia - 05As-Safa palace
El Safa Palace is a presidential palace in the Zizinia neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt. It is located on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean.
3 km · Presidential palace in Alexandria, Egypt · Wikipedia - 06Sanctuary of Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion
The Temple to Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion was a sanctuary commissioned around 279 BCE by Kallikrates, the commander of the Ptolemaic Naval Fleet. A Graeco-Macedonian Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt, Arsinoe II was directly involved in public affairs, war planning, and public and private ritual rites.
2 km · Temple of Aphrodite in Alexandria · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sidi Bishr
- Airports
- Alexandria (HBE), 45 km · El Alamein (DBB), 150 km · Sphinx (SPX), 154 km
- Alexandria → Sidi Bishr9 km · quickest by road, 25 min · E£19–25
- El Alamein → Sidi Bishr110 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · E£160–210
- Al Jiza → Sidi Bishr615 km · quickest by air, 10h 10m · $880–1,310
- 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 Sidi Bishr
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 Sidi Bishr. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is also a bus from Gedid to Sidi Gaber, and from Sidi Gaber most parts of the city are accessible by minibus or tram if you are looking to save money.
- Get inYou can take a minibus from Cairo for about (October 2025).
- Get inWhile this is your cheapest option from most departure points, know that the minibuses can be hot and cramped, and your driver will likely drive like a mad person, so take them at your own risk.
- Get inBut all of these are package tourist itineraries, and not available to book as point-to-point ferries.
- Get aroundIf you are on a day trip to Alexandria, hire a taxi outside the railway station for the day.
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Next door to Sidi Bishr
Sidi Bishr is 9 km from Alexandria, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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