Cairo · Egypt
Hotels in Al Basatin, Cairo
Al Basatin is one of the 28 neighbourhoods of Cairo (Wikidata: "neighbourhood in Egypt"); population 534,858, area 103 km². Its centre is 8.9 km from the city centre. 4 places to stay in this guide are counted here, listed nearest the area centre first.
- Places to stay
- 4of 87 in Cairo's neighbourhoods
- From the city centre
- 8.9 km
- Nearest station
- Maadimetro station · 4.0 km
- Nearest main sight
- Muhammad Ali Mosque6.1 km
- Population
- 534,858Wikidata
- Restaurants, cafes and bars
- 184OpenStreetMap, by nearest area centre
Where to stay
Places to stay in Al Basatin
Nearest the area's centre point first, by straight-line distance. Chain properties link to their own websites; hotels recorded in Wikidata link to their encyclopedia article where there is one.
| # | Place to stay | From the area centre |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tolip Inn Maadi | 2.5 km |
| 2 | Monte Cairo | 3.4 km |
| 3 | Villa Belle Epoque | 3.7 km |
| 4 | Maadi Hotel | 4.6 km |
Visiting
What to see, eat and drink in Al Basatin
OpenStreetMap maps 91 restaurants, 86 cafes and 7 bars and pubs counted in Al Basatin, and 13 named sights: museums and galleries, parks, monuments, viewpoints and other attractions. They are counted the same way as the places to stay: each place goes to the area whose centre is nearest, within that area's reach. This rule has no boundaries, so places near the edge can fall in a neighbouring area's count.
| What | Mapped | Rank in Cairo |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 91 | 1 of 28 |
| Cafes | 86 | 1 of 28 |
| Bars, pubs and beer gardens | 7 | 2 of 28 |
| Museums and galleries | 0 | |
| Named parks | 9 | 1 of 28 |
| Monuments, viewpoints and other sights | 4 | 10 of 28 |
Rank 1 has the most among the 28 neighbourhoods of Cairo; areas with equal counts share a rank. A zero means none is mapped in OpenStreetMap, not that there are none: coverage varies from place to place.
The 10 best-known sights counted in Al Basatin
Named sights OpenStreetMap maps for which the centre of Al Basatin is the nearest area centre (there is no boundary for Al Basatin in this data, so a few may lie in a neighbouring area): those linked to Wikidata or Wikipedia first, then by the number of Wikipedia language editions covering them. Distances are in a straight line from the area's centre point.
| Sight | Type | From the area centre |
|---|---|---|
| Nile Garden Maadi | Park | 5.9 km |
| Third Sector Garden | Park | 3.1 km |
| Sixth Sector Garden | Park | 3.7 km |
| Saqr Qorish Park | Park | 1.0 km |
| falluka rides | Attraction | 4.8 km |
| جنينة الشطر الثاني | Park | 2.4 km |
| Thw Maidan Gardens | Park | 3.6 km |
| Exercise area | Park | 4.4 km |
| Cactus and Succulent Garden | Park | 2.8 km |
| Carrefour MAADI | Attraction | 2.4 km |
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026.
Stations
Stations nearest the centre of Al Basatin
OpenStreetMap maps no rail, metro, light-rail, monorail or funicular station within 3 km of the centre of Al Basatin.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0), map data of 21 September 2026. Distances are in a straight line, not walking distance.
Distances
How far Al Basatin is from Cairo's main sights
| Sight | From Al Basatin |
|---|---|
| Muhammad Ali Mosque | 6.1 km |
| Mosque of Amr ibn al-As | 6.5 km |
| Hanging Church | 6.5 km |
| Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan | 6.6 km |
| al-Azhar Mosque | 7.7 km |
| Al-Hussein Mosque | 7.9 km |
| Al-Hakim Mosque | 8.6 km |
| Tahrir Square | 8.9 km |
| Egyptian Museum | 9.3 km |
| Saqqara | 16 km |
Around the area
Stations and sights in and near Al Basatin
Nearest stations
- Maadi · metro station · 4.0 km
- Hadayek El-Maadi · metro station · 4.1 km
- Sakanat El-Maadi · metro station · 4.2 km
Nearby
Areas next to Al Basatin
Questions
Al Basatin: questions travellers ask
How many hotels are in Al Basatin, Cairo?
4 places to stay in this guide are counted in Al Basatin: those for which its centre is the nearest of the 28 neighbourhoods of Cairo. The nearest to the area centre is Tolip Inn Maadi, 2.5 km away.
How far is Al Basatin from the centre of Cairo?
8.9 km in a straight line from the area's centre to the city centre point Wikidata gives for Cairo.
How far is Al Basatin from Saqqara?
16 km in a straight line from the centre of Al Basatin. The nearest of Cairo's main sights is Muhammad Ali Mosque, 6.1 km away.
What is the nearest station to Al Basatin?
Maadi (metro station), 4.0 km from the area centre; then Hadayek El-Maadi, 4.1 km and Sakanat El-Maadi, 4.2 km.
How many restaurants, cafes and bars are there in Al Basatin?
OpenStreetMap maps 91 restaurants, 86 cafes and 7 bars and pubs counted in Al Basatin (each place in the area whose centre is nearest), the most restaurants of the 28 neighbourhoods of Cairo.
Areas: the 28 neighbourhoods of Cairo that Wikidata records as a neighborhood located in the city. Places to stay are not assigned by boundary: each is counted in the area whose centre is nearest, and only when it is within that area's reach (twice the radius of a circle the size of the area where Wikidata gives its size, otherwise 1.5 km) and no nearer the centre of a neighbouring town in this guide; 87 places to stay are counted this way. Sights are counted the same way. Main sights: the 10 sights in these areas covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. Stations: railway and metro stations in Wikidata. All distances are straight-line from the area's centre point; on foot or by road they are longer.
Sources: the area, sights and stations from Wikidata (CC0); places to stay from each operator's own public pages and from Wikidata. How this guide is made.