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A tour of Egypt 
The country of Wisdom, the cradle of our civilisations has been the eternel source of self-enrichment for four thouthand years – it is really worth while visiting...

Geography of Egypt
The Republic of Egypt is situated in the North-East of Africa, within the Sahara desert. It is bathed by the waters of the Mediterranean sea in the North, it borders on Libya in the West and on Israel in the East..
The museums and monuments of Egypt
There are plenty of places of interest, monuments, museums in Egypt. We shall point out the most important...
Hotel reservation 
You are always sure to have a room in Egypt : either in an floating deluxe hotel, or in a hotel at the quay of the Nile River, near the pyramides...

 

The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian Art appeared presumably in 3000 B.C. Having achieved the apogee, the egyptians preserved the level of knowledge and practice..
 
History of Egypt
The Nile River is the milestone of the history of Egypt. The furtile coasts of the river gave an impulse to the dawn of the kingdom...
 
The Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Every Egyptian work of art was created in accordance with certain pictural rules, called Frontalism. The heads and the feet are always depicted in profile...
 

excursions in egypt



 

There are six main glories of Egypt. Any of them is famous for it’s own charm, peculiarity and appeal. Contrary to a popular belief the charm of Egypt is kept up in the ancient sites, as a matter of fact, only Luxor embodies this type of glamour.  L'Egypte possède six superbes sites touristiques. Chacun a sa propre saveur, sa propre spécificité et la plupart du temps chacun répond à un objectif différent. Contrairement aux idées reçues l’attrait de l’Egypte ne réside pas que dans ses sites antiques, en fait, seul Louxor s’est constitué sur ce type d’attraction.

The six promising sites are:

Alexandria and its vicinity. In fact, it’s possible to extend the zone up to the East border. The region has a mediterranean connotation thanks to its tempered and mild climat, effusiveness of its residents and the quality of its beaches.

Le CaireCairo and its region. Cairo can please the most exacting tourists: luxurious hotels, the charm of the hectic city, such entertainments as the bowling and the golf, the restaurants and the all-around panorama of the historic monuments of Egypt. It’s a favouried starting point for tourists to visit Egypt.

Assouan (Aswan) and its vicinity. Aswan is probably the less attractive place for tourists but it can turn to be an ideal place for those who look for and appreciate luxe and quietude of the hotels and its location on the shore of the Lake Nasser.

Le SphinxLuxor and its vicinity. Luxor is a living museam of numerous huge ancient egyptian monuments. The city is well-arranged and suited to the tourists so that you seem to be in a theme park remarkable for its authenticity, grandeur and magnitude galore of the masterpieces of the architecture.

Hurghada and its vicinity, El Gouna in particular. This region is populr with the amateurs of such kinds of sport as golf and diving, here you’ll find a unity of all the activities proper to vacancies: daytime entertainment, hiking, aquatic sports, playing the golf, night entertainment, nightclubs, casino.....

Sharm El Cheik, and its region. This is the most beautiful part of the Sinaï desert, the tourists will find here a seaside resort notorious for its thrills - the sharks bathe together with people. The christian monuments are the real miracles of the architecture (Monastery St Catherine - Sinaï).

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