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The Nile bank laid out in planted terraces, bougainvillea in flower in front of the river.

Photo : Olaf Tausch — CC BY 3.0 — Licence Wikimedia Commons

Cairo · From Qasr el-Nil bridge to Maadi

The renovated Nile corniche

Kilometres of riverbank given back to walkers, with benches, lighting and cafés.

€ Budget

The Nile banks have been turned into a continuous promenade: railings, paving, terraces opening onto the water. Cairo had almost no public space along its river; this is now where the city walks in the evening, for free.

The extra bit

The stretch from Garden City to the 15th of May bridge is the best: wide, lit, and facing the sunset.

Know before you go

Some fitted-out terraces charge for entry: the walk itself stays free.

Directions

Nile Corniche, Cairo

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