ARRIVAL. The steamers moor alongside the Quai François-Joseph or in
the Bassin Ismaïl. If they are not berthed at the quay the fare for
landing at the Custom House (Pl. 8) is 1½–2½ piastres (trunk 2, small
packages 1 pias.). The North German Lloyd provides a steam-tender in
winter, which lands passengers free of charge. Heavy luggage had
better be entrusted to one of the hotel-porters, or to an agent of
Messrs. Cook (comp. p. 431) or of the Hamburg-American Line.
RAILWAY STATION near Lake Menzaleh (p. 418), 10 min. to the W. of the
Custom House.
HOTELS. *_Eastern Exchange Hotel_ (Pl. a), Rue Sultan Osman, pens.
from 12s., English house; *_Savoy_ (Pl. d), corner of Quai
François-Joseph and Rue el-Tegara, with restaurant and bar, pens. from
62 pias. ; _Hôt. Continental_ (Pl. b), Rue el-Tegara, with bar, pens.
10_s._ 6_d._; _Hôt. de la Poste_ (Pl. c), Rue du Nil.
CAB from the quay to the station 4 (at night 5) pias.
[Illustration: PORT-SAÏD]
POST OFFICES. Egyptian (Pl. 14) and French (Pl. 15), Rue du
Nil.—TELEGRAPH OFFICES. Egyptian (Pl. 18), Rue el-Tegara; Eastern
Telegraph Co. (Pl. 17), Quai François-Joseph, for Europe.
CONSULATES at the Quai François-Joseph. British (Pl. 3):
consul-general, _E. C. Blech_; vice-consul, _T. D. Dunlop_.—United
States (Pl. 2): consular agent, _H. Broadbent_.
TOURIST AGENTS. _Thos. Cook & Son_, Quai François-Joseph; _F. C.
Clark_, Savoy Hotel; _Hamburg-American Line_, Rue du Nil.
STEAMBOAT OFFICES. All the important companies have offices on the
quay. _L. Saxon & Co._ (Società Nazionale) are also Lloyd’s Agents.
BANKS. _Bank of Egypt_ and _Crédit Lyonnais_, Rue du Nil; _National
Bank of Egypt_, Rue Eugénie; _Ottoman_, Bassin du Commerce.—Money, see
p. 431.
PHYSICIANS. _Dr. Curling_, _Dr. W. Hayward_ (Egyptian Government
Hospital); _Dr. E. Cuffey_ (Lady Strangford Hospital); _Dr. J. H.
Wigham_.
ENGLISH CHURCH. _Church of the Epiphany_ (‘Eglise angl.’ on Plan), Rue
el-Tegara; services every Sun. at 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
_Port Said_ (pop. 42,000, incl. 11,300 Europeans) lies at the E. end of
the strip of land between _Lake Menzaleh_ (p. 418) and the open sea, at
the N. end of the _Suez Canal_, to which it owes its foundation. Its
trade, chiefly through-traffic, is growing rapidly.
The _Harbour_ of 570 acres has a depth of 26 ft., which is maintained by
laborious dredging. It is sheltered by two massive breakwaters, the
_Jetée Ouest_, 2460 yds. long, with a statue of Ferd. de Lesseps
(1805–94), the builder of the Suez Canal (1859–69), and the _Jetée Est_,
1750 yds. long. The former protects it against the mud of the Nile.
Between these is the _Digue Nouvelle_, an inner breakwater 597 yds.
long, for shelter against E. winds; on the mainland opposite (to the W.)
rises the *_Phare_, a lighthouse 174 ft. high, visible 23 M. away.
The inner harbour of 220 acres consists of the _Bassin Ismaïl_ (with its
three very shallow creeks), the _Bassin des Chalands Charbonniers_, and
the _Bassin Abbas Hilmi_ or _Africa Basin_, with the quarantine
establishment.
The Rue Quai du Nord (tramway) leads to the N.W. to the _Quartier
Arabe_.