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Fayoum · Beni Suef

The tables of Beni Suef

A staging town on the road south, and its roadside grills.

€ BudgetOff the beaten track

Beni Suef is the first serious stop south of Cairo: rotisseries, koshari, foul and cafés along the road and near the station. Travel food, made to feed you fast and well.

The extra bit

The roadside rotisseries are safer than the station eateries: they never stop turning over.

Know before you go

Two hours from Cairo: the natural stop before Fayoum or Middle Egypt.

Directions

Centre and southern road, Beni Suef

Directions

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