Suez canal The Suez Canal ( In Arabic: Qanat as-Suways ), is an artificial sea-level waterway running north to south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. The canal separates the African continent from Asia, and it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the […]

Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions Sultan Hasan Mosque Monuments Sight Seeing Attractions Sultan Hasan Mosque Built between 1356 and 1363 by the Mamluk ruler Sultan Hassan, the scale of the mosque is so colossal that it nearly emptied the vast Mamluk Treasury. Historians believe that the builders of this mosque may have used stone from the […]

Taba Taba Why go? With its year-round sunshine, luxury hotels, sandy beaches and cooling sea breezes, the resort town of Taba Heights has everything to satisfy the devoted sun worshipper. And its location – close to the border with Israel, sandwiched between imposing peaks and coral reefs of the Red Sea, and with views across […]

Hatshepsut Temple luxor Hatshepsut Temple luxor is one of the most characteristic temples in the whole of Egypt, due to its design and decorations. It was built of limestone, not sandstone like most of the other funerary temples of the New Kingdom period. It is thought that Senimut, the genius architect who built this Temple, […]

Egypt Saladin Castle Egypt Saladin Castle (1138-1193), Muslim leader, who recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders. Born in Tikrit, Iraq, Saladin, as he is known in the West, was a Kurd; his Arabic name is Salah ad-Din Yusuf. At the age of 14 he joined other members of his family (the Ayyubids) in the service of […]

Egypt Memnon Colossi Egypt Memnon Colossi On the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor,on the road to the Valley of the Kings, stand two statues carved from quartzite sandstone. The statues are known by the locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat, but known throughout the rest of the world as the Colossi of Memnon. The […]

Full Day Alexandria Tour Full Day Alexandria Tour Explore an amazing city famous with ancient wonders. Tour Highlights Duration:Full Day Route: Cairo – Alexandria – Cairo Departure : Every day Description:Alexandria: The old capital of Egypt founded by Alexander the Great. City hosts Alexander’s Library, the largest library of the ancient world and The Lighthouse, […]

Egypt Unfinished Obelisk Egypt Unfinished Obelisk The southern end of Aswan town was an area of ancient granite quarries, where the most valuable stone for the building of many of Egypt’s monuments was obtained. Visitors on tours are often taken to see the ‘unfinished obelisk’ which still remains in situ attached to the rock on […]

Luxor Nobles tombs Luxor Nobles tombs is locat The site has rock cut tombs of Nobles, and high officials of ancient Egypt,ed on the west bank of Luxor, in an area called Sheik Abd El-Korna. who once served the Pharaohs during the time of the New Kingdom. (1500 – 500 BC) Among the most important […]

Nile Cruise Tips Almost any visitor to Egypt will be able to include one of the many cheap Nile Cruises in their travel plans, Three-day to full week options are available for any budget, Nile Cruise Tips  in Egypt. Millions of visitors to Egypt have made a point of heading out into the waters around […]