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HIGH DAM ( SADD EL-AALI )
Lac Nasser
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The «high dam» is located a few kilometres upstream from the river. Its ...Read more
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SANNOUR CAVES NATIONAL PARK
Parc National Des Grottes De Sannour
Natural site to discover
10 km southeast of Beni Soueif, this protected area houses fifty-four ...Read more
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OTTOMAN FORTRESS
El Quseir
Monuments to visit
Located in the city centre on top of a hill, the fortress is the most ...Read more
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ENTIRE INAL SULTAN
Cairo
Religious buildings
Next to the complex of Qurqumas, is built the complex of Sultan Inal, much ...Read more
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SET OF QURQUMAS EMIR KEBIR
Cairo
Religious buildings
This is probably the most beautiful Mamluk ensemble to be found outside the ...Read more
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Deir al-Surian (MONASTERY OF THE SYRIANS)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
It is without doubt the prettiest of the four monasteries, although it is ...Read more
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KAGEMNI MASTABA
Saqqarah
Necropolis and Catacomb to visit
-2330. Kagemni was Pharaoh Teti's minister. His large mastaba was ...Read more
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MAISON FERDINAND DE LESSEPS
Ismaïlia
Places associated with famous people to visit
Located at the corner of Ahmed Orabi and Salah Salem streets, you will only ...Read more
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MAGIC SPRING
Bahareyya
Natural site to discover
Natural source surrounded by a mysterious legend. It is said to be drying ...Read more
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MADRASAH AND MOSQUE OF SULTAN QATBAY
Cairo
Religious buildings
To get to the madrasa and the mosque of Sultan Qatbay, you first pass a ...Read more
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SULTAN ACHRAF BARSBAY'S KHANQA
Cairo
Mosque to visit
As a reminder, a khanqah was a place that originally housed religious ...Read more
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KHAEMHAT TOMB
Tombes Des Nobles
Archaeological site
Khaemhat was royal scribe and inspector of the royal granaries during the ...Read more
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EL GOUNA INFO CENTER
El Gouna
Tourist office
Everything you need and can know about El Gouna: all activities, animations ...Read more
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DJEBEL MAWTA
Siwa
Street square and neighborhood to visit
Literally "the hill of the dead". A small hill, at the entrance of the ...Read more
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TOMB OF AMENOPHIS II
Vallée Des Rois
Archaeological site
The grave is 91 m long. It was dug for the son of Thutmes III. One descends ...Read more
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ABU SHURUF
Siwa
Natural site to discover
A cleaner source than others and located 32 km.Read more
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DJEBEL DAKROUR
Siwa
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The highest point of the oasis, where you have to climb to discover Siwa ...Read more
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DJEBEL ABBAS (2,344 M)
Sainte-Catherine
Ancient monuments
The mountains around the village of Sainte-Catherine are extraordinary. ...Read more
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BLACK DESERT
Bahareyya
Natural site to discover
All around the oasis, made of basalt.Read more
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DEIR BARAMOS (MONASTERY OF THE ROMANS)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
This Orthodox Coptic monastery is located in the desert of Nitria. The ...Read more
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DEIR ANBA BICHOÏ
Wadi Natroun
Abbey monastery and convent
Deir Anba Bishoi is an important Coptic Orthodox monastery. It is also ...Read more
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DEIR ABU MAKAR (HOLY MONASTERY)
Wadi Natroun
Religious buildings
The most remarkable monastery in Wadi Natroun is home to 120 monks. Founded ...Read more
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ANCIENT CITIES
Tuna El-Gebel
Ancient monuments
Only a few ruins remain of the ancient city, located in Kom el-Ashmuneïm, ...Read more
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CHAPELS OF AINEL-MUFTELLAH
Bahareyya
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
3 km west of the oasis, four interesting chapels of the XXVIth dynasty, ...Read more
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ILLIGAY EL-YUSUFIS MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This Mamluk mosque, built in the 14th century, is a small replica of the ...Read more
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MAHMOUD PASHA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
Mosque built in 1567 by Mahmoud Pacha, the bloodthirsty governor of Cairo, ...Read more
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BAB EL-AZAB
Cairo
Works of art to see
Bab al-Azab protected the original entrance to the Citadel, and was rebuilt ...Read more
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WALLS OF SALAH EL-DIN
Cairo
Archaeological site
Having become a vizier, Salah el-Din continued the Fatimid fortifications, ...Read more
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EL MUSTAHFIZAN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
It is probably also in two other names that this mosque, restored in 1652 ...Read more
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BEIT EL-RAZZAZ
Cairo
Palaces to visit
The palace, built in the 15th century and transformed in the 18th century ...Read more
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AMIR AL-TINBOGHA AL-MARIDANI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The Al Tinbogha el-Maridani mosque, built in 1324, is much more interesting ...Read more
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SHEIKH MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The mosque was built between 1349 and 1355 by Prince Sheikhou, who obtained ...Read more
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KHANQAH SHEIKHOU
Cairo
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Six years after building his mosque, Prince Sheikhou decided to erect a ...Read more
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BEIT EL-SENNARI
Cairo
Places associated with famous people to visit
This house, built in 1794 by Prince Ibrahim Katkhuda el-Sennari and ...Read more
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SAYEDA ZEINAB MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The city of Cairo is under the votive protection of Sayeda Zeinab, ...Read more
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SABIL MANASTERLY
Cairo
Works of art to see
Built in 1851 by Mohammed Fouad Pasha el-Manasterly, at the same time that ...Read more
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SALAH SANGAR MOSQUE AND MAUSOLEUM
Cairo
Religious buildings
The complex was built in 1304 by Prince el-Din Sangar el-Gaouli and his ...Read more
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SERGHAMISH MADRASSA MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This splendid but tiny madrassa was built in 1356 by Prince Seif el-Din ...Read more
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MEDRESSA IBN TAGHRI
Cairo
Mosque to visit
Mamluk of Sultan Farag ibn Barquq and secretary of Gaqmaq, it was Prince ...Read more
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SABIL KUTTAB OUM ABBAS
Cairo
Works of art to see
It was the mother of Khedive Ismaïl, Princess Bambah Qadim, who had this ...Read more
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AL-AZHAR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
It is the oldest of the Fatimid mosques in the city, built in 971 by ...Read more
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EL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This mosque is one of the later ones. It was built by the Khedive Ismail in ...Read more
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BAB EL-BADISTAN
Cairo
Works of art to see
In the middle of Khan el-Khalili, the el-Badistan gate, attributed to ...Read more
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AMR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
In the eyes of Islam, the Amr mosque is invested with high symbolic value. ...Read more
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ZEINAB KHATOUM HOUSE
Cairo
Mansion to visit
Going up towards the el-Azhar mosque, one reaches a small square containing ...Read more
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KHAYAMEYA COVERED SOUK
Cairo
Crafts to discover
This covered souk, the only known architectural example in Cairo, was built ...Read more
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SABIL KUTTAB ABDEL-RAHMAN KATKHUDA
Cairo
Works of art to see
Built in the 18th century, this Ottoman-Turkish-inspired sabil (water ...Read more
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OTTOMAN GATE HARET EL-MOUBAYYADIN
Cairo
Ancient monuments
One of the few remaining Ottoman gates in historic Cairo. They corresponded ...Read more
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EL-AQMAR MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
This superb Fatimid-period mosque was completed in 1125, where a Coptic ...Read more