Posted on March 4, 2010.
Holidays and Vacation Packages Egypt has long been a vacation in Africa, since Thomas Cook escorted his first tour of Egypt in 1969 and inventing long - haul Egypt Travel vacation package. No other country is more stuffed with monuments and antiquities, all the more surprising given that 96 percent of Egypt is desert, relieved only by the Nile Valley and Delta.
Egypt as one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world, is rich in history and presents a stunning sweep through five millennia: Three thousand year reign of Pharaoh prepared by Assyrian, Persian and Greek invasion, followed by Roman, Byzantine conquests and Arab, and colonization by Turkey, France and Great Britain. The most famous sights are Pharaonic pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Valley of Kings and Kamak. But these are just a tiny fraction of what can be seen. Among the wonders of the country later, some of the oldest churches in the world with the world's oldest university 'unearthed in Egypt in Cairo.
Egypt has much to offer and our list of sites below only scratches the surface.
Antiques aside, there are other treasures to attract travelers, too - luxurious cruise on the Nile, Desert Adventures, camels, oasis, Red Sea beaches and coral reefs, isolated monasteries. Egypt offers a truly unforgettable holiday experience.
Egypt Attractions and places to visit
The pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx are the center of Cairo on the outside. The Great Pyramid of Cheops, the only survivor of the seven wonders of the world, flanked by two other pyramids and the sphinx. The size and geometric accuracy of monuments, including the astronomical alignment, have long led to theories about their meaning hidden powers and their architects, some even claiming that they must have been built by beings from space Outer.
Cairo is the largest metropolis in Africa and even the Pyramids and Sphinx side, Cairo is still a place worth spending time in. Despite a population of more than 14 million visitors in Cairo is surprisingly sweet. We can however look around sometimes chaotic to an outsider, but he has a great feel. Outside of Giza, the undoubted highlight is the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. Even if you're not a fun museum, do not miss it - it has some of the finest creations of humanity among its 130,000 items. The most famous among them is the gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun, pharaoh. Travelers are often surprised to discover that the heart of the city itself is also a museum, especially of Islam time there are masterpieces of architecture at every turn, including mosques visited. At your fingertips, too, are the most - entertaining souks of Khan El-Khalili.
An oasis of Dakhla oasis Custer, gardens and lakes, Dakhla is the life of fourteen. The oldest and most memorable, with well-preserved traditional architecture, is the village of Al-Qasr, delightfully situated in the dunes roses draped mountains. Although it has been largely abandoned. the old city of Al-Qasr's - dominated by a cylindrical minaret twelfth - century - remains intact and contains many photogenic corner and cranny. Other attractions include a romantic village Qalamoun Dakhla and lakes unlikely desert, tombs carved into a mountain Muzawaka table, and the tiny Roman or Egyptian temple of Deir el-Hagar, who became a Coptic monastery.
Valley of Egypt in mid-Kings on the Nile Egypt, Luxor (which means "palace") was ancient Thebes, capital of Egypt's New Kingdom in the second millennium BC. A profusion of pharaonic temples and tombs are obscene just a few kilometers from the city, mainly famous Kamak and in the valley of kings. This was where generations of pharaohs dug their graves, the most famous was.
