Montazah Palace is set in extensive gardens and overlooks a truly beautiful stretch of coast. Built at 1892 Salamlek Palace by Khedive Abbas II, a relative of King Farouk, the palace mixes Turkish and Florentine architecture. When Abbas II died, the royal family continued to take care of the Montazah area, until the king Farouk died, after the revolution of 1952 the gardens and the palace became the property of the Egyptian government, both the gardens and the palace were opened to the public.