Medinat Al-Fayoum Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Buses to Cairo (E£6 to E£8, two to three hours) leave every half-hour from 7am until 7pm from the station on the west side of Gamal Abdel Nasser Rd (the Cairo road). These buses take you to the Ahmed Helmy bus station behind Cairo’s Ramses train station, stopping en route at Al-Monieb station on Midan Giza.

From a separate station in an area called Hawatim, about 1.5km from the tourist office in the centre and to the southwest of Medinat al-Fayoum, buses leave regularly for Beni Suef (E£3 to E£5, one to two hours) and twice daily for Minya (E£8 to E£10, two to three hours).

Crowded trains of questionable safety leave Medinat al-Fayoum en route to Cairo every day at 5pm (3rd class E£4) – you’re much better off getting a bus.

Service taxis leave from the bus stations. To Cairo or Giza, they cost E£5 to E£10. You can also take a service taxi to Midan Ramses for about E£10 or Beni Suef for E£5.