Travel Cities Egypt Sightseeing
Cairo
Cairo is not only the largest city in Africa and the capitol of Egypt, it is also the political and cultural pivot of the Arab world. Its Egypt Tours and Jordan Tourspopulation of around 15 million has grown five fold within a generation as people have poured in from the villages in search of opportunities.
New bridges, flyovers and an excellent metro system keep the city from grinding to a halt, and there is constant new building.
The most modern part of the city lies close to the Nile, which provides the heartbeat of Cairo. Further east, towards the Moqattam Hills, is the medieval city of splendid mosques and thronging bazaars, founded by the Fatimid"s in AD 969.
To the south is the now
pruinous Fustat, the earliest Arab settlement, built when the invaded Egypt around AD 641. Westwards, beyond the spraql of Giza, the Pyramids gloq gold at sundown against the western desert, as they have done for 1,700,000 evenings past.
Aswan
Aswan lies at the southern tip of Upper Egypt and is home to the High Dam which supplies Egypt with most of its water and electricity. The layer of sandstone covering Upper Egypt from Edfu southwards is ruptured here by rhe thrust of underlying granite which the river has sculpted into the rocks and islands of the First Cataract.
Throughout history, this is where traffic on the Nile stopped, where cargoes had to be transported round the rocks. Aswan became the entrepot for the African trade.
Luxor
Luxor is one of the most popular tourist destinations and offers the richest collections of Egyptian treasures. The name Luxor is loosely applied by travelers to include three distinct places the town of Luxor, with a population of 100,000, on the east bank of the Nile, the village of Karnak and its immense temple 4km north on the same bank and the Theban nacropolis on the west bank of the river opposite Luxor and Karnak.
Hurghada
Hurghada has become one of the foremost resorts on the Red Sea and has developed into an area that is a haven for holidaymakers and divers alike. Those who choose holidays in Hurghada enjoy the resort's great mix of hotels, shops, restaurants and nightlife plus some fine dive sites and easy access to the rest of the southern Red Sea. Hurghada has no real centre, being a large, spread-out resort - but the Harbour area of Sekkala offers a good range of facilities, while other locations are ideal for peace and relaxation.For divers, the Hurghada area offers a variety of off-shore dive sites offering challenges for the more experienced diver, including a multitude of reefs, walls and wrecks, and about 10 islands, which can be visited on day trips from Hurghada, where sharks, giant eels and manta rays can be found in deeper waters.... Do not miss it...!!!!!
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