page_title: Corniche
section_title: Egypt
hierarchical_section_title: Corniche / Africa / Egypt
caption_attribution_description: Sunset illuminates the promenade of Alexandria's waterfront. A welcome change from the heat and dust of Cairo.
context_page_description: A corniche is a road on the side of a cliff or mountain, with the ground rising on one side and falling away on the other. The word has been absorbed into English from the French term route à corniche or "road on a ledge", originally derived from the Italian cornice, for "ledge".
context_section_description: Any waterfront passage along a body of water is classed as a corniche in Egypt. Most cities in the country have corniches. On the Nile are "Corniche Giza" and "Corniche Cairo", the longest Egyptian corniche. Other cities such as Mansoura, Damietta and Luxor also have corniches.
  The promenade that runs from the Nile Towers hotel to the district of Maadi is colloquially called Corniche El-Nil
  The promenade that runs from the Giza Zoo to the balloon theater in Agouza is colloquially known as Corniche EL-Giza
  The promenade running from Montazah Palace walls to the Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is known as Corniche (Alexandria)
  
  Though the word itself comes from a French Origin, Egypt's cultural influence has made neighboring Arab countries – that aren't francophone or have no French influence in them – to adopt the word. These include Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.
caption: The corniche at Alexandria by sunset, stretching along the city's residential coast line
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