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Midan Ramses is the name of the large square fronting Cairo's main railway station (Ramses Station - Mahattat Ramses)and Mubarak Metro Station and the district of streets and neighbourhoods surrounding it, located immediately north of the very centre of the modern city at Midan Tahrir. Ramsis train station is the capital of Egypt's main train station, and is the traveling gateway to the cities of the northern Delta and Mediterranean coast, and the upper Egyptian cities to the south. Destinations served on the rail network starting in Cairo heading north include Mansura, Zagazig, Suez, Ismailia, Port Said, Alexandria, Marsa Matrouh. And to the upper Egyptian cities south of Cairo including Giza, Assyut, Luxor and Aswan. Not the most attractive part of modern Cairo, Midan Ramses is notorious for swirling, raucous traffic, massive overpasses and crowds at peak hour, basically the Central traffic hub into and out of Cairo. Despite all this, the district does have some saving graces to offer the traveller. Midan Ramsis is a 25 minute walk from Midan Tahrir. By Metro take Sadat on Tahrir Sq, past Adbul Nasser, Orabi, onto Mubarak Metro Station.

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The Mubarak metro interchange station (Lines 1 & 2) is under the square.

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• Egyptian National Railways Museum, Midan Ramses, ☎ +202 575-3555. Tuesday-Saturday 8:30AM - 1PM. located at the eastern end of Ramses Station, this museum houses an amazing collection of steam locomotives, including that used by Empress Eugenie during her opening of the Suez Canal in 1863. The entrance fee increased in September 2008 from 1.5 LE, to 20 LE (10 for students).  edit
• Al Fath Mosque, At the South End of Midan Ramses. Completed in the early 1990's, this beautiful Mosque is worth taking a look at.  edit

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• Windsor Hotel, 19 Alfi Bei Street (a few blocks east of Midan Ramses). The bar at the Windsor Hotel is where the flotsam and jetsam of the expat world hang out. A place where Somerset Maugham meets Mr. Mulliner, it is the perfect place to meet odd characters!  edit

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• Fontana Hotel, Midan Ramses, ☎ +202 592-2321.  edit

• Victocia Hotel, 66 al-Gomhuriyya, ☎ +202 589-2290.  edit

• Windsor Hotel, 19 Alfi Bei Street (a few blocks east of Midan Ramses), [1]. A popular hotel, but some would say overpriced for what you get.  edit
• Happyton Hotel, 10 Ali al-Kassar, ☎ +202 592-8600.  edit

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• The Ramses Hilton, 115 Corniche el-Nil, ☎ +202 574-4000 (fax: +202 575-7152), [2]. Housed in a large, modern, purpose-built tower, the Ramses Hilton has great views from its upper floors, but lacks any real character. Still, the standards are what you would expect from the Hilton chain - as are the prices!  edit

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