Sharm el-Sheikh

 

Sharm el-Sheikh, one of the most accessible and developed tourist resort communities on the Sinai peninsula. All around are Bedouins, colorful tents, mountains and sea. There are small, intimate hotels with modern designs, as well as larger hotel complexes belonging to International chains, plus about all the amenities one could expect of a tourist center, including casinos, discos and nightclubs, golf courses and health facilities. In fact, with diving and snorkeling, windsurfing and other water sports, horses and camel riding, desert safaris, and great nearby antiquities attractions, it is almost impossible for a visitor to ever suffer from boredom.

The Egyptian Museum

Housed in a building built in 1900 by French architect Marcel Dourgnon, the Egyptian Museum was originally founded in 1835 by the Egyptian government, and presents, through a fine collection of 120,000 objects, a unique panorama of Egyptian history from Prehistory until the Greco-Roman development of Egyptian civilization.

Al-Hussein Mosque

Located near the famous Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo and - as was discovered during the work in the foundations of the mosque in the 1900s - the remains of the Fatimid Caliphs cemetery in Cairo, Mosque Al Hussein is considered one of the holiest mosques in Egypt.
It is in this sanctuary that the Egyptian president and other dignitaries used to pray on special occasions.

Khan El Khalili

 It is the place to buy typically oriental souvenirs and handmade crafts. Atmospheres of this traditional market with the labyrinth layout of the streets gives visitors o lot of pleasure and impression what medieval markets once were like.

Mark’s Coptic Cathedral

Visit St. Mark’s Coptic Cathedral the oldest church in Africa and the seat of his Holiness the Pope of Alexandria , Patriarch of all Africa and the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Take notice of the beautiful icons and mosaics that fill the silence of the Cathedral with a surreal beauty. Make sure to dress conservatively and respect the sanctity of the location.

Hurghada

Saint Anthony Monastery:
Born in the Upper Egypt town of Coma near Heracleopolis in the year 251 A.D, St. Anthony the Great, when orphaned at the age of 18, became a hermit and thus lived to 105 years old. He lived as an Anchorite, as still exists in Egypt, and it is said that he was tormented his entire life by flatteries and temptations of the devil. He, along with St. Pachomius, were two of the first exponents of Christian monasticism, which originated in the Egyptian desert. He is buried beneath one of the ancient Churches (St. Anthony) of the monastery. A book written by Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria, thousands across Europe to follow in the hermit's footsteps.