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Port Said (Bur Said) is a city in Egypt, the entry point of the Suez Canal by the Mediterranean. It is situated on one bank of the canal, facing its twin city, Port Fouad (Bur Fouad).

[edit] Get in

[edit] By train

direct connections with Alexandria and Cairo.

[edit] By boat

Louis Cruise Lines from Limassol (Cyprus)

[edit] Get around

• Free shuttle between Port Said and Port Fouad.

[edit][add listing] See

• The port facilities (modern & ancient)
• The passing through of the canal convoys (supertankers and container ships)
• The rests of the old town (bombed during the 1956 Canal War)
• The bazaar.

[edit] Port Said Military Museum

Inaugurated in 1964. It consists of several halls which showcase several battles fought by the Egyptian Army and the people of Port Said:

• the hall of ancient ages: pharaonic, Islamic and modern age
• 1956 canal invasion
• other wars against Israel (1967 & 1973).

Military/militaristic paintings, bas-reliefs, statues. Captured war material. Models.

Tel.066/224657

Entry: 5 EGP (as of 2007-04-11), camera 2 EGP.

[edit][add listing] Do

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Some oldies from the French and English communities can be found from time to time (books...), and of course the unavoidable and omnipresent tourist collectibles.

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Lots of nice and cheap fruit bars.

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[edit] Get out

No night life in Port Said or Port Fouad, except at the numerous chicha bars.

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