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Istaqer never takes bookings or money.

3rd closest of 8 areas to the gate

Qahafa

Public housing blocks at the far end of Saeed St, by the Kafr El Sheikh road. Cheaper than the centre and close to the bus station.

15 min microbus to the gate 10–20 min depending on traffic

Microbus up the Kafr El Sheikh road to the station. Minutes are an 8 AM estimate, and microbus times swing with traffic. Fares are about EGP 6 a trip.

Do the trip yourself once at 8 AM before you sign.

Listings
7
4 for women, 3 for men
Typical bed
1,000–1,150
EGP a month
Typical room
1,600–1,750
EGP a month
Monthly transport
264
EGP, roughly
All 7 listings in Qahafa
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Good

  • Among the cheapest rents in Tanta
  • A short microbus ride to Seberbay station

Watch out

  • A working-class area with few furnished student flats
  • Not walkable to campus, so it's a microbus or tuk-tuk

Rent

Typical rent
in Qahafa.

Each range holds the middle half of listings: the cheapest quarter and the dearest quarter are left out. Women’s housing usually costs a little more, often because of a supervisor and a return time.

PlaceWomen’s housingMen’s housing
Bed900–1,0501,150–1,200
Own room1,6001,750

Women’s housing

Bed
900–1,050
Own room
1,600

Men’s housing

Bed
1,150–1,200
Own room
1,750

EGP a month, rents as of October 2026.

A month here, reallyQahafa 15 min microbus
Typical bed (the median)
1,050
Monthly transport
264
A month
1,314 EGP
Against Seberbay (despite the longer trip)
EGP 164 more
Istaqer feenothing

Listings

Listings in Qahafa

All 7 listings in Qahafa