Tours to Egypt so many years are very popular among tourists from all over the world. In addition to opportunities for a beach holiday, and many excellent hotels, Egypt has a rich historical heritage.
Holidays in Egypt - it's also a great opportunity to go diving. An
astonishing wealth of underwater flora and fauna, clear water and
plenty of coral reefs have turned Egypt into a real mecca for divers. However,
the list of available diving tourists entertainment is not limited to -
you can also windsurfing, ride a camel or participate in a safari.
Geographical position: Egypt
- the largest state in the Arab East, one of the centers of cultural
and political life, as a "tourist Mecca" of the world. It
has a unique geographical position, located at the junction of three
continents - Africa, Europe and Asia, and the two major world
civilizations - the Christian and Islamic. The country is situated on the north-east Africa and in Asia (Sinai Peninsula). It shares borders with Israel, Sudan and Libya. Washed by the waters of the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Climate Climatic features of the country are determined by the influence of the desert. Climate - warm and dry, characterized by the absence of significant seasonal changes. Summer temperatures often reach +40 ° C, in December - March is reduced to +15 ° C. On the Red Sea coast the average temperature in June-August - 35-38 ° C, and from November to March ranged from 23 to 27 ° C. The temperature at night is usually ten degrees lower than during the day. The water temperature of the Red Sea near Hurghada in October - 26 ° C, November - 24 ° C, 20-21 ° C. December In the Red Sea you can swim all year round. Hot summer months are transferred to sea resorts is easy from a pleasant sea breeze and low humidity. Rainfall for Egypt is a rarity in most of the falls less than 100mm of rain per year. The
peculiarity of the local climate is blowing from the Sahara in April -
May for 50 days khamsin - dry hot wind that carries a huge cloud of
dust, the tiniest sand. The dust gets everywhere, covering a solid red-brown patina vegetation, facades of houses, streets, cities and towns.
Things to do: Egypt - the cradle of human civilization. The
world is primarily known for its magnificent monuments of ancient
Egyptian civilization, many of which over five thousand years. Most
of them are represented in museums and architectural ensembles of the
oldest settlements and cities that have a unique look from millions of
Cairo and Alexandria in the north to relatively small, with a population
of several tens or hundreds of thousands, Luxor and Aswan in the south.
Many
cities are open-air museums: ancient architectural ensembles, ancient
elegant mosque, built in different eras, side by side with buildings of
museums and sculptures, often dating back thousands of years.
Rare country has the same number of world famous historical monuments such as Egypt. One
of the gems of ancient Egypt - Luxor temple, dedicated to the sun god
Amon and his wife Mut and their son - the moon god Khonsu. At the northern pylon of the temple - a 22-meter figure of a seated pharaohs and - in full view. Inside the palace of Ramesses II between two-row colonnade - a statue of Ramses II in black and red granite. Luxor
temple is connected to the Karnak (the largest of all Egyptian temples)
alley, at one time numbered 1.5 thousand sphinxes. In
the church - 134 columns with capitals in the form of a full-blown and
unblown lotus flowers, an obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut from a single
piece of pink granite, 30 meters in height among the other attractions
of the country - funerary temples of the "city of the dead" in the
Valley of the Kings on the left bank of the Nile near Luxor (about 40 tombs,
including Tutankhamun), Byzantine and Coptic monuments of architecture
in Alexandria, fayyumsky Labyrinth (about three thousand rooms), the
Colossi of Abu Simbel. But
the most famous monuments - the Pyramids of Giza (over five thousand
years), the largest of which - the Pyramid of Cheops (2690 BC. E.) - The
most powerful pharaoh tomb IV dynasty. Composed of 2.3 million stone blocks, height - 137 meters (originally - 146 m). Pyramids and Faroese lighthouse (destroyed in the earthquake) are the seven wonders of the world. In the capital, is the world's largest center for the study of artistic culture of ancient Egypt - Cairo Archaeological Museum. His
collection includes a variety of articles made of gold, alabaster,
onyx, semiprecious stones, and other ornamental materials removed from
the tomb of Tutankhamen, Nefertiti's head sculpture, statues of pharaohs
Jeseru, Menkaure, the goddess Hathor, alabaster statue of the pharaoh
Khafre, and many other masterpieces of ancient art. In a separate exposition is completely isolated surviving mummies, which are more than three thousand years.
Kitchen For a typical Egyptian cuisine dishes with spicy flavors and dishes prepared with the addition of various spices and sauces. A large number of dishes prepared without meat or fish, so they fit vegetarian food lovers. Many hotels offer a menu of ethnic cuisine, or have national cafes or restaurants. There is also a large variety of fish dishes, thanks to the proximity of the Red Sea. The most common dish in restaurants - fish platter.
