The not-so-new New Arafa Hotel is your best bet in Tanta. Get your no-expectations hat on and this place is fine for a night. The rooms are nothing special, but staff are nice and there is a decent bar and restaurant on the premises. It's the tall pink building across the road, and to the right, from the train station.
New Arafa Hotel
Cairo Outskirts & the Nile Delta
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Mosque of Al Sayyed Ahmed Al Badawi
0.21 MILES
Al Badawi, born in Morocco, came to Tanta in 1234, and founded one of Egypt's largest Sufi orders, the Badawiya. Once you're inside the mosque, to the…
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1.07 MILES
The Tanta Museum is closed, and there's no known date for its reopening. If it is open though, it houses a good collection of artefacts found in the area…
Nearby Cairo Outskirts & the Nile Delta attractions
1. Mosque of Al Sayyed Ahmed Al Badawi
0.21 MILES
Al Badawi, born in Morocco, came to Tanta in 1234, and founded one of Egypt's largest Sufi orders, the Badawiya. Once you're inside the mosque, to the…
1.07 MILES
The Tanta Museum is closed, and there's no known date for its reopening. If it is open though, it houses a good collection of artefacts found in the area…