2 Weeks in Egypt

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With views of the Citadel and the Nile, this Four Seasons

Hotel gets peak ratings. It's certainly a luxurious place

to stay. You can have soft sun overlooking thefeluccas

sailing down the Nile, or take pleasure in a glass ofwine by any of the three pools and chill off from a

sandy day of sightseeing. Rooms are large, modern and

well appointed. Staff is very attentive and welcoming

which is especially nice if you're traveling with family.

Shopping is close by at upscale malls and of course thesouks. There are no less than 8 restaurants in the hotel,

so no need to navigate the raucous streets of Cairo

looking for a appropriate dining spot.


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The Cairo Marriott is a large, 20 story hotel located inone of the nicest suburbs of Cairo, Zamalek. Thehotel is situated on the banks of the Nile and wasoriginally a palace, built in 1869. The hotel is

modern, light and bright with over a 1000 rooms; notexactly intimate. There are several restaurants tochoose from, but this is also a good neighborhood toexplore alternative dining options. It's a good choicefor business travelers as well as tourists withchildren. The hotel has a casino attached to it,shopping center, a large outdoor (and indoor) pooland well-maintained gardens. Breakfast is generousand included in the room rate.


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The Talisman is a boutique hotel with 24 charmingrooms. Each room is unique, tastefully furnished anddecorated with antiques. If you want to be in theheart of Cairo, a 20 minute walk to the Egyptian

Museum, Islamic Cairo and the bazaars, this is a greatoption. Breakfast is included as is free internetservice. The hotel has a tour company that offerstours at reasonable prices, but they won't push you touse them. The hotel is on the 4th floor of a traditionalbuilding on a small street (so quieter), lined withlocal shops. Perfect if you want to enjoy Egypt ratherthan escape it by staying at a resort. Rooms have TV,mini fridge and large bathrooms.


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Le Meridien is the largest hotel located in Giza,close to the Pyramids. It's really a luxury resort,with swimming pools, tennis courts, sauna,themed restaurants, a shopping arcade and

more. You don't have to leave the property exceptto take a tour or taxi to see Cairo's many sights.It's perfect for families with children and touristswho want to get away from the hustle and bustleof everyday Cairo. The Pyramids can be seen

from anywhere on the property including theswim-up bar. Service is excellent, the restaurantsget good reviews as well. Book a room with aview of the Pyramids.


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Hotel Longchamps is a favorite mid-range hotel withthose who know Cairo well and return often. Thehotel is in Zamalek, a nice upper-class, leafy suburb

situated on an island in the Nile River. It's close tocentral Cairo and just a few blocks away from theriver banks. There are 30 rooms, all have AC, TV, asitting area and internet access. Breakfast is includedand internet service is free. The hotel has a modernfeel to it, with nice antiques scattered throughout.There's a small restaurant that serves breakfast(included), lunch and dinner; you can enjoy drinks inthe garden terrace.


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The Windsor is a lovely mid-range hotel in centralCairo filled with period charm. The hotel wasoriginally built in 1899 as the Royal Baths and later

used as a British Officers Club during the secondworld war. The bar is still fully functional (withoriginal decor) and a great place to have a cool beerat the end of a hot day. The hotel is within walkingdistance to all the major sights in Central Cairo likethe Egyptian Museum, Citadel, Railway Station andbazaars, as well as the metro line (a safe and quickway to get around). There are 55 rooms in the hotelwith period furnishings and high ceilings. Staff areattentive and honest.


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The Isis hotel is a nice, clean, budget hotel in central Cairo close to MedanTalaat Harb. Its location on the 15th floor gets you away from the heat andnoise of the city. It also allows for some nice Nile views. It's very close to theEgyptian Museum, handy since you want to visit at least a couple of times tosee everything. You certainly get value for money, rooms are large and mostcome with private bathroom and TV. The hotel offers some good value toursbut you are not obliged to take them. Staff is very friendly and helpful.Rates: Start at $20 for a shared bathroom, $30 for private bathroom pernight.


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After Having a relaxing nights sleep and

wake up on the aroma of an Egyptian

styled breakfast, you head to the

Pyramids.


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Visit the Giza Pyramids And see the amazing , ancient

architecture hire a camel and let the kids experience

how it was four thousand years ago.Learn about how

and why it was built from your experienced tour guide.

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The three main Pyramids of Giza are thefocus point of the Giza necropolis, or

cemetery, that served the elite of the OldKingdom capital of Egypt at nearbyMemphis during the mid to late 4th Dynasty.Three pharaohs were buried here in turn -

Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure - theirastounding burials attracted a number ofsurrounding associated burials of theirqueens, family members and nobility.

From: 8:00 am

To: 12:00 pm Then head to the Giza zoo.


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Giza Zoo Gate in 1911.

Khedive Ismail (1863-1879), the ruler of Egypt, was the first to thinkof

opening the Zoo on the occasion of the inauguration of the SuezCanalin

1869 but he couldn

ot do so for the lack

of en

ough time. O

nMarch 1,1891, the Zoo atGiza was opened for the public.

It was first established to be a botanical garden, with variousimported

rare species of the most beautiful plants and cactus all over the world.

Its area is about 80 acres. Itis locatednear the west bankof the Nile. Its

northern tip overlooks Cairo University. It has five gates at eachdirection.The Zoo is under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture

in Egypt.

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There are over 6,000 animals in the zoo

excite your family with the amazingspecies. Its a fun place to go for Young

teenagers as they are adventurous.

From :12:50To : 2:00

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While the Kids are sleeping peacefully

Enjoy the Blues night club


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The Egyptian museum

Visiting the Museum is a Must

Cairo has a number of wonderful things to offer to visitors. It is located on thebeautiful Nile, and it is close to some of the most famous sites in all of Egypt theGreat Pyramids of Egypt and the Sphinx. Everyone who comes to the beautiful city

will find a number of wonderful things that will keep him or her busy.

The Egyptian government established the museum, located in Cairo, in 1835. Theybegan the museum as an effort to stop all of the plundering and looting that wasgoing on at all of the different archaeological sites in the area. The museum wouldprotect the priceless artifacts that trace Egypt's past.

The Egyptian Museum has a number of wonderful items in their collection. When

you visit Cairo, you must stop by the museum and take a look at everything it has tooffer.

Funerary Works

The Egyptians have a very unique belief in the afterlife, and this collection containsmany traces of that. One can see sarcophagi, funeral art, and many other items andartifacts.


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Nile Cruise Highlights Eight-day River Nile cruise from Aswan Scheduled group tours include Valley of the Kings, Karnak

and Luxor Temples, Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo and Philae

Temple in Aswan Upgrade for your own private guide and enjoy privileged,

personalized attention! Optional tours available, including Abu Simbel, hot-air

balloon flight over Luxor and Aswan sound and light show Evening entertainment including Nubian music and dancers,

a Galabayeh night and belly dancing All meals included, featuring a mix of Egyptian and Western

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Location of the valley in the Theban Hills, West of theNile, October 1988 (red arrow shows location)

TheValley of the Kings less often called the Valley of

theG

ates of the Kin

gs(is a valley in Egypt where, for aperiod of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th centuryBC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs andpowerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth tothe Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt).The valleystands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes

(modern Luxor), within the heart of the ThebanNecropolis.The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley(where the majority of the royal tombs are situated) andWest Valley.


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Located in the town of Kom-Ombo, about 28 miles north of Aswan, the

Temple, dating to the Ptolemies, is built on a high dune overlooking the

Nile. The actual temple was started by Ptolemy VI Philometor in the early

second century BC. Ptolemy XIII built the outer and inner hypostyle halls.

The outer enclosure wall and part of the court were built by Augustus

sometime after 30 BC, and are mostly gone. There are also tombs from theOld Kingdom in the vicinity of Kom-Ombo village.

The Temple known as Kom Ombo is actually two temples consisting of a

Temple to Sobek and a Temple of Haroeris. In ancient times, sacred

crocodiles basked in the sun on the river bank near here. The Temple has

scant remains, due first to the changing Nile, then the Copts who onceused it as a church, and finally by builders who used the stones for new

buildings.


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Everything is duplicated along the main axis.There are two entrances, two courts, twocolonades, two hypostyle halls and twosanctuaries. There were probably even two sets

of priests. The left, or northern side is dedicatedto Haroeris (sometimes called Harer, Horus theElder) who was the falcon headed sky god andthe right to Sobek (the crocodile headed god).The two gods are accompanied by their families.

They include Haroeris' wife named Tesentnefert,meaning the good sister and his son, Panebtawy.Sobeck likewise is accompanied by his consort,Hathor and son, Khonsu.


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Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on AgilikaIsland about 550 meters from its original home on PhilaeIsland) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicatedto the goddess Isis, is in a beautiful setting which has beenlandscaped to match its original site. It's various shrines and

sanctuaries, which include The Vestibule of Nectanebos Iwhich is used as the entrance to the island, the Temple of theEmperor Hadrian, a Temple of Hathor, Trajan's Kiosk(Pharaohs Bed), a birth house and two pylons celebrate allthe deities involved in the Isis and Osiris myth. The Victorian

world fell in love with the romance of the Temple. But at

night you can also visit the Sound and Light Show, a magicalexperience as floodlit buildings are silhouetted against thevolcanic rocks and water surrounding them. So today, Philaeis more fun then every before.


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Dedicated to Horus, the falcon headed god, it was built during thereigns of six Ptolemies. We have a great deal of information aboutits construction from reliefs on outer areas. It was begun in 237 BCby Ptolemy III Euergetes I and was finished in 57 BC. Most of thework continued throughout this period with a brief interlude of 20

years while there was unrest during the period of Ptolemy IV andPtolemy V Epiphanes.

This is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, butthe second largest after Karnak. It was believed that the templewas built on the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth.Hence, the current temple was but the last in a long series of

temples build on this location. It is said that the original structurehousing a statue of Horus was a grass hut built in prehistoric times.At any rate, there is an earlier and smaller pylon of Ramesses IIwhich sits in a 90 degree angle to the current building.


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Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt,with a population of 4.1 million, extending about32 km (20 mi) along the coast of theMediterranean Sea in the north central part of

the country; it is also the largest city lyingdirectly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt'slargest seaport, serving approximately 80% ofEgypt's imports and exports. Alexandria is alsoan important tourist resort. It is home to the

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the new Library ofAlexandria). It is an important industrial centrebecause of its natural gas and oil pipelines fromSuez.


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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandrian Library) inAlexandria is a wonderful reincarnation of the famed ancientlibrary of Alexandria. The original library held the largestcollection of manuscripts in the world and was a greatcenter of learning for 600 years until it burned down in the

3rd century. The dramatic new library, resembling an angleddiscus or a great sundial, was designed by a Norwegianarchitect and cost about $200 million.

The Library of Alexandria is ofreligious significancebecause of its original role as a temple, its historicalassociation with such Christian theologians as Origen of

Alexandria, and its collection of many religious manuscripts(including rare copies of the Qur'an). This article coversboth the ancient and modern Alexandrian libraries together,as they share a common heritage and objectives


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El MontazaWas the palace of Farouk pasha the king of Egypt before the 1911

revolution. The palace is surrounded my amazing greenery and a

luxurious beach.


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There are also other amazing places in

Egypt such as El Gouna, Sharm el sheikh

and Mohammed Ali mosque but that willtake a life time to see all of those amazing

places in Egypt.

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