Location

It is situated between Soliman Basha Street and Ramsses square. It is the most famous market in Egypt which comprises different kinds of fruits and vegetables.

More Information

Its name derived from El Tawfiqia district that was established by Khedive Tawfiq, the sixth rulers of Egypt from the Alawite family for about more than 120 year,, the place carrying his name to be the headquarters of the English residents during the British occupation of Egypt, to be close to Abdeen Palace the place of the government in that period. The area of the market more than four thousand meters, initially the trade started by a number of Jewish, British and the French merchants, but after the British leaving the country all theses places went to the Egyptians, so they started to control the market as they were Jews were just selling their products only to the Foreign residents. After July Revolution the Egyptian traders bought the stores, so the market transformed to an Egyptian market where the Egyptian merchants sells all types of fruit and vegetables throughout the whole year. This market considered a place of attraction for every nationalities as they can find the most weird and rare kinds of fruits or vegetables in the whole world even if it not its season or planted here in Egypt or they imported it from outside the country from Arab or European countries like: American cherries and apples, bananas and Syrian apricots, Lebanese grapes, Saudi and Tunisian dates and another fruits.
The Market doesn?t depend only on the selling process, but also the majority of the merchants export the rare fruits on the other countries however it's Arab or European countries like: a variety of mango over 45 kinds, mandarins and oranges.
The market is characterized that its open 24 hours all the week it's never closed throughout the year, and it is considered to be a very important market and known from the Arab and foreigners, the farmers give their best crops to be ready for the hard competition.
The most interesting thing the way of presenting the fruits & vegetables as they put it in a very elegant and attractive way you can find all kinds of fruits: apples, figs, dates, peaches, pears, apricots, grapes, mangos, cherries, guava, pineapples and other kinds of fruits and vegetables.