Port Said Day Tour From Cairo

Port Said Day Tour From Cairo

Before it was a lively port city, Port Said was a modest village in the northeastern part of Egypt, inhabited by a small community of fishermen. When the Suez Canal was dug during the Ottoman reign of Khedive Said, the city was expanded into a cosmopolitan center. The city has a remarkable diversity of Greek, Italian, French, and British architecture of the European businessmen who worked and lived in the city. Even though there are no monuments, Port Said has charming streets, markets, and ships which are seen everywhere.

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Stop At: Port Said, Port Said, Port Said Governorate

Port Said is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 kilometres (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787 (2010). The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal.
There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look. Port Said's twin city is Port Fuad, which lies on the eastern bank of the canal. The two cities coexist, to the extent that there is hardly any town centre in Port Fuad. The cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents that extends both on the African and the Asian sides of the Suez Canal. The only other metropolitan area in the world that also spans two continents is Istanbul.
Port Said acted as a global city since its establishment and flourished particularly during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century when it was inhabited by various nationalities and religions. Most of them were from Mediterranean countries, and they coexisted in tolerance, forming a cosmopolitan community. Referring to this fact Rudyard Kipling once said "If you truly wish to find someone you have known and who travels, there are two points on the globe you have but to sit and wait, sooner or later your man will come there: the docks of London and Port Said".

Duration: 8 hours