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Naama Bay   Sharm El Sheikh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Cairo old town and citadel

by mad4travel

Home to Egypts rulers for over 700 years the Citadel was founded in 1176 by the famed muslim commander Saladin. The citadel offers spectacular views over Cairo. It is dominated by the 19th Century Mosque of Mohammed Ali.This was built in the mid 19th century at the order of the reformist ruler Mohammed Ali who is regarded as the founder of modern Egypt. It is modelled on the Aghia Sophia in IstanbulThere is also the mosque of an-Nasr Mohammed, a persian style mosque with coloured arches not unlike those found in the Mesquita in Cordoba, Spain. This is a much older mosque with a large outdoor courtyard for prayer dating from the 14th Century.The citadel walls extend for over 2 miles and is punctuated with towers and gates.Within the walls there are also the Police and Military museums and the mosque of Suleiman Pasha built in 1528

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Abu Simbul

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About 260 kilometres from Aswan you will find Abu Simbul with two temples made by Ramses II.The only way to get there is by convoy and will take you 3 hours up and 3 hours back....long but absolutely worth it.The biggest of the two contains a lot of carvings of the military power of Ramses II and the smaller one Ramses build for his Queen Nefertari and contains carvings of religious rituals.It is unbelievable that they actually MOVED this whole temple to this place as a result of the High Dam and the birth of Lake Nasser.

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Aswan, Kitchener Island

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North of Elephantine Island is Kitchener Island (also Known as The Island Of Trees). This botantical garden was started by Lord Horatio Kitchener, the English General who fought in the Sudan in 1898. The island is filled with beautiful plants and birds.

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Aswan, Elephantine Island

by Joenes

It is a good idea to take a felucca and let it sail you among the islands in this part of the Nile.There are several islands you can visit.For instance Elephantine Island, the history of Aswan started here, where you will find two Museums and a archeological site with findings of different times.Even the remains of a Roman village has been discovered here.

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Aswan, Philae Temple

by Joenes

This beautifull temple holds in it the first lovestory in history.I won't tell you the story cause that would spoil the tour....if you have a good guide you will enjoy the story as well as the temple of course.It is only reachable with a motorboat (or one of those big Nile cruise ships).

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Aswan, High Dam and Lake Nasser

by Joenes

This dam is the cause of a lot of moving of temples and even an entire Nubian Village.With help of the USSR it was build to prevent the Nile from flooding and to get electricity.The Philae Temple and The Abu Simbul Temple have been moved and rebuild stone by stone because they were situated at the bottom of Lake Nasser!With a lot of financial help from the west they pulled this of.It took a lot of time,5 years for the Abu Simbul Temple alone!

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Aswan

by Joenes

Aswan has been renovated in the last years and because of that if feels like a richer and neater city then Luxor but according to the locals that's not true.Around Aswan is alot to see an do....The Philae Temple, Aswan High Dam and Lake Nasser, Elepanthine Island, musea and it is the closest city to the Abu Simbul Temple.Alongside the nile there are a lot of great and cheap restaurants that mostly are floating in the Nile.

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Kom Ombo, two temples in one!

by Joenes

The Temple knowns as Kom Ombo is actually consisting of two temples; The Temple Of Sobek and The Temple of Horus. Everything is duplicated along the main axis. There are two entrances, two hypostyle halls and two santuaries.On the outside of the temple you will find the leftovers of a well, a mamisi (birthhouse) and the little Chapel of Hathor with hundreds of crocodile mummies, who came from a necropolis made just for them.Due to the concoy schedule you have to stay here for three hours (if you are coming from Luxor). They build a nice boulevard alongside the Nile and there are some shops and places to have a drink or something to eat.

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Edfu, The Temple of Horus

by Joenes

The main attraction of Edfu is the Temple of Horus which is considered by most to be the best preserved cult temple in Egypt. It is one of the biggest and most impressive temples I have been to. It was a shame that due to the timeschedule of the convoys (I did the trip from Luxor) you can only spend one hour here.

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Dendera!!

by Joenes

Just a few hour busdrive from Luxor (in a police escort unfortunately) you will find Dendera where you HAVE to visit the Hathor Temple and all the buildings surrounding it.I have seen a lot of temples allready but this one beats them all.One of the reasons that the temple has been preserved so well inside is because it still has a roof!! It is absolutely stunning to walk around and it is impossible to really see and grasp it all in the 2 hours time you have before the escort goes back to Luxor..:-(. One of the famous things is the Zodiac Calendar which is on the first floor.Hathor was defender of children amnog other things.But the temple isn't all there is! You will see the whole area is surrounded by Roman walls and within these walls you can walk down to Cleopatra's swimmingpool (she came her in the summer), a beautiful Isis temple and much more.THIS IS REALLY A HOT TIP!

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