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A palm-lined corniche along the Suez Canal, a tug in the distance.

The Delta and the north coast · Ismailia, Suez Canal

The corniche cafés of Ismailia

Tea beside the Suez Canal, watching 400-metre container ships go by.

€ Budget

Ismailia is the canal's garden city, with its colonial villas and planted avenues. From the cafés on the bank, you watch ships file past at treetop level: a silent, strange spectacle, unique in Egypt.

The extra bit

Ask about the convoy time: ships pass in groups, not continuously.

Know before you go

Some banks are in military zones where photography is banned: follow what locals do.

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Canal corniche, Ismailia

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