Must-see attractions in Port Said

  • Suez Canal House

    Port Said

    If you’ve ever seen a picture of Port Said, it was probably of the striking green domes of the Suez Canal House, which was built in time for the…

  • Military Museum

    Port Said

    This little museum is worth a peek for its information on the canal and also for some rather bizarre exhibits (including toy soldiers) documenting the…

  • Coptic Orthodox Church

    Port Said

    The impressive Coptic Orthodox Church of St Bishoi of the Virgin is one of a cluster of churches on and around Sharia Salah Salem. It's famed for its icon…

  • Simon Arzt Department Store Building

    Port Said

    Despite the smashed windows and years of neglect, the art deco finesse of this building still shines through. Built in the early 1920s, this was Port Said…

  • Italian Consulate

    Port Said

    The old Italian consulate building, erected in the 1930s, is adorned with an engraved piece of the propaganda of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini: ‘Rome …

  • Bible Society Building

    Port Said

    This set of rather grand archways looming over the pavement on Sharia Al Gomhuriyya announce what was once the entrance to the Bible Society building…

  • Stone Plinth

    Port Said

    At the very northern end of Sharia Palestine is this large stone plinth that once held a statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, until it was torn down in 1956…

  • Franciscan Compound

    Port Said

    This building once served as home to Port Said's community of Franciscan monks. It's not open to the public but you can admire its typically European…

  • Old Canal Shipping Agency Building

    Port Said

    Once one of Port Said's grand and important buildings, the old Canal Shipping Agency building is a faded, peeling and beaten-up shell of what it was in…

  • Woolworth's Building

    Port Said

    The old and decrepit Woolworth's building on Sharia Memphis is one of Port Said's most lovely, rickety colonial remnants.