About Egypt
Egypt is said to have different tourist super-sites.
Each has its own flavor.
Surprisingly, or perhaps not, most of these tourist
areas do not depend on ancient monument to sustain them.
These super-sites are:
Cairo
Cairo, the capital of Egypt has everything. It has great
hotels, entertainment, restaurants and all manner of
monuments form throughout the history of Egypt. It offers
the entry point for most people visiting Egypt and has
bowling allies and several golf courses to choose from.
There are many Places of interest like the Egyptian
museum of paranoiac monuments, The three Pyramids of
Giza, sphinx& Solar boat museum, Ruins of Memphis
(ancient capital of Paranoiac Egypt), Old Cairo, famous
churches like St. Sergius and the Hanging Church, The
Coptic museum, The Citadel of Salah El Din Mohamed Ali,
Alabaster Mosque, the Islamic museum, Khan El Khalili
bazaar, sound & Light shows at the pyramids.
ALEXANDRIA
When the 25-year-old Macedonian conqueror Alexander
the Great arrived in Egypt in 332 BC, he realized that
he needed a capital for his newly conquered Egyptian
kingdom and that, to link it with Macedonia, it would
have to be located on the coast. At a small fishing
village called Rhakotis, he founded his city, gave orders
to build it and promptly departed. He never saw his
new metropolis.
After Alexander's death in 323 BC, Egypt fell to a Macedonian
general named Ptolemy who had been present at the foundation
of Alexandria. He made it his new capital and founded
a dynasty that lasted until 30 BC. The first Ptolemies
busily set about adorning their city. They encouraged
scholarship and under their rule Alexandria became a
haven and refuge for intellectuals. They also built
the lighthouse on the island of Pharos, one of the Seven
Great Wonders of the ancient world.
Modern Alexandria really dates from the early 19th century
and the reign of Muhammad Ali, who was responsible for
introducing cotton and for building the Mahmudiyyah
Canal. This once more linked Alexandria to the hinterland,
forcing Egypt to look not only towards the Mediterranean
again, &but beyond it, to Europe. The later 19th
century witnessed the creation of extensive wealth in
the cotton trade and a steady influx of Greeks, Italians,
French and English, who turned Alexandria into a pseudo-European
city, complete with wide, grid-planned streets, foreign
schools, clubs, restaurants, casinos, businesses and
banks.
Now, Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt.
Set on the shores of the Mediterranean, it has long
been a popular holiday spot, a refuge from landlocked
Cairo's searing summer heat...
Luxor
Luxor is a living museum with vast numbers of ancient
Egyptian monuments.It is also highly oriented to tourists
and might be through of in the same regard as a theme
park, where the attraction just happen to be real. You
will enjoy the ancient touristic places like Karnak
Temple, Luxor Temple, Luxor Museum, Mummifying Museum,
Tomb of Queen Nefertari, Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun, Valley
of kings, Valley of Queens, Hatshepsut Temple, Tombs
of the Nobles, Sound light at karnak Temple & Unmatched
theme parties.
Aswan
Aswan, is the wonderful, pleasant climate, It captivates
your heart by its blend of nature, clear blue sky, soft
yellow sandy hills, landscapes & differently shaped
solid soft rocks in certain areas of the Nile cruises.
Along with huge Nasser Lake, a real picturesque panorama
with a relaxing atmosphere attracts you to the place.
Many places of interest like Nubia Museum, Philae Temple,
Elephantine Island, Botanical Garden, Agha khan Mausoleum,
Granite Quarries & unfinished Obelisk, the High
Dam,
St Simon Monastery & Tombs of the Nobles (felucca
camel tour).
Abu Simbel
The Tow temples at Abu Simble are not only the most
significant and magnificent monuments in the world,
but their removal and reconstruction was a historic
events itself. The tow temples of Ramsses II and his
wife Nefertari, became one of the main attractions to
visit in Upper Egypt, representing the might of human
achievements, even though it requires a trip up the
Nile.
Red Sea
That exquisite corridor of tinted monuments and radiant
water. Here and nowhere else, is the vestibule between
the Levant and the tropics. Egypt's Red Sea coasts run
the Gulf Suez to the Sudanese border. Its mineral-rich
red mountain ranges, inspired the mariners of antiquity
to name the Red Sea more rostrum, or the Red Sea. The
coast of Red Sea includes some of the most popular and
busy beach resorts mainly Hurghada, Safaga, Marsa Alam,
El Qusir and others. Many things to see & to do,
like water sports, diving, snorkeling, sunbathing, wind
surfing, submarine dive,4x4 Jeep safari to ruins of
Roman city & gold mine.
OASIS
THE OASES-PEARLS OF THE DESERT...
"Just like little stars in a golden universe..."
The very word "Oasis" conjures a string of
images - swirling sands, blue veiled Tuaregs, mirages,
the thirsty caravan stumbling into a pool of sweet water
set amid swaying palms.
From the Nile, the Sahara stretches 5,000 km westward
to the Atlantic. The world's greatest expanse of desert
is broken only by dots of green, where human habitation
has survived the spread of sands.
Contrary to popular imagination, which sees verdure
sprouting incongruously from dunes, oases generally
lie in rocky lands where wind and time have scratched
out vast depressions whose depths allow natural underground
aquifers to reach the surface.
Since at least 5000 BC man has been exploiting nature's
gifts in this curve of which retains its distinct culture
and language...
Sinai
This is the Sinai super-site, again with most of anything
the tourist might wish. There are even some wonderful
Christian monuments nearby. The water spots, complemented
by extended charming beaches and blue rich transparent
water. What to see & what to do: Excursion to Mt.
Moses for sunrise watch and St. Catherine Monastery,
safari to colored canyon & excursion to Ras Mohamed
Marine Reserve-the richest in the world (diving &
snorkeling).
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