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1. The Pyramids Of Giza
1. The Pyramids Of Giza
Giza is an Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile, near Cairo. The Giza Plateau is home to iconic Egyptian monuments, including 3 tall pyramids built as royal mausoleums around the 26th century B.C. The largest, the Great Pyramid, is King Khufu’s tomb. The Great Sphinx is a vast sculpture of a man’s head on a lion’s body. The Solar Boat Museum displays a restored cedar barge found buried near the Great Pyramid.
2. Luxor
2. Luxor
Luxor is a city on the east bank of the Nile River in southern Egypt. It's on the site of ancient Thebes, the pharaohs’ capital at the height of their power, during the 16th–11th centuries B.C. Today's city surrounds 2 huge, surviving ancient monuments: graceful Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple, a mile north. The royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are on the river’s west bank.
3. Cairo
3. Cairo
Cairo, Egypt’s sprawling capital, is set on the Nile River. At its heart is Tahrir Square and the vast Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities including royal mummies and gilded King Tutankhamun artifacts. Nearby, Giza is the site of the iconic pyramids and Great Sphinx, dating to the 26th century BC. In Gezira Island’s leafy Zamalek district, 187m Cairo Tower affords panoramic city views.
4. Aswan
4. Aswan
Aswan, a city on the Nile River, has been southern Egypt’s strategic and commercial gateway since antiquity. It contains significant archaeological sites like the Philae temple complex, on Agilkia Island near the landmark Aswan Dam. Philae’s ruins include the columned Temple of Isis, dating to the 4th century B.C. Downriver, Elephantine Island holds the Temple of Khnum, from the Third Dynasty.
5. Abu Simbel
5. Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel is a village in the Egyptian part of Nubia, about 240 kilometers southwest of Aswan and near the border with Sudan. It is best known as the site of the Abu Simbel temples, which were built by King Ramses II.
6. White desert
6. White desert
Unique white-colored rock formations are to be found here in the White Desert, the Bedouin-inhabited national park north of Farafra. With large white boulders and iceberg-like pinnacles, the terrain resemble something out of a science fiction movie.
7. Siwa Oasis
7. Siwa Oasis
The Siwa Oasis is an urban oasis between the Qattara Depression and the Great Sand Sea in the Western Desert. It is way out west an only 50 km east of the Libyan border, and 560 km from Cairo. At the center of the town are the ruins of a mud-brick citdadel. In the desert around there are fresh water spings and numerous date palm plantations.
8. Alexandria
8. Alexandria
Alexandria is a Mediterranean port city. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to a lighthouse ranking among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as well as a storied library. Today the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The city also has Greco-Roman landmarks, old-world cafes and sandy beaches. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum.
9. Saint Catherine's Monastery
9. Saint Catherine's Monastery
One of the oldest monasteries in the world, and where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments. Saint Catherine's Monastery, officially "Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai", is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai, near the town of Saint Catherine, Egypt. The monastery is named after Catherine of Alexandria.
10. Osiris Temple at Abidos
10. Osiris Temple at Abidos
A temple for the the Egyptian god of the underworld Osiris, sits at Abydos which was once Ancient Egypt's most important burial center. The temple has sculpted columns and colourful Pharaonic art across the walls and ceilings. A highlight of any trip along the Nile.
11. SS Thistlegorm
11. SS Thistlegorm
SS Thistlegorm was a British armed Merchant Navy ship sunk on 6 October 1941 near Ras Muhammad in the Red Sea. Now considered to be one of the top five wreck dives in the world due to the vast cargo of cars, motorbikes, and WWII memorabilia that can be seen both inside the ship and scattered around on the sea bed.
12. Saqqara
12. Saqqara
Saqqara, also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English, is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. Highlights include a Step Pyramid, Bent Pyramid, and Red Pyramid, showing how the Egyptian architecture advanced to finally creating the true pyramid.
13. Dahab
13. Dahab
Dahab is a small town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula, approximately 80 km northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh. Formerly a Bedouin fishing village, Dahab is now considered to be one of Sinai's most treasured diving destinations.
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