Egypt, a lovely place not only to rest

If you don’t know where you could go on Holiday, I’ll give you some advice.

In the world there are a lot of wonderful places where we can spend an interesting time. But there are not a lot of places where we can have a rest, to get know some history and have a good time. That’s why I have chosen Egypt.



If you think that Egypt can offer you only antiquities, you are wrong. Because it gives you much more. Of course you can see a famous Pyramids, a wonderful temples, but you can see also a beautiful nature with a desert and the sea. Yet Egypt also offers desert treks,



great scuba diving,



and even golf, fishing and bird watching expeditions. One may choose to relax on the wondrous Egyptian Red Sea or Sinai coasts, take in the high culture of Cairo, or even leisurely float down the Egyptian Nile on a luxurious river boat.



When you go to Egypt you may choose a classical Egyptian tours which are basically antiquities tours that visit various site in Egypt and it has been popular with tourists since classical times. Typical, classical tours almost all hit the same major spots.

The tours is beginning in Cairo due to the international airport there and because Cairo's heritage. From Cairo they take you south, usually to Luxor or Aswan, but also to both of these cities. Sometimes they include a Nile Cruise.

They frequently visit a few temples above Luxor, between Luxor and Aswan. They also offer the tour further south to Abu Simbel, or east for a short beach vacation at Hurghada, or across the Gulf of Suez to Sharm el-Sheikh, and perhaps some sightseeing at Mount Sinai. Recently, many classical tours are also purchased with an Alexandria. More exotic add-ons may carry tourists into the Western Desert, or the Eastern Desert, but all in all, the basic classical tour is not all that complicated.

A time of these tours usually last from four to fifteen days. Of course, you can find longer one. Shorter tours are common, but are generally very limited in scope. For example they may only visit the environs of Cairo. Tours longer than fifteen days are less common, as people simply do not have much time for it.

Beach Vacations

Despite Egypt's ancient allure, the country probably attracts more beach vacationers than any other type of tourists. This is because, for many Europeans, the warm Egyptian beaches are both inexpensive and well appointed. Egypt have seven beach zones. These consist of the Mediterranean beaches along the mainline coast from the Suez Canal over to Libya, the Mediterranean beaches along the northern Sinai, the Sinai coast along the gulf of Aqaba, the Sinai coast along the Gulf of Suez, the southern Sinai region which opens onto the Red Sea, the Mainland coast along the Gulf of Suez and the Mainland coast south of that along the Red Sea. Obviously the biggest differences are between the Mediterranean coast and all of the other regions that connect with the Red Sea. Some of these regions attract extensive tourism, while others are almost void of tourist.

In Egypt, one of the nice things about its beach resorts is that just about every area seems to be interestingly different. In general, in the region south of Hurghada, not including Marsa Alam, beach camps and more rudimentary accommodations are very popular. On the east, Aqaba side of the Sinai, while Taba and especially Sharm el-Sheikh are built up areas with fine facilities to choose from and it have a few fine hotels here and there. These areas, south of Hurghada tend to be very laid back areas of beach with less formal entertainment facilities than the main tourist areas of Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh, Taba and more and more.



For example, Hurghada is almost two cities in one. There is the downtown area with its less expensive hotels, some with beach front property, and then there are the individual resorts that are really somewhat segregated from the downtown area. They are essentially self contained complexes that offer little availability to the main city of Hurghada.



Sharm el-Sheikh is probably the most open resort area, with a boardwalk that connects most of the beach front resorts and the town center, though there are a few more isolated resorts.

Many of the individual compounds such as this have more than one hotel, and work hard to include various forms of entertainment and activities for the whole family.This is an example of one of the Sharm el-Sheikh’s holtel.

Water Activities

One of the main differences between the coastal regions that border the Red Sea and those in the Gulfs and Mediterranean Zones is the availability of Scuba Diving. There is some sparse scuba diving facilities in just about every zone, but by far, most Scuba Diving facilities are located from El-Gouna south along the Red Sea, and around Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai. Other activity such as windsurfing and skiing seems to be very popular along the mainland Gulf of Suez Zone. At various locations on just about all of the beaches there are other water sports available, such as sail boat rentals and parasailing.

Golf on the Red Sea

In Egypt, the weather is almost certain to accommodate ones desire to play golf.
Egypt has a very wonderful golf course including course at Soma Bay on the Red Sea. Most courses are a part of fabulous hotels, such as the one at the Mena House in Cairo. If you want you can check these pages:

www.golftoday.co.uk/clubhouse/coursedir/world/egypt
www.worldgolf.com/courses/egypt/

Q:
Have you ever been in Egypt? Were you satisfied or disappointed?
What place would you like to visit if you had enough time or money?