Visit Egypt, Best Places to visit

Visit Egypt, Best Places to visit

Egypt ( Misr in Arabic, I Ka Ptah in Hieroglyphics ) welcomes travelers from all the world with its warm weather, friendly and amiable people, vigorous outstanding Nile and gorgeous monuments and things to visit, the breathtaking desert and lush lower Egypt delta, and with its rich past and welcoming, story-loving people.

What to Visit in Egypt

1- Pyramids
In Egypt are located many pyramids but the most famous are the Pyramids of Giza The only survivors from the ancient Greek-listed Seven Wonders of the World, the spectacular Pyramids at Giza are one of the world’s oldest tourist attraction. it is a must seen and visit at least one time during life, There are located the staggering 3 pyramids belonging to Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus,.. To date about 138 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt. It was thought that pyramids were erected to be tombs for the Egyptian rulers ( Pharaohs ) and their during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. All Egypt pyramids were erected on the western bank of the river Nile, as ancient Egyptian believed that the west is the kingdom of resurrection If you decide to visit Egypt, Put pyramids on the top of your list, It is easy to visit it from anywhere in Egypt, but as Pyramids are located on West Cairo, so the easiest way to visit it is from your hotel in Cairo if your travel package in Egypt is already including Cairo day tours, if no, So just travel to Cairo either by flight or car or train to visit Pyramids, Note that Giza pyramids are the most famous but they are not the only pyramids in Cairo and they are not the eldest pyramids in Egypt, So in one day tour in Cairo you can visit Giza pyramids, Saqqara pyramids and Dahshur pyramids

Note that Sharm El Sheikh tours to visit Cairo and pyramids can be by flight ( flying 1 hour ) or by bus ( 7 hours )
All Sharm El Sheikh Tours
Hurghada tours to visit Cairo and pyramids can be by flight ( flying 1 hour ) or by bus ( 6 - 7 hours )
All Hurghada tours
Alexandria tours to visit Cairo and pyramids can be by cars, trains (3 hours ) and sometimes by flight 45 minutes
Luxor tours to visit Cairo and pyramids can be by car ( but so difficult , trains either sitting or sleeping train ( 8 hours ) or by flight 1 hour
Aswan tours to visit Cairo and pyramids can be by car ( but so difficult , trains either sitting or sleeping train ( 9 hours ) or by flight 170 minutes

2- Nile Cruises touristic spots
Nile cruises are taking tourist to visit various touristic places in Upper Egypt, either between Luxor and Aswan, or Lake Nasser cruises between Aswan and Abu Simbel, All Nile cruises between Luxor and Aswan enable tourist to visit Luxor West and East bank ( Hatshepsut temple, Valley of kings, Memnon colossi ) ( Karnak and Luxor temple, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan most famous attractions ( High dam, Philae temple and the unfinished obelisk )
If You do not want to make a Nile cruise holiday, Do not worry, as you can also visit all the mentioned touristic places by car either from Luxor or Aswan, and We advice youto add the Botanic garden in Aswan ( sometimes it is included in Nile cruises , and sometimes it is optional ) , Then fYou can visit also Dendera and Abydos temples from Luxor.
Abu Simbel Aswan Cruises are taking tourist in a journey on lake Nasser to visit all Nubian temples, The biggest and must seen temple is Abu Simbel temple

3 - Abu Simbel Temples
Visit Egypt most dazzling temple, It is Ramses II temple in Abu Simbel, south of Egypt, a dazzling temple to visit with its gargantuan rock-cut façade, the magnificent Sun Temple of pharaoh Ramses II at Abu Simbel was erected to venerate the vigorous pharaonic ruler King Ramses II. In front of  Abu Simbel temple entrance and hewn into the side of a mountain are four gigant massive statues of the pharaoh himself. In a fit of preciseness and architectural egotism, Ramses II made the whole temple accurately angled and oriented in order that the sun’s rays would align twice a year and inlight the sanctuary room including his statue, That what we call it the miracle of sun in Ab Simbel temple, that happened on the date of his ascension to the throne (21 February) and on the date of his birthday (21 October) and illuminate all the inner sanctum of Abu Simbel temple except the god of darkness. This unbelievable sun miracle provides for a most astounding scene, which has come to be called the Sun Festival of King Ramses II.

With the passage of time, the desert sands imperceptibly shifted until the temple was all but lost to humanity. The temple was forgotten until 1813, when Swiss orientalist Jean-Louis Burckhardt found  just the smallest tip of a pharaoh's head peeking above the desert sands. Burckhardt told the Italian explorer Giovanni Belzoni about this hidden temple in the southern part of Egypt,Belzoni decide to travel to visit this uncovered temple in Egypt, but was unable to dig out an entry to the temple. Belzoni return to visit Egypt in 1817, this time, he succeeded in his attempt to enter the complex. The French expedition in Egypt left for us a stunning precise early description of  Abu Simbel temples, together with contemporaneous line paintings, You can see it in Edward William Lane's Description of Egypt (1825–1828).[2]

Local Nubian who live now in the area say that the site name is related with that 'Abu Simbel' was the name of a young local child who guided the early re-discoverers to the spot of the buried temples which he had seen from time to time in the shifting sands. Finally, they named the complex after him.

Abu Simbel temples were re-located in 1972, further up from the shoreline of Lake Nasser, which has overhanged to wear out the basis of this monolithic temple complex. That is why, the sun now strikes a day later than Ramses had originally planned, though the event itself is no less spellbinding.
How to visit Abu Simbel temples in Egypt
- Cairo to Abu Simbel by flight or flight or train till Aswan, then driving 3 hours to arrive Abu Simbel
- Aswan to Abu Simbel by cars ( 3 hours ) , or by flights ( 35 minutes )
- Luxor Aswan Nile Cruises Tours to Aswan either by van or flight upon arrival of the ship to Aswan
- Lake Nasser cruises, from Aswan to Abu Simbel
You can visit Abu Simbel temples from any other destination in Egypt but via Aswan

4 Egypt desert 
Egypt desert ( In Arabic Sahara ) has its own character, it occupies about 96% of the land, so you can choose one of the many places in Egypt desert to visit, If you visit more than one you will never be bored, There are 2 options to visit the desert and explore bedouin life, either half day tour either in Sinai from Sharm El Sheikh and Dahab or Safari tour from Hurghada to Red sea mountain and Eastern desert, but these tours are really not to see the real desert life and experience it, it is a touristic place in the desert where some bedouin work in tourism, It is nice and full of fun but not the same as a real experience in desert , The best places to visit and to have a real experience in desert are during tours to the following oasis
Fayoum oasis ( Qaroun lake - Rayan protective area and the water falls - Wadi Hitan ( The Whales valley protective area ) - Tunis village
Fayoum tours can be 1 day tour from Cairo or 2 day tours from Cairo ( Trasportation either by car or 4x4 if you want to scout Qaroun lake north side or going to The Whales valley )

Siwa Oasis , It is about 8 hours from Cairo, 5 hours from Alexandria, and only 3 hours from Marsa Matrouh ( On the Mediterranean sea ) , There You can visit Alexander temple, Aghourmy, Shaly fortress, Cleopatra spring & many safari tours in the desert, Siwa oasis is well known the sunset oasis ( Wahet El Ghroub ) as  there you can enjoy the best scenes for sunset in all Egypt specially from Siwa stunning lakes
In Summer there are many persons visit Siwa not for tours and Safari but to try the bath sand in the very hot sand of the western desert in Siwa which is very good specially for bones diseases

El Baharyia Oasis ( Black and white desert )
It is one of most dazzling places to visit in Egypt, It needs not less than 2 days and one night to cover all amazing touristic places in El Baharyia oasis and the white and black desert, Really some people make it in 1 day but it is so hard to do and no enough time to see everything, You drive about 4 hours from Cairo to El Bahariya ( by van or 4x4 ), then in El Baharyia oasis you can visit Jebal El Inglese, few tombs from the late kingdom, the golden mummies museum, But to move from El Bahariya towards the white and black desert it has to be only by 4x4 jeep with expert drivers

5 - Alexandria city
It is one of best cities to visit in Egypt, Brimming with history, Alexandria ( Al Iskandaria ) was erected by Alexander the Great and is an enchanting city located on Egypt’s north coast, lapped at by the dazzling Mediterranean Sea. While it has come a long way since being founded around 2,300 years ago, its past glory still dazzles through and is mixed with elements of juvenility, inspiring a unique ambience that has to be experienced to be fully comprehended.