Ancient and Modern Egypt tourist attractions
Ticket Prices (in Egyptian Pounds) at Egypt's most popular Tourist Attractions
Hurghada
Since the 1980s, Hurghada has become the principal bathing resort on
the Red Sea, visited by American, European and Arabs. Holiday villages and first
class hotels provide excellent aquatic sport facilities. What used to be a small
fishing village is now a fully developed resort that...
The
Red Sea Coast
The Red Sea coast is famed for its crystal clear blue waters and exotic
marine life, attracting thousands of tourists yearly. The reputation is well
deserved - in 1989, an international panel of scientists picked the north part
of the Red Sea as one of the Seven Underwater...
Valley
of the Kings
Soon after the defeat of the Hyksos and the reunification of Egypt
under Ahmose I, the Theban rulers realized the need for a new royal necropolis.The
idea of pyramid tombs was abandoned, robberies being one...
Cairo
- City of the Thousand Minarets
Cairo is the largest city in Africa and Egypt's most populous city.
Its official name is Al-Qahira, although the name informally used by most Egyptians
is "Masr". The capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt has a population
of about 7.7 million people, while its metropolitan area encompasses...
Luxor
Luxor is the premier travel destination in Upper (southern) Egypt
and the Nile Valley. In antiquity, the city, known as Thebes by the greeks,
was the dynastic and religious capital of Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom Egypt.
Today, it has much to offer the traveler, from vast temples, to ancient royal...
Abydos
Abydos is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, about 11 km
(6 miles) west of the Nile. The Egyptian name was Abdju, "the hill of the
symbol or reliquary," in which the sacred head of Osiris was preserved.
The Greeks named it Abydos, like the city on the Hellespont; the modern Arabic
name is el-'Araba el Madfuna. Considered one of...
Sharm-el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh is located on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, at the southern
tip of the Sinai Peninsula. It is known as The City of Peace referring to the
large number of international peace conferences that have been held there. During
occupation, the Israelis opened the first tourist-oriented...
Alexandria
Alexandria is Egypt's second largest city and the country's window
on the Mediterranean Sea. The city is a faded shade of its former glorious cosmopolitan
self, but still worth a visit for its many cultural attractions and memories
of a glorious past. It remains an important city, as Egypt's chief seaport on
the Mediterranean...
Abu
Simbel
Abu Simbel is an archaeological site comprising two massive rock temples
in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 290 km southwest
of Aswan. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian
Monuments", which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan).
The twin temples were...
The
Pyramids of Giza
The Giza pyramids stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo,
Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some eight km inland into
the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 20 km...
Saqqara
The Egyptian Step Pyramid of Djoser was built for the burial of Pharaoh
Djoser by his Vizier Imhotep. It was constructed during the 27th century BC
at the Saqqara necropolis. This first Egyptian pyramid consisted of six mastabas
(of decreasing size) built atop one another in what were clearly revisions and
developments of the original plan. The pyramid...
Alabaster
Mosque
The Alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali is the most popular Islamic mosque
among Egypt travelers, because of its grandeur and its location at the Citadel
in Cairo, making it
the most visible of Islamic monuments in Cairo. It was built during the first
half of the 19th century. Muhammad Ali Pasha, viceroy...
Siwa
Oasis
The Siwa Oasis is located between the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian
Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert, approximately 50 km east of the Libyan border,
and some 560 km from Cairo. About 80 km in length and 20 km wide, it is one
of Egypt's most isolated settlements, home to about 23,000 people, the majority
of whom...
Dendera
Dendera is an archaeological locality in Egypt just outside the town
of Qena (62 km north of Luxor) in the region of Middle Egypt. The Dendera Temple
complex which contains the Temple of Hathor is one of the best, if not the best,
preserved temple in all Egypt. The whole complex covers some 40,000 square meters
and...
Egypt
Sahara
Desert travel in the Sahara is challenging but can be immensely rewarding.
This short guide to travelling in the southwest desert of Egypt assumes that
you are considering making a tour to the area. Desert travel in Egypt is fabulous,
and it is even better if you have a few basic guidelines to help you make the
most of it.
Beni
Hasan
Beni Hasan is a small village and an important archaeological locality
in Middle Egypt, some 20 km south of the city of Minya. Located on the eastern
bank of the river Nile, the small but interesting site consists of cliff-hewn
tombs overlooking the river valley with truly magnificent...
Dahab
Dahab is a small village situated on the south eastern coast of the
Sinai Peninsula. Formerly a Bedouin fishing village, most visitors have been
backpackers traveling independently and staying in hostels in the Masbet area.
In recent years, new international chain-hotels in the Medina area...
Aswan
Aswan is where Egypt travelers go for relaxation, besides shopping
and sightseeing. About 680 km (425 miles) south of Cairo, just below the Dam
and Lake Nasser, Aswan is the smallest of the three major tourist cities based
on the Nile. You feel you have reached Africa (as most westerners imagine the
continent), mainly because...
Tel
el Amarna
Tel el Amarna is the only ancient Egyptian city for which we have great
details of its internal plan, in large part because the city was abandoned shortly
after the death of Akhenaten and remained uninhabited thereafter. However, due
to the unique circumstances of its creation and abandonment, it is questionable
how representative of...
Philae
Temple
The Philae Temple was constructed over a three-century period, by the
Greek Ptolemaic dynasty and the Roman Principate. The principal deity of the
temple complex was Isis, but other temples and shrines were dedicated to her
son Horus and the goddess Hathor. Philae Temple In Ptolemaic times Hathor was
associated with Isis, who was in turn associated...
