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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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If you want a relaxing afternoon take a felucca (small sailing boat) in the afternoon and let it take you to Banana Island where you will have to pay 5 LE (Egyptian Pounds) and you will get a tour over the island where they grow banana's, oranges, mangos and let you eat as many as you want.After you have visited the island let the felucca stay on the water to watch the beautiful sunset over the Nile!
There is still a LOT to discover and if you go to Egypt in the winter you might get lucky like we did.The site on the picture is right next to the Ramesseum and they are working on the temple of Amenhotep.
This is the death temple of Ramses III. Medinet Habu stands for "City of Habu" where this temple was build.To me one of the most impressive and most beautiful temples in Luxor.It is very big and on a lot of walls the colours survived the 3000 years!!!!!It makes you feel very small and when you can imagine how it must have looked back then, with also a lot of gold an marble floors, you feel even smaller....:-))
Very impressive temple . Things to see here are for instance the pieces of the biggest statue of a farao ever made in Egypt and the carving of the battle of Cadisj against the hitites which was the result of the first treaty ever.Almost on every piece of stone Egyptians carved paintings or stories and all with a meaning!
These two huge statues where once the guards of the temple of Amenhophis III on the westbank of the Nile.They are made out of 1 piece of stone!!!!!Unbelievable they were able to pull this off 3000 years ago.
In this workers village lived all the people that were working on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.The road from the village to the valley is still there.The people who lived here where not allowed to leave the village because the place of the tombs had to stay a secret.It is hard to believe that at least 500 people lived in this village with very narrow "streets".On top of the hill you will see houses for the French archeologists when they came over.
In the Valley of the Nobles the rich and important people were buried as well as the priests.In contrast with the Valley of the Kings it feels more real because they did not make it some sort of "tourist paradise" and if you are lucky you'll have a guide that shows you mummies and mummy leftovers.It is fun and interesting to go as deep as your guide wants to take you!
This is the temple of the first female Farao and is best known because of the horrifying bloodbath of 1997 when a lot of mainly Swiss tourists died and a lot of people got injured.As a result the Police and Military were trippled and the travelling in convoys started.
This is a very special tomb and not many tours tell you the story or even include it in the tour!Farao Toetanchamon died at a very young age and the Tomb for him wasn't ready yet so they put him in a smaller room in the Valley of the Kings.This tomb has exactly the same wallpaintings as the famous tomb in the valley.There are rumours the High Priest Ay killed Toetanchamon to become Farao himself .He was buried here after a 2-year reign as a Farao.
This is a very big and impressive temple where every farao left something to remember him by,like the obelixes of Hatshepsut.You can easy wander around here for at least an hour.A HOT TIP......if you are interested like me in this ancient civilization go see the Sound & Light Show where the temple lits up in a lightshow and the story of Thebes and the Farao's is being told to you through giant speakers.The tour is available in several languages and will cost you 55 LE (Egyptian Pounds).
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 2565 Opinions The Sultans Gardens hotel locate near Sharm El Sheik´s Airport (about 15 minutes drove) and hotel...
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Q: My husband and I booked a trip a few months ago to Cairo & Sharm, and we're considering cancelling given the recent kidnappings in...
A: I dont know what to tell you but I would still go...dont let anyone ruin your plans and dont live with what ifs...Are your planned trips going to be with big tour...
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