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Egypt offers a great choice of ways to spend the vacation, having tens of historical sites to visit, to contact the amazing ancient culture and civilization of thousand years.

The same Egypt tour can provide you a relax beach time on the Red Sea coast resorts, pearls of Egypt. Here there is a great offer of sea activities, the best underwater scenary in the world, avaible for evrybody.

You can meet the real life of the bedouin, having lunch or dinner, taste their couisine.

Is a rewarding experience the desert trip, camel or bike, while you can enjoy the unique true landscape of the desert.

When you visit Egypt, there are so many sites that you will want to visit, the length of your trip will never seem long enough! We often meet people during our tours , that have been to Egypt more than 15 times, and they keep returning to see something new!

They ask about this newly discovered site, or some new tomb that has been recently uncovered, or even places that they have heard other people talk about! Here in Egypt, you will always find new sites to visit and enjoy.

Egypt Tourist Places are really amazing to see with exciting sightseeing scenarios at beautiful monuments.

The adventure that is Egypt never ends! That is why it is a shame if you come to Egypt, especially for the first time, and miss the grandiose sites, such as the Pyramids of Giza, Abu Simbel or the west bank of Luxor, to name but a few.

Listed below, you will find the names, and information, about many of the sites you really shouldn't miss.

What to see in Egypt
Abu Simbel Temples

Abu Simbel Temples

Temples built by Ramses II to honor his favorite wife Nefertari

Nubian Temples

Nubian Temples

Nubian temples marked the southern border of ancient Egypt

Philae Temple

Philae Temple

Temple of Isis

Unfinished Obelisk

Unfinished Obelisk

Constructed and abandoned under the reign of Queen Hatshepsut

Botanical Garden on Kitchener Island

Botanical Garden on Kitchener Island

Kitchener Island became a paradise of exotic trees and plants

Aswan High Dam

Aswan High Dam

Masterpiece of engineering

Aga Khan Mausoleum

Aga Khan Mausoleum

Elefantina

Elefantina

Elephantine stood at the border between Egypt and Nubia.(Nilometer left bottom)

Hubian Museum

Hubian Museum

Gateway in the history of Nubia

Nubian village

Nubian village

Nubian village overlooking the Nile at Aswan

Montaza Palace and Gardens

Montaza Palace and Gardens

Helmy II followed the construction of the two palaces himself and he named the whole complex, the Montazah, or the garden

Qaitbay Citadel

Qaitbay Citadel

Built in the 15th century upon/from the ruins of the Lighthouse of Alexandria

Library of Alexandria

Library of Alexandria

Alexandria National Museum

Alexandria National Museum

It contains about 1,800 artifacts that narrate the story of Alexandria and Egypt.

The Roman Amphitheatre

The Roman Amphitheatre

Abu El Abbas Mosque

Abu El Abbas Mosque

The Mosque was redesigned and built in today's current form by Eugenio Valzania and Mario Rossi in the years 1929/1945.

Pompey Pillar and Ptolemaic Sphinx

Pompey Pillar and Ptolemaic Sphinx

The remains, of the great Roman general Pompey were in a pot at the top of the column

Wadi El Natron

Wadi El Natron

Wadi el Natron was very important to the ancient Egyptian since it was where they extracted the Natrun salt for the mummyfication

The Royal Cemetery of Kom el Shouqaf

The Royal Cemetery of Kom el Shouqaf

The cemetery dates back to the 1st century A.D and was used until the 4th century A.D

Pyramids of Giza

Pyramids of Giza

The Sphinx

The Sphinx

Egyptian Museum

Egyptian Museum

Muhammad Ali Mosque

Muhammad Ali Mosque

Coptic Cairo - Hanging Church

Coptic Cairo - Hanging Church

Islamic Cairo

Islamic Cairo

Citadel of Salladin

Citadel of Salladin

Saqqara Step pyramid

Saqqara Step pyramid

Serapeum

Serapeum

The Serapeum, whose origin dates back to around 1400 BC, was discovered in 1851 by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, founder of the first department of Egyptian antiquities.

Red Pyramid

Red Pyramid

Bent Pyramid

Bent Pyramid

White Pyramid of King Snefru Dahshur

White Pyramid of King Snefru Dahshur

Meidum Pyramid

Meidum Pyramid

Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis

Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis

El Khalili Bazar

El Khalili Bazar

Valley of the Kings

Valley of the Kings

Colossi of Memnon

Colossi of Memnon

Temple of Hatshepsut - Deir El Bahri

Temple of Hatshepsut - Deir El Bahri

Temple of Ramses the IIIrd

Temple of Ramses the IIIrd

Deir El Medina

Deir El Medina

Abydos Temple wall

Abydos Temple wall

Dendera Temple

Dendera Temple

Karnak Temple

Karnak Temple

Luxor Temple

Luxor Temple

Edfu Temple

Edfu Temple

Kom Ombo Temple

Kom Ombo Temple

Ramesseum

Ramesseum

Esna Temple

Esna Temple

St Catherine Monastery.

St Catherine Monastery.

Moses Mountain

Moses Mountain

Petra ruins of the Treasury

Petra ruins of the Treasury

Ras Mohammed National Park

Ras Mohammed National Park

PADI certification

PADI certification

Red-Sea diving courses

Diving Sharm El Sheikh

Diving Sharm El Sheikh

Underwater scuba diving

Underwater scuba diving

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