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Egyptian Museum Cairo
Home to the world's most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, including Tutankhamun's golden treasures.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Awsīm
Giza, Egypt · Africa
About Awsīm
Awsīm works well as a base: 15 minutes from Manshīyat al Qanāţir, 16km from Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.
Awsīm is in Giza, Egypt, with about 94,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Manshīyat al Qanāţir, about 7 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Awsīm: Egyptian Museum Cairo (13 km), Grand Egyptian Museum (14 km), El-Fishawy Café (15 km), Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (16 km).
Where is Awsīm?
Awsīm is in Giza, Egypt, about 7 km from Manshīyat al Qanāţir.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 94,174
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Region
- Giza
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates
- 30.1230, 31.1357
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Worth the detour from Awsīm
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Grand Egyptian Museum
The world's largest archaeological museum, built near the Pyramids of Giza to house the complete Tutankhamun collection and over 100,000 artifacts.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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El-Fishawy Café
Cairo's oldest coffeehouse, open in a Khan el-Khalili alley since 1797 and run by seven generations of one family. Naguib Mahfouz wrote parts of the Cairo Trilogy in its back rooms, under the same tarnished mirrors.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Citadel of Salah Ed-Din
A medieval Islamic-era fortification on Mokattam Hill in Cairo, built by Saladin to protect the city from Crusader attacks.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Pyramids of Giza
The last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, these 4,500-year-old pyramids are Egypt's most iconic monuments.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Great Sphinx of Giza
Colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and a human head, guarding the Giza pyramid complex.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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