Manial Palace
Today was sunny and warm so we headed out with our camera to be tourists for the day. We ended up at Manial Palace, the early 20th century residence of Prince Mohammed Ali Tawfiq. Even though three of the five buildings in the palace compound were closed for reconstruction, the palace building and the hunting museum were worth the admission (and the additional baksheesh to get to see the “extras”).
The palace building
The palace foyer
D and the Prince
A mother-of-pearl inlaid closet
Not even the most beautiful ceiling in the palace
Palace sitting room
Script outside of the palace mosque
A necklace with teeth pendants in the hunting museum
February 11th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Oh no, the crazy man beard is gone! D, you’re looking skinny!
February 20th, 2007 at 3:13 am
Your camera has done great justice to the interior of the palace…stumbled across your blog today. I’ll be a regular visitor!