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Naama Bay Sharm El Sheikh
24 Reviews Na'ama bay is the centre of all action in Sharm-el-Sheikh. Everything lives to tourism and from tourism. The beach is segmented in several private concessions, with a band of less than 20 meters...
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Egyptian Museum Cairo
238 Reviews One of "must see" places, regardless there are more findings in other countries museums (f.e. British). It is good idea to take official guide trough museum. There are experts and there are not to...
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Snorkeling Hurghada
29 Reviews Hi, I visited Makadi Bay (south of Hurghada with my wife in September 2010 mainly for snorkeling. The experience was really nice. Here is a link to a portfolio of pictures and videos of the below...
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Valley of the Kings Luxor
150 Reviews I was stupid not to figure out at first what's VOK or Q means, like seriously it inhabits me for 5 minutes. The valley necropolis was the burying grounds of the Pharaohs for 500 years during the...
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Montazah palace and gardens Alexandria
27 Reviews Muntaza is the western-most part of the city that lies along the coast. It has a number of hotels and restaurants, and benefits from the fact that it is close to the former King’s palace. The district...
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Excursions Sharm El Sheikh
43 Reviews It was a great day! St. Katherine, Coloured Canyon, Blue Hole, were the highlights of a day trip that included the usual performance of a jeep bogging in the desert, with tourists pushing it under a...
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Gizeh Pyramids Cairo
352 Reviews We have just returned from our honeymoon in Egypt and we only spent two days in Cairo, and believe me, it was more than long enough! The moment I saw a poor dog lying dead at the side of the road...
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Scuba Diving Hurghada
22 Reviews Hurghada is idealistic for scuba diving, since the water is so clear and the are so many different kinds of fish, plants and corals. I never tried to scuba dive myself but I was recommended by...
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Karnak Temple Luxor
201 Reviews On left side of the Hypostyle Hall, there is an exit that will lead to the Open-air Museum. There is also an exit point at the Great Court where you can access this site. This museum requires a...
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new Library of Alexandria Alexandria
44 Reviews The Bibliotheca Alexandrina or Library of Alexandria is a huge complex situated on the Mediterranean Sea. It was inaugurated on October 16th, 2002. In 1974 a plot of land was chosen by the Alexandria...
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Ras Mohammed National Park Sharm El Sheikh
31 Reviews The national park is, officially, the best place to see the reefs, but... will it really be? Flocks of tourists interact each day with the reef, causing erosion and and damaging the natural balance....
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Khan el Khalili Cairo
94 Reviews So what is a visit to the city of Cairo without walking along the fascinating souk of Khan El-Khalili. This is surely on the top 5 list to see in Cairo. There are about 3 tourists there who asked me...
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Giftun Island Hurghada
7 Reviews This is a sandy island in the Red Sea about up to one hour by small boats from Hurghada. It is not much to see there except a nice sandy beach. All what might be of interest on the island is off...
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Temple of Hatshepsut Luxor
111 Reviews Architect Senenmut who built this Temple, was inspired in his design by the plan of the neighboring mortuary Temple of the 12th Dynasty King, Neb-Hept-Re. The Temple was built for the great Queen...
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Down town area & cornich Alexandria
39 Reviews Despite the repressive and often brutal nature of the Egyptian state, the Egyptian Army has long been viewed as an institution of honour and pride for the people of Egypt. The country has had...
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Snorkeling Sharm El Sheikh
40 Reviews One of the featured snorkeling places in Sinai is this one, close to Dahab. The reef is not a wall, as everywhere else, but a sort of carpet, wide, rich, wonderful, with a deep hole in the middle....
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Citadel Cairo
143 Reviews If the exterior of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali is not Ottoman enough, then the interior will certainly convince the visitor. Resting on four half-domes is a large central dome, from which hangs an...
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Desert Hurghada
23 Reviews On these trips, you drive a quad bike into the "desert", where you meet members of a Bedouin tribe, are served tea and a "barbecue", observe their way of lifeand watch the sunset. It's made to sound a...
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Luxor Temple Luxor
147 Reviews On the day I went to the Luxor Temple, mistakenly I thoguht the mosque on the site which is near the town square was the entrance. So entered. Not only that, because I was trying to avoid this tout...
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Pompey's Pillar Alexandria
21 Reviews It was a close call, this could have been in 'Tourist Traps'. It's pretty well advertised as such, and expecting little I took a walk and investigated. Talking a walk through a new city with a...
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Quad Biking Sharm El Sheikh
26 Reviews We had the choice of an early morning ride out or an evening one. They do it at these times so you can see the sun rise or set as its pretty nice in Egypts sky. We picked the evening one due to i...
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Mosques Cairo
194 Reviews Islamic Cairo, often referred to as Fatimid Cairo, is extremely fascinating, as this part of the city has changed little in perhaps 500 years. It was the centre of Cairo for 8 centuries, from its...
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Camel Rides Hurghada
9 Reviews If you haven´t tryed it do it, the camel keeper came to us when we were on the beach and having fun. A ride takes about 15 minutes and we payed 100 Egyptian Pounds thats about 14€, we could have...
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Felluca Rides Luxor
29 Reviews Price was 60LE for 1hr at sunset after some bargaining. Captain's name was this young guy called Mohammed and boat name was Shangri-La - out look for the Bob Marley picture on the the main sail - his...
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fort of Qaitbey Alexandria
42 Reviews It was suspected for years that the Great Lighthouse was on this site, but on in recent years have they found evidence to confirm it. The Fort that resides on the site is beautiful. Well built and...
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Memphis is situated some 20 km from Cairo. It was the most important city for the Old Kingdom of Egypt. As a capital since about 2000 BC it was also the biggest city in Egypt at the time. The most importent site is the huge statue of Ramses II which is realy in very good condition. There you can also find the Alabaster Sphinx as well as a beautiful gardens with some more statues.
Saqqara is actualy an ancient necropolis in the time when Memphis was a capital. It's most famous site is the Step Pyramid of Zoser (Djoser), the oldest perserved Pyramid in Egypt as well as the oldest stone structure known in the history. Besides this there are another 16 Pyramides but not in the very good conditions. The Pyramid of Pharaoh Unas should be mentioned here as the first Pyramyd that have "talked", in fact, the first anciant texts were found here used as a decoration of the burial room walls.
The only remaining monuments of 7 wonders of the world. They are situated about 25 km from Cairo center. The most famous are Great ( Cheops ), Chephren, Mykerinus pyramids and of course, a Great Sphinx.Do not ride the camels arround here as the owner will charge yoy a lot.
Spoil yourself in some nice resort on the warm Red Sea. Do some scuba diving or snorkeling or just relax on the beach or by the pool. Go to some of the various excursions on offer from Hurghada. It can be real nice beach holiday. More about it in my Hurghada page.
This Temle wa devoted to the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dinasty, one of the most successful female pharaohs in anciant Egypt.Everything that was conected to this lady was sistematicly erased by the pharaoh Thutmose III as a revenge. She held him in the golden prison for a long period of time so she could rule by Egypt. This Temple was rebuilt by a big pharaoh Ramses II.Recently her mummy was found and was at a display when I visited the National Museum in Cairo.
It is a must while in Egypt. You will be amaized with the monuments of the anciant egiptians ( the «new »kingdom). The Valley of the Kings, the Karnk Temle, the Luxor (small) Temple are just some of the monuments it would be pity to be missed. The eastern bank of the Nile river was the place to praise the living pharaohs and the western side (where sun is passing away every night) as you can guess was a place for the eternal homes to be built.
Temple of Hathor.The temple of Hathor in Dendera is well preserved. You can get there either by land in a convoy or by a boat along the Nile. The trip on the Nile from Luxor to Dendera, takes 4h to get there and 6h to get back.The temple you see today, is from the Ptolemaic period, but it is built on the older one.The temple has beautiful colums with the head of Hathor and the ceiling inside the temple is something to see. There is also underground crypts. There are beautiful pictures and still with colors, in these crypts. The most famos place in the temple is on the roof. There is a small room on the roof and in the ceiling of this room you find the oval zodiac. The original of this zodiac is in France, this is only a black plaster cast of it. I was a bit dissapointed when I was looking at it. But in the same room, in the ceiling, is a carved picture of godess Nut, that was more...
Kom Ombo, in ancient times, was known as Pa-Sabek, or Land of Sobek, the ancient crododile god. True to their nature, the Macedonian Greek pharaohs exploited this when they built a temple here, not just in Sobek's honor but also to that of Haroeris (Horus, the Elder).In keeping with the two-god theme, everything in this temple - from the pylon, the entrances, the altar - are presented in twin form - to honor the two gods. Other interesting features include the series of reliefs of what could be the ancient science (or art?) in birthgiving, reliefs of Ptolemy enjoying the blessing of the gods of Upper and Lower Egypt, one of the earliest calendars on record (some say earliest) and of mummified crocodiles.My visit to the temple was part of an organized Nile cruise between Aswan and Luxor - perhaps the most convenient way to see the other "must-visit" sites given the tight security measures...
Second only to Karnak Temple in size, the Temple of Horus in Edfu represents one of the most well-preserved temples of pharaonic Egypt. This is partly because the temple was built during the latter Ptolemaic period by the Macedonian Greek pharaohs - the Ptolemies. Work on the temple started in 237 BC during the time of Ptolemy III, and was not "finished" 200 years later during the time of Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra's father. As in the other Ptolemaic temples in Kom Ombo, Esna and Philae, this too, had its roots in politics rather than religion - as a means of achieving legitimacy by associating themselves (the Ptolemaic pharaohs) with the gods of pharaonic Egypt.The worship of Horus, the falcon god, and one of the most popular, was centered in the town of Edfu. It was only fitting that the Ptolemaic pharaohs "exploit" this by building temple of large proportions in Horus' honor at this...
I don't know how much it costed but camel ride was part of the itinerary of the tour I was in. I was fortunate enough to have a camel to myself as I'm quite large by size and weight.The initial part can be very scary especially when the camel handler make the camel stand up. It really felt like a coaster ride. Then we proceeded about half a mile into the desert towards the Great Pyramids and the Sphynx.They'll stop you somewhere out in the dunes to take photos of you with your camera. I had a good photographer in my camel handler. Hence the picture.....(s) and we really enjoyed ourselves.We gave he handlers some tips, but the tour operator scolded the handlers and make them hand back the tips to us, as they have already provided for tips and didn't want the handlers to ask harrass their customers for tips, which was what happened, they asked us many times for it.
Four Seasons At The First Cairo
4 Reviews and 208 Opinions You must go through a street barrack and through metal detectors just to get to the elevator and get...
Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa Luxor
8 Reviews and 261 Opinions We had a fabulous time! We were pampered from top to bottom. I am feeling very relaxed. Excellent...
Sultans Gardens Resort Sharm El Sheikh
6 Reviews and 2561 Opinions The Sultans Gardens hotel locate near Sharm El Sheik´s Airport (about 15 minutes drove) and hotel...
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