Invitation to Visit Egypt

No doubt we all know that Egypt has a lot of tourist safety that need to folders so touching, even for an overview of each of them and their history and origin, and so I will try to cover some of these areas, or most of them.

Egypt is one of the leading tourist countries in the world where the number of tourists visiting Egypt reached more than 9.79 million tourists in 2007 M.kma that Egypt was ranked 58 globally among 124 countries in tourism competitiveness index.

Tourism is the most important sources of national income in Egypt, and the Egyptian people accustomed to the presence of tourists in their midst since ancient times. Egypt is characterized by an abundance of tourist attractions of all kinds, because of the abundance of temples also Alotharōhnak Pharaonic Village, which a lot of Pharaonic proverbs that have been cared for and invested tourist attraction, and tourism infrastructure, which includes five-star hotels, tourist villages and travel agencies and airline offices are available, and is overcrowding Tourism in general in Cairo, Alexandria and the Red Sea Governorate, Hurghada and the Sinai, especially South Sinai in Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab and Nuweiba, where sports sport diving, which attracts tourists from around the world and particularly from Germany and Italy fan of this type of sports, where Egypt is characterized on coral rare in the Red Sea and the types of fish that they held festivals and competitions fishing yacht, which comes to fishing enthusiasts of Egyptians and foreigners reefs.

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Tahrir Square

After the January 25 Revolution Square has become the most important tourist places that tourists had keen

Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Contains the largest collection of ancient Egypt's monuments, though Navsh the British Museum, the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum (New York). And sits Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in the heart of Cairo since 1906, the museum exhibition contains 136 thousand Pharaonic impact, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of effects found to stores

Pyramids of Giza or the pyramids of Egypt

Located Giza Plateau in Giza in Egypt, the West Bank of the Nile River was built about 25 centuries BC before, around 2480 to 2550 BC. M, which is about three pyramids of Cheops is, Khafre and Menkaure A sound and light program of interesting programs.

The Al-Ahram is a Cemeteries ownership, each carrying a name of the king who built and buried it after his death, and construction hierarchy here is the stage of the evolution of the graves architecture in ancient Egypt, which began as a small hole turned into a compartment under the ground and then to several rooms topped by a terrace and then evolved to take the form of pyramid by architect Aamahotb Minister pharaoh Zoser in the Third Dynasty pyramid found in the necropolis of Saqqara, was followed by two attempts of King Sneferu, founder of the Fourth Dynasty to build a pyramid full but the pyramids appeared non-Salimi shape and are located in Dahshur, one oblate-Qaeda and the other took the form smaller after half size, and was able to engineer Hmeono King Khufu engineer to reach the ideal form of pyramid and the construction of the pyramid of Cheops in Giza, on an area of ​​13 acres and was followed by a pyramid of Khafre and Menkaure.

Pyramid of Saqqara

The first royal tomb inscribed in history built between 2737 BC --2 717 BC. Located in South Saqqara, Giza at a distance of a mile from the cliff Saqqara.

Originally designed for the burial of Pharaoh Dawsar by the Minister Imhotep six terraces body above the tunnel descends to the burial site, has gone through six changes in the pyramid scheme before the completion of its current form.

This is the first step pyramid memorial is made of stones known in the world building, as evidenced by its name is a series of six levels of stone decreasing in size to be up to 62 meters high (200 feet) and a rectangular base measuring 390-350 feet.

Until that time, the terrace is the main form of tomb architecture began Pyramid originally Kmustbh, and perhaps the original vision that does not have as much as a pyramid to be a series of terraces decreasing in size and per stack on top of the other.

Cairo Tower

Designed by the late architect Noam Shabib, was built between 1956 - 1961 of reinforced concrete on the Egyptian lotus flower design, and is located in the heart of Cairo on the Nile island of Zamalek.

A height of up to 187 meters higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza about 43 meters ... there on the top of the Cairo Tower tourist restaurant on a rotating platform revolves manned the restaurant to see Cairo landmarks from all sides

Khan el-Khalili

One of the old neighborhoods of Cairo, which has attracted a large tourist for visitors to Cairo, Egypt in general. It features a popular bazaars and shops and restaurants, also features abundant numbers of tourists and a population accustomed to them.

Khan el-Khalili neighborhood was a source of inspiration for many of the Egyptian writers and writers, most notably writer Naguib Mahfouz, who wrote one of his novels, which takes place the neighborhood and bearing his name, "Khan el-Khalili," which has been converted into a film starring actor Imad Hamdi.

Azhar Park

Was created Azhar Park on an area of ​​30 hectares, by the Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community Karim Shah Husseini (Aga Khan IV), having decided to Dedicate Park to the city of Cairo in 1984, the building on the Islamic belief that we are all responsible for creativity Creator must therefore leave the ground a better place, this decision was made during a conference in 1984 "Developing Capital: Cairo keep up with the growth of civil".

Was in charge of project design US $ 30 million, to be an agent of economic development, and has become an example of studying for creative solutions to the many challenges faced by the historical cities, including overcoming the environmental component.

Working garden green Krih a result of the huge area, and its location amid the historic district. It was clear that Cairo needed more green spaces. One study has found that the percentage of green space for the number of people in Cairo barely equal to the size of the impact of foot space per citizen, one of the lowest in the world. Garden largest green space set up in Cairo in a century

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Alexandria is a favorite destination for Egyptians and tourists from Arab nationalities and foreigners alike, particularly in the summer months of June to September, which is experiencing a tourism boom Alexandria great. And it also has several tourist attractions, including:

Bey Citadel - Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Roman theater - Alexandria National Museum - the Greco-Roman Museum - Royal Jewelry Museum - Alexandria Opera House - Museum of Fine Arts - Museums Mahmoud Said Complex - Aquatic Museum in Alexandria - Fine of Ajami and palm beaches of Alexandria and other inhabited and Park and Palace the park.

Shopping can also be from other areas such as: Manshiya, Rue sixes, Abrahamic, Cinema Street Acatih, Cleopatra, Saad Zaghloul Street, Safia Zaghloul Street, Fouad Street.

The proportion of hotels in Alexandria are lower than other cities in Egypt, such as Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh and Luxor arrive large numbers of tourists and foreign visitors, but has the distinct group of hotels such as Hotel Helnan Palestine (gardens), Sofitel, Hotel Salamlek (held this hotel 1892 m. by order of the Khedive Abbas Hilmi II features of this hotel that is built on a hill inside the gardens, which is one of the most beautiful beaches of Alexandria City). Four Seasons San Stefano (hotel count Hotel and Casino San Stefano old of the most luxurious hotels in Egypt and the city of Alexandria, specifically in the first half of the twentieth century and in the fifties, where the aristocracy of Egyptian and foreign celebrities and art and politics of the leading Mrtade, the old hotel demolition in the nineties after bought an Egyptian real estate company established misplaced my hotel and commercial complex with a large Marina particular) are also several branches of the hotels carries global names.

Luxor

The ancient capital of Egypt during the reign of the empire and away from Cairo 670 kilometers. It is a historic city located in the center of Luxor, Upper Egypt governorate maximum "level" is bordered to the south, center and north of Edfu Qous center on the east by the Red Sea to the west Armant center and the limits of the New Valley Governorate. Characterized by the city of Luxor collected between past and present at one time; there is almost devoid place in the city of Luxor from the ancient monuments that date back thousands of years.

Aswan

Aswan is a city and its surrounding tourist and archaeological area, where it increases the number of foreign tourists, especially from Europe and East Asaa.omen most important tourist landmarks:

View of the Temple of Philae Aswan near the other side of the Nile.

Elephantine, an island located in the off Aswan city known in Egyptian texts as "Abu" meaning the age of Elephant Island and became a Greek Elephantine where it is believed that she was once a center of trade in ivory, including the island of Khnum Temple along with the presence of the Nile scale and cemetery sacred ram the gate King Amenhotep II and Trinity Sataat and cursed.

Aga Khan tomb is located on a hill on the mainland west of the Nile River opposite the southern part botanical garden, was built by Mohammed Shah Hussaini Aga Khan III luxurious tomb of limestone and marble, and was buried by stone in 1959 based on his will and this cemetery inspired design Egyptian tombs Fatimid.

Nubia Museum opened the museum in November year 1997, and participated in the opening of the heads of a number of friendly countries that participated in the Nubian and displays its more than 5,000 artifacts from the effects of old Aalnobh ceremony.

Hurghada:

Hurghada has become one of the most famous tourist destinations in Egypt and the Middle East for tourists, while gaining a similar reputation among the fans of this kind of tourism resorts for tourists from other parts of the world.

Hurghada has gained such a large reputation in just a few years, due mainly to two things. First is the discovery of tourist and aesthetic value of Hurghada, which is unprecedented second thing is the availability of tourist and sports facilities very quickly and fantastic levels in this region.

Hurghada is characterized by its temperate climate throughout the year and the availability of all the possibilities for hobbies fishing and underwater fishing and diving of all kinds.

Is a new area on the Mediterranean .. between Alexandria, 100 kilometers just full of luxury restaurants and cafes .. overlooking the sea .. and hotels brightly colored ..ominae yacht is the largest in Africa .. and Adject 1400 yacht for rent .. you can rent by the hour and wander as it wants in the Mediterranean has been created Hurghada with the discovery of oil in the region in 1913 and the development of tourism activities have become one of the largest tourist cities in the world.

Religious tourism

There are several aspects of tourism in Egypt, including the religious nature tourism, which includes a visit sites of connotations or religious significance in the three religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, for example, multiple Islamist significant places in Egypt mismatch mosque of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed bin Abdullah, may Allah bless him and in Cairo "where there is a tomb featuring the head", in addition to historic mosques such as Ibn Tulun Mosque and the Al-Azhar mosque and the walls of historic Cairo and Saladin Citadel, as no religious significance Christian sites Church of St. Sergius resorted to by the Holy Family during the resort to Egypt Hanging Church and Monastery of St. Catherine's Monastery Saint Anthony the founder of monasticism and the monastery of Saint Paul in the Red Sea as well as the Monastery of Our Lady of Muharraq Monastery Dronka in Assiut and many monasteries and archaeological churches innumerable There is also a religious significance Jewish in Egypt, such as Mount Moses in the Sinai Synagogue Ben Ezra in ancient Egypt in Cairo sites where there is next to a deep well of Jews believed "that the mother of the prophet Moses was in store for him for fear of Pharaoh" and synagogue Hmaam motto "Heaven's Gate" in central Cairo synagogue Yahoo Hanaba Street Prophet Daniel and Menasha synagogue in Alexandria

Islamic religious shrines

In Egypt a lot of mosques and historic mosques and important ones Hakim Mosque as well as mosques, Al al-Bayt, including the Al-Hussein Mosque (p) and Zainab (AS) as there are other historic mosques, including al-Rifai mosque in which the burial of the royal family members, and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, one of the The most important points in the tourist programs organized by companies

Christian religious shrines

There are plenty of places of Christian history in Egypt, including outstanding and monasteries for all Christian denominations, such as the Monastery of St. Catherine in southern Sinai Church. Near him, there is Jebel Musa, who is organizing trips to rise at night until they are monitoring the sunrise over the mountain