Holidays in Egypt

Holidays in Egypt

Why not go on vacation to the the super tourist destination of Egypt. It can be a super place to have a vacation. You may want to enjoy the famous tourist sites. You may want to get to see the River Nile. You may want to see the culture both historic and modern of the nation. You may want to buy, rent, sell, hire, loan, buy a cottage, a cabin, a house, an apartment, hotel room, a home in the nation.

As a result of due to the aridity of Egypt's climate, population centres are concentrated along the narrow Nile Valley and Delta, meaning that approximately 99 per cent of the population uses only about 5.5 per cent of the total land area.

The greatest tourist attractions in Egypt are the antiquities for which Egypt is known worldwide. Principal attractions include the pyramids and Great Sphinx at Giza, the Abu Simbel temples south of Aswan, the Valley of the Kings, and the Muhammad Ali Mosque in Cairo.

Egypt is bordered by Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east. Egypt's important role in geopolitics stems from its strategic position: a transcontinental nation, it possesses a land bridge (the Isthmus of Suez) between Africa and Asia, which in turn is traversed by a navigable waterway (the Suez Canal) that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea.

Apart from the Nile Valley, the majority of Egypt's landscape is a sandy desert. The winds blowing can create sand dunes more than 100 feet high. Egypt includes parts of the Sahara Desert and of the Libyan Desert. These deserts were referred to as the "red land" in ancient Egypt, and they protected the Kingdom of the Pharaohs from western threats.

Towns and cities include Alexandria, one of the greatest ancient cities, Aswan, Asyut, Cairo, the modern Egyptian capital, El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Giza, the site of the Pyramid of Khufu, Hurghada, Luxor, Kom Ombo, Port Safaga, Port Said, Sharm el Sheikh, Suez, where the Suez Canal is located, Zagazig, and Al-Minya. Oases include Bahariya, el Dakhla, Farafra, el Kharga and Siwa. Protectorates include Ras Mohamed National Park, Zaranik Protectorate and Siwa. See Egyptian Protectorates for more information.

Egyptian music is a rich mixture of indigenous, Mediterranean, African and Western elements. In antiquity, Egyptians were playing harps and flutes, including two indigenous instruments: the ney and the oud. Percussion and vocal music also became an important part of the local music tradition ever since. Contemporary Egyptian music traces its beginnings to the creative work of people such as Abdu-l Hamuli, Almaz and Mahmud Osman, who influenced the later work of Egyptian music giants such as Sayed Darwish, Umm Kulthum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim Hafez. These prominent artists were followed later by Amr Diab. He is seen by many as the new age "Musical Legend", whose fan base stretches all over the Middle East and Europe. From the 1970s onwards, Egyptian pop music has become increasingly important in Egyptian culture, while Egyptian folk music continues to be played during weddings and other festivities.

Cities, towns and villages in Egypt

Abnub, Abu Qir, Abu Qirqas, Abutig, Aidab, Akhmim, Akoris, Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya, Al-Askar, Al-Qatta'i, Al-Qusair, El Alamein, Alexandria, Amarna, Antinopolis, Arish, Aswan, Asyut, Atfih, Athribis (Upper Egypt), Bahariya Oasis, El-Balyana, Banha, Bani Ammar, Basyoun, Bawiti, Beit Khallaf, Belqas, Beni Hasan, Beni Khaled, Beni Mazar, Beni Mur, Beni Suef, Bilbeis, Bolkly, Borg El Arab, Cairo, Dahab, Dairut, Dakhla Oasis, Damanhur, Damietta, Deir Mawas, Deir el-Bersha, Deir el-Gabrawi, Dendera, Disuq, Durunka, Edfu, El Araba El Madfuna, El Hiba, El Mansoura, El Maris (suburb), El Senbellawein, El-Mahalla El Kubra, El-Mo'alla, El-Salamuni, El-Sheikh Zayed City, El-Tor, Esna, Faiyum, Faqous, Farafra, El Fateh, Fukah, Fustat, El Ghanayem, Girga, Giza, Hala'ib, Hamrah Dawm, Hebenu, Helwan, Hermonthis, Hurghada, Idku, El-Idwa, Imbaba, Ismaïlia, Kafr Saqr, Kafr el-Dawwar, Kafr el-Sheikh, Karnak, Kassassin, Kom Isfaht, Kom Ombo, Kurna, Lisht, Luxor, Lycopolis (Delta), Madinaty, Maghagha, Mallawi, Manfalut, El-Maragha, Marina, Marsa Matruh, Massarah, Matai, Meir, Mendes, Metoubes, Minya, Mit Abu al-Kum, al-Minufiyah,, Mit Ghamr, Musha, Nabira, Nag Hammadi , Naqada, Naucratis, Noubarya Nuweiba, Pelusium, Port Fouad, Port Safaga, Port Said, Ptolemais Hermiou, Qaha, Qalyub, Qena, Qift, Qus, Rafah, Ras El Bar, Ras Sudar, Rosetta, Sahel Selim, Sais, Sallum, Samalut, Sedfa, Shalateen , Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharuna, El-Sheikh Sa'id, Sheremsah , Shibin el-Qanater, Shubra El-Kheima, Sidi Abdel Rahman, Sidi Barrani, Siwa Oasis, Sohag, Speos Artemidos, Suez, Taba, Tabenna, Tahpanhes, Tahta, Tall al Kabir, Tanda, Tanis, Tanta, Tennis, Thmuis, Tima, Tjebu Tuna el-Gebel, Wadi El Natrun, Zagazig, Zawyet el'Aryan, Zawyet el-Maiyitin, Abd el-Gilîl

Resorts which have or do exist / existed in Egypt

Ain Sukhna, Dahab, El-Gouna, Hurghada, Marina, Marsa Alam, Nuweiba, Sahl Hashish, Sharm el-Sheikh, Soma Bay, Taba

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