Travel in Port Said - Egypt - Middle East - Culture

Port Said is in many ways Egypt's most beautiful city. There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinct charm. Port Said's twin city is Port Fouad, which lies on the eastern side of the canal. The two cities coexist, to the extent that there hardly is any town centre in Port Fouad. The cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day. Ocean liner passengers know Port Said as the "Gateway to the East". It is also a gateway to Cairo and the Nile River.

The National Museum in Port Said has a variety of displays covering all of Egyptian history. The Museum, which was opened in 1987, has exhibits on the 1^st floor covering prehistory and the pharaonic period, including several mummies and sarcophagi along with various statues and other artefacts. On the next floor is Islamic and Coptic material, including textiles, manuscripts and coins, as well as artefacts from the Khedival family.

Military Museum focuses on the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel, featuring tanks, unexploded bombs, guns, etc, as well as exhibits tracing the history of Pharaonic and Islamic warfare.

The Museum of Modern Art in Ports Said is in Shohada Square, and features the Modern History of Port Said by Egyptian artists.

THINGS TO SEE AND DO FROM PORT SAID

THE PYRAMIDS	The only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World.
THE SPHINX	Sculpted in the image of Pharaoh Chephren as a guard for his pyramidal tomb.
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM	Museum housing the world's greatest collection of Egyptian artifacts.
SAKKARA	The largest necropolis, or burial ground, in Egypt, it is the site of the famous step pyramid.
MUHAMMAD ALI MOSQUE	Large, Turkish style mosque located in the heart of old Islamic Cairo.

Tourism is being particularly developed in Port Said: Mediterranean cruises regularly call at Port Said; there are many hotels of various categories in town, and even tourist villages.
The Western Coast of Port-Said is then a very important touristy area and two tourist villages have already been constructed. Port Fouad is a quiet residential zone, distinct because of its expanses of green surfaces.