Best Egypt Tourist Attractions & Travel Tips

Luxor Temples & Tombs 

Luxor, Upper Egypt has long been famous for its numerous tourist attractions like Valley of the Kings, Karnak Temple, and Memorial Temple of Hatshepsut; all three can be found along its Nile shoreline town. Ancient Thebes was the power base for New Kingdom Pharaohs and home to more sights than most visitors can take in during one visit.

Luxor’s east bank houses its modern city with its vibrant souq; Karnak and Luxor Temples; and Museum; while on its west bank’s lush farmlands and barren cliffs lie most of Luxor’s Egypt tourist attractions including tomb and temple monuments that form what many refer to as an open-air museum – which makes Luxor an incredible site to experience in itself!

Pyramids of Giza

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Cruising the Nile

Egypt is defined by its famed Nile, one of the most unforgettable Egypt tourist attractions. Egypt Nile River Cruises, highlighting Pharaonic Egypt’s rise, is often one of the highlights of an Egypt visit for many travelers.

Cruising the Nile offers one of the easiest and most tranquil ways to see all of Egypt’s temples that dot its banks between Luxor and Aswan. Sunrise and sunset views over its date palm-dotted riverbanks, with their backdrop of sandy dunes, are also truly captivating sights.

Cruise in Nile river. Egypt Tours Group.

Aswan

Egypt’s tranquil town is set along the scenic Nile. Flanked by colorful dunes, Aswan provides the ideal spot for rest and relaxation in an atmosphere rich with history. Take the river ferry across to Elephantine Island and stroll its vibrant streets of Nubian villages before riding a camel towards St Simeon’s desert monastery on Aswan’s east bank for some camel rides and exploring this desert. Relax afterward at one of Aswan’s riverboat restaurants while watching lateen-sailed feluccas go by.

Valley of Kings

Valley of the Kings.

Islamic Cairo

Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel Temples stands out in an Egypt rich with temples. Built during Ramses II’s rule and decorated by giant statuary outside and lavish wall paintings on the interior. Abu Simbel, known for its massive megalithic structures and engineering feat by UNESCO in the 1960s involving moving the entire temple away from its original location to protect it from rising waters at Aswan Dam, stands as an iconic example of megalithic temple architecture.

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Citadel of Saladin

Citadel of Saladin-Egypt Tours Group

Egyptian Museum

Ancient cities of Egypt have been excavated to reveal temples, palaces, and tombs dating back thousands of years – providing visitors a look back into history through temples, palaces, and tombs that span millennia. And you might wonder where all their treasure had gone! After all, Egyptians are famous for burying their dead with various types of items including gold artifacts books etc buried with them at death – making the Egyptian Museum one of Egypt’s top visitor spots! Pyramids only tell half their tale; to truly experience Egypt take your visit here as it houses collections from both worlds including excavation from Tutankhamun’s tomb which makes it one of the best Egypt tourist attractions that you should visit.

The Grand Egyptian Museum – GEM in the night-Egypt Tours Group

White Desert

The White Desert is one of the most unique Egypt tourist attractions, where the beauty of Egypt’s Sahara Desert unfolds in a surreal landscape, with enormous formations of chalk from snow white to cream hue spanning across its expanse – featuring Great Sand Sea dunes, Farafra Depression cliffs, boulders shaped over millennia by wind erosion, Rhim and Dorcas gazelle roaming freely across this unforgiving terrain and more! No wonder so many visitors find Egypt so captivating to experience! With endless splendor abound, Sahara Desert ranks high on tourist traveller’s must see list when visiting.

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Abydos

Abydos is considered one of the top 10 places to visit in Egypt. Mother of Pots or Umm el-Qa’ab, as it’s more commonly referred to, is one of the best Egypt tourist attractions and an open-air museum in itself. With excavations uncovering thousands of broken pots that were laid as memorials in honor of past Pharaohs buried here, its name gives this city its distinctive character and draws visitors.

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Bahariya Oasis

Bahariya Oasis first garnered widespread notice when, in 1996, an enormous burial site with thirty tombs was discovered here and contained over 250 “Golden Mummies,” dating from various historical epochs and periods. Furthermore, this location holds remnants of Alexander Temple as well as various archaeological relics found nearby such as White Desert and Crystal Mountain which boast unique geological formations which draw visitors in to explore more thoroughly.

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Ras Muhammad National Park

Ras Muhammad National Park stands out as not only one of Egypt’s premier national parks but also as one of the most renowned Egypt tourist attractions and an exceptionally acclaimed diving site worldwide. Nestled between vibrant coral reefs and mangroves of the Red Sea as well as an expansive desertscape in Sinai Peninsula is this park which attracts divers worldwide.

Ras Muhammad National Park-Egypt Tours Group

Must-Try Foods in Egypt

Egyptian dishes such as rice-stuffed vegetables and grape leaves, hummus, falafel, shawarma kebab, and kofta are just a few examples. Other popular Egyptian meals are Ful medames made up of mashed fava beans; Koshary lentils with pasta; and Molokhiyya bush okra stew are among other culinary highlights from Egypt.

Egypt’s Must-Visit Cities 

Discover Egypt’s three iconic cities and most sought-after tourist spots – Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan as well as other must-visit destinations like Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, and Hurghada. These cities should be on every traveler’s itinerary when visiting this ancient land.

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