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frockland Says: If you want to go swimming and do not feel like jumping into the canal then Lake Timsah is another option. The “Crocodile Lake” what Timsah means in Arabic is a lake the canal is built through. There are no crocks any more and swimming is safe. To get there it a good idea to...
frockland Says: The Suez Canal is certainly the main attraction of Ismailya! Its one of the worlds most important water ways. The idea of a canal connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea to avoid the passage around Southern Africa is very old but only during the 19th century the project...
frockland Says: Market area is typically Egyptian! Its dirty, busy, lively and full of interesting street scenes to observe. In this area there is also a taxi rank and a micro bus station "- these are microcosm of the surrounding neighbourhood, which features muddy, potholed streets,...
frockland Says: Enjoy the comparatively peaceful quarter east of the railway. The main square is Midan al Gomhuryya. The promenade is named Sharia Salah Salem and running along the sweet water canal. At night time this is the place where young Ismailyans stroll along with their beloved. Its...
call_me_rhia Says: The Suez Canal is the very unnatural link between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea... unnatural but useful, as it makes a ship's way to India much shorter. The alternative would be to circumnavigare Africa!Whi had this brilliant idea? Many, including Napoleon... but the...
call_me_rhia Says: One of the few other sights of Ismailia town is also connected with Ferdinand De Lesseps. In this case it's his carriage: it was once displayed inside his house garden, but recently it has been moved... it's now out in the streets for everyone to be seen - just around the...
call_me_rhia Says: Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French man and the director of the contruction of the Suez Canal, for which he received permissionin 1854, from Said Pasha, viceroy of Egypt.Today his house and garden can be visited, to see how rich and powerful people lived at the turn of the...
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Al-Burg Hotel: Budget Accommodation
frockland Says: Next to the station there are a few hotels. With hard bargaining a windowless room in Al-Burg Hotel costs 30 E.P.
Hassan Abu Aly - Ismailia: Sea foods as it should be
HeshamMA Says: It was one day trip to Ismailia, where fresh fishes, Shrimps and many other sea foods are brought fresh directly from the boats to tables after being cooked in delicious and professional wayThe restaurant is not in a so elegant Street of Ismailia, but the food is prepared...
frockland Says: There are several local restaurants and takeaways in the market area. Food is cheap and delicious. Have a closer look before you order your meal.(“Cook it, boil it, peel it or forget it!”)Try the excellent Khushari!
simply pizza: one of the best pizzas abroad
call_me_rhia Says: Among the expensive fish restaurants on the shore of Timsah Lake, there's this simple and little pizza place... it was empty, but somehow it looked inviting - so in we went! Amazing pizza! Really one of the best we have eaten abroad (the best one being still in Egypt, for...
frockland Says: The main bus terminal is a couple of kilometres out of the centre and its worth taking a taxi to it. There are good connection to Hurgarda, Suez and Cairo.Cairo can easy be reached by train. There are several rolling to the capital throughout the day. Its a battle for...
call_me_rhia Says: Are you a cargo-boat? No? Then you are not allowed to travel on the Suez Canal... however there's a way to cheat a little bit... there's a small passenger and car ferry in Ismailia, that drives you from one side of the canal to the other... and yes, you are crossing it while...
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Local (meaning: rich people from mostly Cairo) holiday-makers and weekend trippers often have their second hom in high rise buildings along Timsah Lake, 12 kilometres from Ismailia.
The entire area is developed: there's an endless row of expensive restaurants and attractions - like a basic real-life luna park. Anywhere else it would be a tourist-trap, here's it's a local-trap-
Written Mar 3, 2005
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Do you want to be a tourist? Do you want to take pictures of the Suez Canal?
Well, I wanted it...
Well, officially you are not allowed!
Unique Suggestions: Anyway this is Egypt, so basically it's simple... you pay a baksheesh and you can take all the tourist pics that you want.
Fun Alternatives: Don't take photos?
Written Mar 3, 2005
uglyscot Says: Sinai is a peninsula of great strategic significance, lying between Egypt and Israel.It is interesting from a geological point of view , but there are also some historical and environmental places too.There are also resorts like Sharm el Sheikh at the southern end.
Tanks Battle Memorial of Abu Atwa
call_me_rhia Says: When you cross over the Suez Canal is Ismailia, and then enter the Sinai desert, passing the dozens of military camps, in the middle of nowhere you'll find the Tanks Battle Memorial of Abu Atwa. It was built to commemorate the tanks battle during the 1973-October war when...
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This sporting village has facilities for several sports including swimming ,squash a games hall,and football.
There is a gymnasium which can also be used [for handball, volleyball or basketball] , sauna s- one for men and one for women- steam baths, and quite extensive grounds for walking or jogging around.
There are also 2 large conference halls that can hold 200 people.
The hotel has 140 twin-bedded rooms with en suite bathrooms.The food is excellent but tends to be rather repetitive. [ grilled fish, chicken, meat ,salads on offer daily]
The rooms are good, but the house maids like to experiment with their bedmaking decorations!
Updated Jun 26, 2005
Address: south of Ismailiya town on Fayed road
Phone: + 20 064 326626
Website: mediabureau@yahoo.com
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Favorite thing: Ismailia is the capital of the Suez Canal area, and it's also called City of Gardens and Flowers... you can easily guess the reason. It's half-way between Cairo and Port Said, it's in the Sinai region, and it's located on the shore of Al-Temsah Lake. A temsah, by the way, is a crocodile - so maybe you might not want to swim in this lake.
Fondest memory: Ismailia
Ismailia, or at least part of it, is a beautiful colonial city, with old houses and wide avenues lined with trees. It was founded by
Khedive Ismail (hence the name) together with the construction of the canal - as a dormitory town. Today it's a city of 300000 people, and a popular tourist resort for rich people from Cairo. At the weekend, it's buzzing with life.
Written Mar 3, 2005
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We stayed outside Ismailia at the Sporting village. I thought there'd be things to do , but was told that the pool wasn't open , and anyway women couldn't use it. I couldn't walk around the grounds......
Ismailya was named after Pasha Ismail the Khedive of Egypt during the time of construction. Is a pleasant city with tree lined boulevards. During the construction of the Suez Canal it was the base of...
i was in a wedding party for one of my family member , i used to live her for almost 10 years , the great university days and all the great memory comes to mind when i am in town , but i left to work...
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