Le EgyptBeheira governorate
🏙️ Damanhur
Capital of Beheira, on the way to Rosetta and the Wadi el-Natrun monasteries.
📍 Districts & areas
Town centre
Markets and the old railway town streets.
Markets and the old railway town streets.
Rosetta (Rashid)
Ottoman brick houses and the fort where the Rosetta Stone was found.
Ottoman brick houses and the fort where the Rosetta Stone was found.
Wadi el-Natrun
Four ancient desert monasteries on the Cairo–Alexandria road.
Four ancient desert monasteries on the Cairo–Alexandria road.
🏛️ Places to visit
🍽️ What & where to eat
- Fish from Rosetta and the Nile mouth
- Dates and sweets
🛍️ What to buy
- Rosetta dates
- Monastery-made goods at Wadi el-Natrun
🏬 Where to shop
- Rosetta's market streets