The Ismailia branch of Egypt's home-grown coffee empire has the best view in town. Drink your latte, cappuccino or juice on the terrace overlooking the calm blue waters of Lake Timsah. Cilantro also does decent sandwiches and other snacks. It's 3km east of town on the main road that runs alongside the canal.
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Suez Canal
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More than 4000 objects from Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman times are housed in this tiny but interesting museum on the eastern edge of town. The collection…
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Just southwest of Ismailia's museum is a garden containing a rather forlorn little sphinx from the time of Ramses II (1279–1213 BC). You need permission…
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