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Al Nasr Rd traffic in Cairo 2026?
Heliopolis side, before 6:30.
honestly last time i went through it was still a crawl, try hitting it before 7am or you'll be sitting there awhile
The Rabaa al-Adawiya stretch is the real choke point, so budget an extra 20 minutes if you're heading toward the airport after 7:30.
Yeah 6:15 is the real cutoff, past that the Abbas el-Akkad merge backs everything up
Salah El Din Citadel ticket price for foreigners 2026
honestly the citadel ticket usually covers the mosques too, no separate one last I checked. I think it ran around 450 EGP for foreigners recently but 2026 rates could differ. pay at teh window, not touts.
The 450 EGP figure is roughly right for the Citadel itself, and the mosques inside (Muhammad Ali, Al-Nasir Muhammad) are included. Some sources list closer to 500 now, so budget a bit more. Buy at the ticket window, not from anyone outside.
Cash queue moves faster than card, fwiw.
Yeah no separate mosque ticket, though the police museum inside sometimes needs a small extra fee of its own.
Police museum fee is a few pounds extra and honestly skippable unless you're into old uniforms. The real draw is the view from the Muhammad Ali terrace over the city.
Al-Aqmar and Al-Azhar are outside the walls anyway, so no combo ticket covers them. Inside, the military museum building is free with the main entry; only the little side halls ask extra.
Foreigner rate is card-only now at the gate, and students with ISIC get roughly half off, so bring it if u qualify.
Card readers do fail there sometimes, so keep enough cash as backup even if they prefer card.
isic card needs to be valid, expired ones get turned away
worth adding that the discount only applies at the main window, so don't let anyone steer u to a side entrance. also double check the expiry month not just the year, they do look