Manial Palace
A princely residence on Rhoda Island, built for Prince Mohamed Ali Tewfik, heir to the throne, and kept just as it was lived in. Its rooms mix Ottoman, Persian and Moorish styles, set among gardens of banyan trees beside the Nile.
- Where
- Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 30.0275, 31.2302
Get the Manial Palace stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Manial Palace. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Cairo volume with your photos and a note.
Near Manial Palace
Mosque of Ibn Tulun 1.9 km
Built between 876 and 879 by Ahmad ibn Tulun, the oldest well preserved mosque in Egypt. Its huge open courtyard and spiral minaret follow the mosques of Samarra in Iraq, and the arcades of brick and stucco are calm even in the middle of the city.
Tahrir Square 2.0 km
The great open square at the centre of downtown Cairo, with the Egyptian Museum on its northern side. Its middle now holds an ancient obelisk of Ramesses II ringed by four ram-headed sphinxes brought from Karnak.
Cairo Tower 2.1 km
A 187 metre concrete tower on Gezira Island in Zamalek, its latticed shaft shaped like a lotus stem. For 37 years it was the tallest structure in Egypt, and the deck near the top looks over the Nile, the city and on clear days the pyramids.
Egyptian Museum 2.3 km
The national museum of antiquities, a salmon pink building on Tahrir Square opened in 1902. Its crowded halls hold one of the world's great collections of pharaonic statues, coffins, jewellery and papyri.
Coptic Cairo 2.4 km
A walled quarter of Old Cairo inside the Roman Babylon Fortress, packed with churches, a synagogue and the Coptic Museum. Christian tradition holds that the Holy Family sheltered here, at the site of the church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus.
Coptic Museum 2.4 km
The world's largest collection of Coptic Christian art, founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 in the heart of Coptic Cairo. Carved wood, icons, textiles and manuscripts trace Egypt's Christian centuries, in rooms with painted ceilings and latticed windows.
Ben Ezra Synagogue 2.4 km
A former synagogue in the Fustat part of Old Cairo, where local folklore places the spot where the baby Moses was found. Its storeroom held the Cairo Geniza, a vast hoard of medieval manuscripts that told scholars about daily life around the Mediterranean.
Hanging Church 2.5 km
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, one of the oldest churches in Egypt. It earned its nickname by being built over a gatehouse of the Roman Babylon Fortress, so its nave seems to hang above the passage below.
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Questions
Where is Manial Palace?
Manial Palace is in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mosque of Ibn Tulun (1.9 km), Tahrir Square (2.0 km), Cairo Tower (2.1 km).
How do I get the Manial Palace stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Manial Palace and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Cairo volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Manial Palace before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Cairo volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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