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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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Badr
Cairo, Egypt · Africa
About Badr
Badr sits on the route: 20 minutes from El Shorouk, 45km from Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.
Badr is in Cairo, Egypt, with about 33,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is El Shorouk, about 10 km away.
Badr (Egyptian Arabic: بدر pronounced [bædɾ]) is a satellite city in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. It was planned and is administered by the New Urban Communities Authority(NUCA). Badr was established in 1982 according to Prime Ministerial Decree 235/1982 allocating NUCA 3000 acres in the Eastern Desert on theRead more
Cairo-Suez Highway. It has since grown to 21,000 acres, and has a 2200 acre industrial zone that includes 564 factories, in addition to 501 factories still under construction.
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What is there to see near Badr?
Within an hour or so of Badr: Citadel of Salah Ed-Din (45 km), El-Fishawy Café (45 km), Egyptian Museum Cairo (47 km), Great Sphinx of Giza (58 km).
Where is Badr?
Badr is in Cairo, Egypt, about 10 km from El Shorouk.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 32,940
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Egypt
- Region
- Cairo
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
- Coordinates
- 30.1360, 31.7150
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Worth the detour from Badr
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
cafe
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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Egyptian Museum Cairo
Home to the world's most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, including Tutankhamun's golden treasures.
47 km · about 55 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.
58 km · about 65 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.
59 km · about 70 min drive
museum
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.
60 km · about 70 min drive
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