Imbaba, Cairo

Name: Imbaba
Address: Cairo, Egypt

#236 among attractions in Cairo

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Imbaba is a working-class neighbourhood in northern Giza, Egypt, located west of the Nile and northwest of and near Gezira Island and downtown Cairo, within the Giza Governorate. The district is located in the historic upper Nile Delta, and is part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area. ()

Local name: إمبابة Coordinates: 30°4'51"N, 31°12'41"E

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Imbaba – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Mary Massarra, El-Sawy Cultural Wheel, Rod El Farag Axis Bridge, Imbaba Bridge.

2 miE
Church
St. Mary Massarra, Cairo
51 min walk • St. Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church Massarra is a parish of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria located in the Shubra District of Cairo, Egypt. The church was built during Pope Cyril V of Alexandria's tenure as Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and consecrated in 1925.
1.3 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
El-Sawy Cultural Wheel, Cairo
34 min walk • El Sawy Culture Wheel is a cultural center on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district on central Cairo, Egypt. Named after its founder and owner, Abdelmoniem El-Sawy, it is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt and receives more than 20,000 visitors each month.
2.1 miNE
Bridge
Rod El Farag Axis Bridge, Cairo
55 min walk • The Rod El Farag Axis Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Nile river located on Rod El Farag crossing Cairo. It was built by the Arab Contractors. With a width of 67.3 meters, the bridge holds the Guinness World Record for the world's widest cable-stayed bridge.
0.9 miSE
Bridge
Imbaba Bridge, Cairo
24 min walk • The Imbaba Bridge is a major railway bridge located in Cairo, Egypt across the Nile River. It is located about 935 kilometres downstream from Aswan Dam. Imbaba Bridge is currently the only railway bridge across the Nile in Cairo. The current version of the bridge was built between 1912 and 1924 by the Belgian firm Baume-Marpent.
1.9 miSE
Mausoleum, Islamic architecture
Tomb of Salar and Sangar-al-Gawli, Cairo
49 min walk • The mosque and tomb of Salar and Sangar al-Gawli is located near the Ibn Tulun Mosque along Saliba Street in Medieval Cairo and is west of Madrasa of Sarghatmish. It contains the joint mausoleums of Sayf el-Din Salar and Alam el-Din Sangar el-Gawli, powerful Mamluk emirs in the early 14th-century in 1304.
2 miSE
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace, Cairo
50 min walk • The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in Cairo's Zamalek island, which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center.
1.8 miSE
Palace
Gezirah Palace, Cairo
47 min walk • The Gezirah Palace was one of the Egyptian royal palaces of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty. It is located in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the Nile, just west of Downtown Cairo.
1.4 miSE
Library
Egyptian National Library and Archives, Cairo
36 min walk • The Egyptian National Library and Archives is located in Nile Corniche, Cairo and is the largest library in Egypt, followed by Al-Azhar University and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
1.9 miSE
Mosque
Sulayman Pasha Mosque, Cairo
48 min walk • Sulayman Pasha al-Khadem Mosque, also known as Sariat al-Jabal Mosque, is a historical mosque established in 1528 by Suleiman Pasha Al-Khadem, one of the Ottoman rulers of Egypt.
2 miSE
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace, Cairo
50 min walk • The Prince Amr Ibrahim Palace is a historical building in Cairo's Zamalek island, which is used as the Egypt's first ceramics museum, the Museum of Islamic Ceramics and as an art center.
1.7 miSE
Church
All Saints' Cathedral, Cairo
45 min walk • All Saints' Cathedral, Cairo was consecrated in 1988 and is the home of the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa.

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How to get to Imbaba by public transport?

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Imbaba (12 min walk)