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To say the least, Egypt is rich with temples: soaring lotus-bud columns, enormous stone portals laced with delicate carvings, elaborate underground tombs, windswept desert monasteries, and richly decorated mosques. But as extraordinary as these sights are, they will probably not be the things that linger in your memory after you return home. It is the rhythm of life in Egypt–-from the Mediterranean feel of Alexandria to the electric pace of Cairo to the timelessness of desert villages–-that is unforgettable. In a world that seems to get smaller and more homogeneous by the day, Egypt, outside a few pockets, is still a place that exists for its residents, not its visitors. It is the real thing. As a visitor you will have to learn how to accommodate Egypt and not hope that Egypt, with 5,00...
Read MoreTo say the least, Egypt is rich with temples: soaring lotus-bud columns, enormous stone portals laced with delicate carvings, elaborate underground tombs, windswept desert monasteries, and richly decorated mosques. But as extraordinary as these sights are, they will probably not be the things that linger in your memory after you return home. It is the rhythm of life in Egypt–-from the Mediterranean feel of Alexandria to the electric pace of Cairo to the timelessness of desert villages–-that is unforgettable. In a world that seems to get smaller and more homogeneous by the day, Egypt, outside a few pockets, is still a place that exists for its residents, not its visitors. It is the real thing. As a visitor you will have to learn how to accommodate Egypt and not hope that Egypt, with 5,000 years of momentum behind it, will accommodate you.
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Cairo

The Nile Valley and Luxor

Alexandria

Aswan and Lake Nasser

Luxor

Sharm El-Sheikh

Aswan

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El Gouna

Hurghada

Dahab

Saqqara

Taba

The Fayyum

Interior Lake Nasser Monuments

The Monasteries of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul

The Wadi Natrun Monasteries

Nuweiba

Bur Sa'id (Port Said)

Al Minya

Ismailiya

Abu Simbel: the Temples of Ramses II and Nefertari

El-Quseir

St. Catherine's Monastery

The Aswan Dams

Bur Safaga (Port Safaga)

Abydos

Tel el Amarna

Kom Ombo

New Kalabsha

Philae: The Temple of Isis

Dahshur

Al-Ashmunayn (Hermopolis)

Jabal Moussa (Mount Sinai)

Esna

Edfu

Dendera

Abu Sir

Tuna al-Gebel

al-Kab

Daraw Camel Market

Ain Sukhna

Beni Hasan

Memphis

Marsa Alam

Cairo

Alexandria

Luxor

Sharm El-Sheikh

Aswan

El Gouna

Hurghada

Dahab

Saqqara

Taba

The Fayyum

Interior Lake Nasser Monuments

The Monasteries of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul

Nuweiba

The Wadi Natrun Monasteries

Bur Sa'id (Port Said)

Ismailiya

El-Quseir

The Aswan Dams

Abu Simbel: the Temples of Ramses II and Nefertari

Al Minya

Abydos

Bur Safaga (Port Safaga)

Dahshur

al-Kab

Tuna al-Gebel

Beni Hasan

Al-Ashmunayn (Hermopolis)

Edfu

Esna

Philae: The Temple of Isis

Abu Sir

New Kalabsha

Tel el Amarna

Jabal Moussa (Mount Sinai)

Ain Sukhna

Dendera

Memphis

Kom Ombo

Daraw Camel Market

Marsa Alam
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