Cities of Egypt

Cairo Cairo isn't a gentle city. Home to more than 16 million Egyptians, Arabs, Africans and sundry others, a truly 'Mother of the World'. Cairo has plenty of fine 19th-century buildings, modern art and sculpture, precious green spaces and ancient districts (Islamic Cairo is a Unesco World Heritage Site). Then there's the Pharaonic sites that stretch south of the city, not to mention Those Pyramids and That River. People of Cairo are mostly poor, but proud. No matter how many Euros or Dollars travelers bring, they will always know that their people have achieved something more spectacular than any other people. This is more than empty facts, Egyptians have such a strong identity that they have no reason to feel inferior to anybody. Politeness and friendliness to people showing attention to their cultural inheritance, is the result. The friendly ambiance of Cairo is there for anyone to experience. Few more places in Cairo >>>
	Alexandria "The Bride of the Mediterranean" is what the locals call Alexandria. It lies on the Mediterranean cost of Egypt and enjoys much milder weather than Cairo. In summer it is cooler, and in winter it is wetter so cleaner. Alexandria is an ancient city built by Alexander the great. The whole modern city virtually sits on the ancient city of Alexandria which was occupied by Ancient Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, and even the British had their share. Everywhere you go along the shoreline in Alexandria, there are beaches, although recently some of these beaches started suffering from shore erosion, and therefore, all along the shore now you see these concrete slabs to decrease the erosion.
Aswan The Nile is most beautiful in Aswan, where it crosses the first cataract and splits among the Elephantine and Kitchener islands. You can take a sailboat (called felucca) and spend an afternoon doing a cruise. Elephantine Island, just outside the centre of Aswan, is one of the highlights of Egyptian nature. Dark yellow stones, where green trees grow out of nothing, framed by the sky that's always blue, and the Nile, even more blue.
	Luxor Town of the Palaces. Next to Cairo, this is the city holding the most impressive Pharaonic monuments. And they're bountiful too. Valley of the Kings, the Theban Necropolis and Karnak, are all a few kilometres away from the city of Luxor. Therefore the name, the palaces, 'al-Uqsuur.
Farafra Oasis The architecture of Farafra is the old and ingenious one, where mud brick houses stand close together, with narrow roads with roofs. Many of the houses have painted exteriors with murals. Dresses and shirts have beautiful embroidery on them, and many traditions still live on in Farafra — traditions that die when locals in towns like this move into nondescript "modern" box houses.
http://www.lexicorient.com/egypt/dakhla.htm	Dakhla Oasis Dakhla is the oasis that lies furthest off the main settlements of Egypt. Around 75,000 people live in 14 different settlements, each strong local identities and customs. Only Mut and Al-Qasr qualifies as towns. Before the road came here, Dakhla must have felt like a planet of its own, where only few inhabitants ever came as far as to the neighbouring oases Kharga and Farafra.






The Nile	Ancient Cities