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A loaded container ship seen head-on, cutting through open water.

The Delta and the north coast · Suez

The Suez corniche

The canal's southern entrance, where ships queue for their turn.

€ BudgetOff the beaten track

From the Port Tewfik corniche you see the convoy queue: container ships, gas carriers, freighters, motionless in the gulf. The town was destroyed then rebuilt after 1973, and what you come to watch is world trade, a few hundred metres away.

The extra bit

Ask about the northbound convoy time: the queue moves all at once, and that is the moment to see.

Know before you go

A port and military zone: photography is restricted, follow what locals do.

Directions

Port Tewfik corniche, Suez

Directions

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