http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com egyptholidaysdirectory.com - Guide Attractions http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/content_files/img_logo_rss.gif http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mausoleum-of-the-agha-khan.html The Mausoleum of Aga Khan in Aswan is a small, white, domed building high up on the sandy slopes opposite the Old Cataract Hotel. It holds the body of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mausoleum-of-the-agha-khan.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_558.jpg 100 57 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/medinat-habu.html Madinet Habu, this magnificent complex, dominated by the temple of Ramses III, is the best preserved monument on the West Bank of Luxor. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/medinat-habu.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_509.jpg 100 39 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/beit-as-suhaymi.html The most elegant remaining residence in Islamic Cairo, Beit as Suhaymi is really two houses one built in 1648 and the other built in 1796, joined to create a structure of almost palatial proportions. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/beit-as-suhaymi.html

19 Darb Al Asfar,

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1399.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/colossi-of-memnon.html Colossi of Memnon Soaring 18 m (60 feet) into the sky, the two enthroned statues of Amenhotep III are the first monuments most visitors see on arriving in the West Bank. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/colossi-of-memnon.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1825.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/the-great-pyramid.html The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the oldest and largest structure at the Giza necropolis, which is located on the outskirts of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/the-great-pyramid.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_310.jpg 100 75 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/khan-el-khalili.html Khan El Khalili Bazaar is the commercial heart of Islamic Cairo quarter.The original Khan area lies between Al Muizz li-Din Allah street and Midan Hussein but today it encompasses a wider area made up of several markets selling everything.... http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/khan-el-khalili.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1407.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/ras-mohamed.html Ras Mohamed is located at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula 20 km from Sharm El Sheikh (8 miles by sea). Today the Park is probably known as one of the top diving sites in the Red Sea thanks to an amazing array of coral and other marine life. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/ras-mohamed.html +2 069-366-0668/0559 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_457.jpg 100 61 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/straits-of-tiran-strait-of-tiran-ship-wrecks-striat-of-tiran-diving.html The Straits of Tiran geographically seperates the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Tiran is part of the Ras Mohamed National Park, and was leased to Egypt to support the presence of an observation post controlled by Multinational force & Observers .... http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/straits-of-tiran-strait-of-tiran-ship-wrecks-striat-of-tiran-diving.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_477.jpg 100 75 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/al-azhar-park-cairo-egypt.html Just east of Al Azhar mosque is located Al Azhar Park with its dazzling green and well watered lawns, grassy knolls, orchards, and flower beds. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/al-azhar-park-cairo-egypt.html 19135, 02-25107378, 02-25103868, 02-25065717

Salah Salem Rd.

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Pyramids Road

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_251.jpg 99 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/egyptian-museum-cairo-egypt.html Egyptian Museum is the richest display center of Egyptian antiquities in the world that houses about 16,000 artifacts of which less than half is displayed on the shelves and the rest kept in the stores. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/egyptian-museum-cairo-egypt.html +20225782448

Mariette Pasha Street, Midan Tahrir

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_615.jpg 62 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/luxor-mummification-museum.html Luxor Mummification Museum is dedicated to the cult of mummification, this one-room museum is small but well organized. You first follow a ramp around the edge of the room past line-art drawings that show the process of mummification and burial. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/luxor-mummification-museum.html +2 (095) 2381502 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1337.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/nubian-museum.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/nubian-museum.html

Cornish El Nil

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1823.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/dendara-temple-of-hathor.html Dendera is home of the Temple of the Goddess Hathor. The complex at Dendera marks the location of a very old holy place. An indication of the antiquity of the temple site is given by the astronomical alignment of the main temple to Gamma Draconis. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/dendara-temple-of-hathor.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_527.jpg 59 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/cairo-tower.html Cairo Tower the nation's tallest man-made structure is a source of continuity in Cairo's scattered skyline. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/cairo-tower.html

Next to El Ahly Sporting Club

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_776.jpg 62 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mosque-of-mohamed-ali.html Dominating the eastern Cairo skyline, the Mosque of Mohamed Ali is a relative newcomer, having been constructed as recently as the mid 19th century. It was erected on the orders of the reformist ruler Mohamed Ali. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mosque-of-mohamed-ali.html

Salah Salem Highway,

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1100.jpg 100 71 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/cavafy-museum.html The poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) was born to Greek parents but spent most of his life in Alexandria. This small museum is housed in the flat where he spent the last 25 years of his life. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/cavafy-museum.html +2 (03) 4825205-4821598

4 Sharm El Sheikh Street, off Sharia Nabi Danial

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Mar Gergis Street,

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_977.jpg 64 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/pompeys-pillar.html This is a granite pillar, over 25 meters high, and built amidst the ruins of the Serapium in 297 A.D., in honor of Emperor Diocletian. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/pompeys-pillar.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1451.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/alexandria-national-museum-alexandria-egypt-attractions.html Alexandria National Museum offers a glimpse of the city’s colorful past. The museum is set in an elegant white mansion on the corner of Tahrir Street. The building itself is 83 years old. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/alexandria-national-museum-alexandria-egypt-attractions.html

110, horreya str., (also known as Fouad str.,)

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_788.jpg 100 67 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/karnak-sound-and-light-show.html Three times every evening Karnak temple puts on a 90 minute, Hollywood-style sound-and-light show. The action starts at the avenue of ram-headed sphinxes, and then the audience follows as the narrative moves through the Great Court..... http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/karnak-sound-and-light-show.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1098.jpg 100 52 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/lake-nasser.html Lake Nasser is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1970 and its purpose was to protect Nile’s coasts from flooding. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/lake-nasser.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_525.jpg 100 66 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/abu-simbel-temple-egypt-sightseeing-and-attractions-egyptian-monuments.html is an archaeological site comprising two massive rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments". http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/abu-simbel-temple-egypt-sightseeing-and-attractions-egyptian-monuments.html

Abu Simbel

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_267.jpg 100 69 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/royal-jewelry-museum.html Installed at Fatma Al Zahraa Palace in Zizenia, this museum is a unique architectural masterpiece. Its rooms contain many rare paintings, ornaments and rare statues as well as a priceless jewel collection belonging to Mohamed Ali dynasty. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/royal-jewelry-museum.html

27 Ahmed Yehia St, Zizinya

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1745.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/citadel-of-salah-el-din.html Citadel of Salah El Din dominates Cairo's eastern skyline with its raised rocky platform on the edge of Cairo. Citadel was built by the famed Muslim general Saladin in 1176. The fortress served as Egypt's seat of power for the next 700 years. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/citadel-of-salah-el-din.html +2 02 25121735

Salah Salem Highway

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Abol-Hoal Square- Nazlet El-Semman

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_633.jpg 100 49 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mohamed-mahmoud-khalil-museum.html The palace of Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil and his wife was built in 1915. Its eastern side overlooks the Nile and features the French art style of Arnoveau, which manifests itself in the metal and glass work at the entrance of the palace. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mohamed-mahmoud-khalil-museum.html 0233362358

1 Kafour St. off Giza St.

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_398.jpg 100 75 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/step-pyramids-of-djoser.html The centerpiece of the Saqqara necropolis is the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the prototype for the Pyramids of Giza and all other Pyramids that followed http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/step-pyramids-of-djoser.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1833.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/el-rifai-mosque.html El-Rifai Mosque is Cairo is one of the last monumental mosques to be built in Cairo that was built in an edifice worthy of the legacy left by Salah El Din and Sultan Hassan. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/el-rifai-mosque.html

Salah El Din Square

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_837.jpg 94 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/pharaonic-village.html The Pharaonic Village in Cairo Decipts the life of ancient Egyptians by live actors and modules of houses and temples to ilustrate how the ancient Egyptian life was thousand of years ago http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/pharaonic-village.html +2 (02) 35718675

3, El Bahr El Azam Str.,

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1644.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/montazah-palace.html Montazah Palace was the summer residence of Egypt's former royal family. It was built on an elevation that overlooks one of the most attractive beaches of Alexandria. The palace comprises a number of buildings. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/montazah-palace.html

18 km east of Alexandria

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1435.jpg 100 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/ben-ezra-synagogue.html The Ben Ezra Synagogue was originally a church that was destroyed and the ruins given to Abraham ben Ezra, a 12th century rabbi of Jerusalem. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/ben-ezra-synagogue.html

Mar Girgis street

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_995.jpg 55 83 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/bibliotheca-alexandria.html The new Bibliotheca Alexandria is striking in its architecture and also contains a Planetarium and Science Museum. The main library is encased in a giant cylindrical building at the far northern end of the corniche. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/bibliotheca-alexandria.html +2 (03) 4839999 secretariat@bibalex.org

El Shatby, P.O. Box 138

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1067.jpg 100 44 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mosque-of-sultan-hassan.html Mosque of Sultan Hassan in Cairo mosque was built between 1356 and 1363 AD, during the time of Mameluke rule, with stones that historians believe were taken from one of the Great Pyramids of Giza. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/mosque-of-sultan-hassan.html

Maydan Salah al-Din, facing the Citadel

http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_645.jpg 100 68 http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/solar-boat-museum.html On the South side of the Great Pyramid sits the pod-shaped, Solar Boat Museum. This holds a full size ancient Egyptian boat discovered in pieces in 1954. http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/listing/solar-boat-museum.html http://www.egyptholidaysdirectory.com/custom/image_files/photo_1487.jpg 100 83