Sightseeing in Marsa Alam includes desert safaris, watching old temples, palaces and monuments. Marsa Alam used to be a small fishing village located on a harbor. It is the perfect place for a fishing holiday with family and friends. Sightseeing in Marsa Alam will not only provide you with ample tourist sites to explore but will also give you wonderful chance to surfing and scuba diving.
If you dream of watching sharks, lobsters, turtles and muraena from close quarters, you should visit this quiet village. Sightseeing in Marsa Alam also include other popular and significant tourist destinations such as the El Gouna, Makadi Bay and Soma Bay to visit Giza Pyramids, Egyptian museum of antiquities, Islamic Cairo and Coptic churches and monastery tours in Egypt. You can take part in the day tours and daily trips from Marsa Alam resort to see the impressive Karnak temple, Luxor temple, the Valley of the Kings and Queens in Luxor. You can also attend the fabulous sound and light shows at Karnak temple and Giza Pyramids Christian tours to visit St. Catherine Monastery and Mount of Sinai.
The Karnak temple is the largest place of worship ever built in the world. Its ancient name is Ipet-isut, which means the most sacred of places. The temple was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Inside the temple complex, you will be amazed after watching the great Hypostyle Hall, which is a marvelous collection of giant pillars. Sightseeing in Marsa Alam will take you to the majestic Luxor temple which was built by the Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals. This temple was dedicated to the god Amun.
Go to west bank of the river Nile and visit the 2 colossal statues of Amenhotep III such as, Colossi of Memnon and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered. These tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs. The Hatshipsut temple at El Deir El Bahary, is an impressive temple which is dedicated to the Queen Hatshipsut the only female pharaoh.
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