Welcome to civilization! It may not look like it as you walk through Khan el-Khalili, Egypt's most famous market, but Egypt has over five thousand years of recorded history, and the society created by the successive pharaohs has been a blueprint for many peoples since.
When the name Egypt is mentioned, many first thoughts flit to the iconic Pyramids of Giza. The pyramids more than live up to their four thousand years of hype upon viewing, and although the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the World is swarmed by visitors, their majesty hasn't been diminished.
|
Cairo is dominated by relics from the ancient world – the Pyramids of Giza, the tombs of long-dead pharaohs and the mysterious Sphinx. But the city has transformed over the years into a thriving metropolis where cars and buggies travel side-by-side.
Go for: Archaeological Sites, Art Collections, Sacred Places, River Trips, Cruising
17 experiences:
The Great Pyramid, The Nile, The Egyptian Museum, Memphis and its Necropolis, Pyramid of Djoser.
12 more »
|
|
Go for: Archaeological Sites, Sacred Places, Monuments & Landmarks, Temples, Paranormal
10 experiences:
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis, Valley of the Kings, The Temple of Karnak, The Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut, Temple of Amon.
5 more »
|
|
Go for: Archaeological Sites, Islands
4 experiences:
Philae, Temple of Isis, The Unfinished Obelisk, Elephantine Island.
|
|
Go for: Fishing, Activity Courses, Learn to Dive, Windsurfing
3 experiences:
Learning to Dive in the Red Sea, Fishing in the Red Sea, Hurghada windsurfing.
|
|
'This is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak. It was believed that the temple was built on the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth. Hence, the current temple was but the last in a long...
Go for: Archaeological Sites
1 experiences:
Temple of Horus.
|
|
Similar to other temple sites in Egypt, Dendera marks the location of a very old holy place. An indication of the antiquity of the site is given by the astronomical alignment of the main temple to Gamma Draconis before 5000BC. Early texts refer to a...
Go for: Sacred Places
1 experiences:
Dendera's Temple of the Goddess Hathor.
|
|
This town runs beside a bay, which in essence is a seven kilometre long beach of caster sugar sand, so memorable to have been noted and remembered since the time of Alexander the Great – how many other beaches can boast that kind of historical...
Go for: Beaches
1 experiences:
Agiiba and Mersa Matrouh Beach.
|
|
Kom Ombo is unique in that it has an unusual ground plan, unifying two adjacent temples. One is dedicated to the crocodile-headed Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world, the other to the falcon-headed Horace (an aspect of Horus), the solar...
Go for: Temples
1 experiences:
Temple of Kom Ombo.
|
|
The Rosetta Stone, with its decree written in three different languages, offered Egyptologists the key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script. Dating from 196BC, it is a large stone tablet inscribed with the same text three times,...
Go for: Archaeological Sites
1 experiences:
The Rosetta Stone (origin).
|
|
Moulids are Egyptian festivals held to honour a regions local saints and Islamic mystics, and the Moulid of Sayyid Ahmed Al-Badawi, held in the tiny Nile Delta town of Tanta, is one of the largest.
Around two million pilgrims travel to the city to...
Go for: Festivals
1 experiences:
Moulid of Sayyid Ahmed Al-Badawi.
|
|
Cairo
More »
Related holidays
|
16 days. From £975. By Egypt Uncovered.
This comprehensive tour fully covers Egypt and Jordan. We visit the main Pharaonic sites in Cairo and Luxor: Take a desert safari through the Egyptian Desert, and travel up through Jordan stopping at Wadi Rum, Petra, the Dead Sea, and Jerash.
|
|
10 days. From £665. By Egypt Uncovered.
This classic tour gives you the opportunity to visit Cairo’s most well known sites, including the Pyramids, Sphinx and Egyptian museum in Cairo before transferring to a 5-star deluxe cruise down the Nile from Aswan to Luxor.
|
|
15 days. From £1695. By Voyages of Discovery.
In 15 days discover the tombs, temples and ancient secrets locked in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.
|
|
17 days. From £2180. By Voyages of Discovery.
Time in Mombasa will send you in search of the Big Five. With every call ashore, fabulous beaches ebb by, washing sands of time that echo...
|
|
37 days. From £575. By Oasis Overland.
Travel to Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey where you'll experience the Pyramids at Giza, the ...
|
|
37 days. From £575. By Oasis Overland.
Travel to Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey where you'll experience the Pyramids at Giza, the ...
|
|
7 days. From . By Peltours.
Choose from a range of elegant hotels in the heart of Cairo with flights included.
|
|
