Shehrazad

Shehrazad is a hotel in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Shehrazad is situated nearby to the library British Council, as well as near the park Al Obour Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gezira and Aquarium.

Gezira

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Gezira is a district of modern Cairo that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, gezira means "island" in Arabic.

Aquarium

Park

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Aquarium is a park.

The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. It was completed in 1961. At 187 m, it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing. Cairo Tower is situated 1½ km southeast of Shehrazad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zamalek and Cairo.

Zamalek

Suburb

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Zamalek is a qism within the West District in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. It is an affluent district on a man-made island which is geologically a part of the west bank of the Nile River, with the bahr al-a'ma cut during the second half of the 19th Century to separate it from the west bank proper.

Cairo

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Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.