Baron Empain Palace is a unique architectural masterpiece in Cairo, built by the Belgian millionaire Baron Adwar, who came to Egypt from India at the end of the nineteenth century shortly after the opening of the Suez Canal.
The palace is located in the heart of the Heliopolis area in Cairo, specifically on Al-Oruba Street, on the main road to Cairo International Airport. It is considered one of the most famous tourist places in Cairo
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The best activities you can do in Baron Palace
• You can start by visiting the ground floor, where it consists of huge halls that contain a large number of doors and balconies, and at the base of the table drawings were distributed from the largest artists such as Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci, and in each corner of the room a column holds a fine statue of precious Indian statues.
• Then you can visit the first floor, where it includes spacious councils, former accommodations for servants, huge ovens and marble sinks, and connects to the dining room by means of a very luxurious elevator made of walnut wood, and all rooms are decorated with tiles made of mosaics of blue, orange and red colors in colorful formations And wonderful.
• Then you can go to the second floor of the palace, which contains several spacious rooms overlooking the four streets of the palace, where the palace overlooks Al-Oruba Street, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Jubeir and Hassan Sadiq, and in these rooms there are balconies whose floors are covered with colored mosaics, and each balcony has twisted seats if I sat on it, surrounded by sculptures from each side.
• As for the surface of the legendary palace, it was more like a park that is used in some parties, and the walls of the roof have vegetal and animal motifs and fairy creatures, and you can climb to the ceiling from the second floor with a staircase made of luxurious rose wood.
Dear visitor, you may hear from the local people a lot of myths about the existence of ghosts in the Baron Palace and the reason for these stories is a group of young men who sneaked at night to the palace and played black metal music, where the police arrested them and this was old in the past, but now the palace is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt. You don’t have to worry about security. The palace is a wonderful masterpiece and worth a visit!
The times of visiting the Baron Palace in Cairo
The palace is available for visiting all days of the week from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm.
Prices of entry cards
Entrance fees are free and the cost may be a nominal amount, depending on the tourist seasons.
The best Cairo hotels near the Baron Palace in Cairo
Le Meridien Heliopolis Hotel is a 5-star rating with a good rating among the best Cairo hotels. It is less than 5 minutes’ walk from Baron Palace in Cairo.
Summary of Arab visitor ratings
Overall the hotel rated good. old furniture.
Staybridge Suites City Stars Hotel is a 4-star rating with a great rating among the best hotels in Cairo, Cairo. It is less than 15 minutes by car from Baron Palace in Cairo.
Summary of Arab visitor ratings
The hotel got very good reviews for the location, cleanliness, staff.
The location of Baron Palace in Cairo on Google Map
