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The most important tourist places in Giza, Egypt

The most important tourist places in Giza, Egypt

 

Tourist places in Giza, Egypt, the heart of the ancient world, and the largest civilization in history for thousands of years

It has many attractive tourist places, but tourism in Giza has a special and unique taste.

Giza Governorate, or as it is known as the Pyramids Governorate

One of the most important governorates of Egypt since the era of the Pharaohs, and it contains many historical places in multiple eras that attract lovers of Egyptian civilization from everywhere.

Tourism destinations in the governorate vary between the ruins of the pharaonic city of Memphis

Including the pyramids, which is one of the seven wonders of the world and one of the most amazing things built by man in history, and other wonderful destinations.

There are many types of tourism in Giza

Such as historical archaeological tourism and medical tourism, which is represented in 400 springs in the Bahariya Oasis for the treatment of diseases and recreational and Islamic tourism.

Tourist places in Giza

 

The pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx

The pyramids are famous as one of the seven wonders of the world, and therefore they are one of the most important tourist attractions in Giza

It is associated with the Sphinx, carved in shape with the body of a lion and the head of a human being, indicating strength and wisdom.

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The three pyramids of Giza, Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, which are about 25 centuries old

It was built of limestone; They are surrounded by three other small pyramids in the Giza desert.

Visitors can take a walk in these historical places and take memorial photos

And attending sound and light shows on the history of ancient Egypt, and fun night parties in the Sphinx Statue Square.

Tourist places in Giza

Adrenaline Park

Adrenaline Park is the most important entertainment venue in Giza, and it is famous for providing color wars games.”Paintball"

The exciting game takes place in a large area and is suitable for this adventure, by forming groups to play of no less than 8 individuals, and the player’s age is not less than 10 years.

Adrenaline Park consists of large areas equipped with speed bumps and trenches

Buildings, weapons, and plastic color ammunition, and each team is prepared for the plan in which it wants to play, and handing over the playing uniform on the entry ticket.

Enjoy your time with the exciting color war experience, and play all the interesting war games like Armageddon

The village, the castle, and the bunkers, which suggests to the player that he is fighting a real battle.

Tourist places in Giza

dream Park

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Dream Park amusement park is located on Al-Wahat Road, XNUMXth of October City, Giza Governorate

It is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Giza for families and friends, and it is one of the largest amusement parks in the Middle East.

The amusement park consists of seven areas, each of which contains a group of games that suit all ages

It also has a group of different restaurants and shops to get everything you want from one place.

The amusement park receives 30000 visitors every day, seven days a week, from 10 am to 6 pm.

You can book your ticket and have an unforgettable experience with a range of exciting games and wonderful art shows.

Tourist places in Giza

Sunboat Museum

The Sun Boat Museum is the Museum of King Khufu. It was built in the same place where the boat was discovered in 1954

The museum consists of three main floors that reveal the composition and good condition of the Pharaonic compound.

The boat was made of cedar wood, which was imported from Lebanon, and the boat consisted of 1224 pieces

Among them are five pairs of oars, two steering fins and a cabin, with a very artistic and skillful design.

The boat is 42 meters long and was made for the king to use on his journey with the sun god “Ra” in the sky of the world during the day and the sky of the other world at night.

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The museum receives visitors daily from 9 am to 5 pm to enjoy the masterpiece.

Orman Park

Orman Garden is one of the most important tourist destinations in Giza, as it includes ponds of rare plants

It includes 600 species of plants that fall under the families of plants, ancient trees, and ornamental plants.

Inside the garden, visitors enjoy strolling among herbal and aromatic plants, and watching various palm trees, such as the royal palm

Bird of paradise flowers, aquatic plants, and rare flowers gallery.

Visitors can take memorial photos while strolling among the green spaces

Eating food and drinking drinks in the designated places amidst a charming view among the garden plants

The park receives visitors seven days a week from 10 am to 10 pm.

Museum of Islamic Ceramics

The ceramics industry has been linked to Islamic civilization since prehistoric times. The museum was established in the late first quarter of the twentieth century

With the aim of displaying ceramic pieces that were made in the style of Islamic architecture as one of the forms of Egyptian civilization.

The museum is located inside the Al-Jazeera Art Center in the Zamalek district, and occupies the ground and first floors of the “Prince Amr Ibrahim” palace.

The museum consists of a group of halls, in the middle of which is a main hall decorated with stained glass windows and a fountain.

Enjoy visiting the museum, taking souvenir photos, and watching the ceilings and walls inlaid with stucco muqarnas

And the floral and geometric motifs and writings, in overlapping and complex formations, are very impressive.

Giza Zoo

Giza Zoo is one of the three oldest zoos in the world

And the oldest in Africa and the Middle East, it was built during the reign of Khedive Ismail in the late 19th century, and now includes 1200 wild animals and birds.

The park includes a number of rare animals, such as the Australian ostrich

and the Indian serpent, and the large Nile crocodiles, and the two-humped camel

The oldest tortoise in the world, which is 300 years old, and the American eagle, which is 125 years old.

Enjoy a range of distinctive scenery such as waterfalls and artificial lakes

And bridges, and a museum that includes a rare collection of mummified animals and birds, and a small Japanese kiosk that reviews the history of the park.

Pharaonic Village

The Pharaonic Village is one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Giza

It shows the situation in which Pharaonic Egypt was. Since entering the village, you can see Egypt thousands of years ago.

The tourist takes a Nile cruise in which he can see all the contents of the village from the mummification museum

The Pyramid Builders Museum, Cleopatra Museum, and other museums that showcase the history of Egypt.

The scenes you see during the Nile cruise in the village will take you back in time to the era of the Pharaohs

Seeing the people in the living museum

and semi-extinct birds, and the village includes places to buy souvenirs of a pharaonic nature and a children's entertainment area.

Step pyramid of Saqqara

The Pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara region, which consists of six stone mastabas, dating back to the 27th century BC. It is known as the oldest pyramid in history, with a height of 62 meters, and is 30 km south of Cairo.

From the inside, the pyramid consists of a group of royal tombs, a funerary temple, and a group of catacombs dedicated to preserving foods and crops, because the ancient Egyptians believed in resurrection again after death for reckoning.

Tourists go every day to see the shape of the pyramid and the monsters of the Manager Bridge, whose construction preceded the construction of the pyramid, and to take memorial photos from the inside and outside, and to see the hieroglyphic writings on the walls of the corridors, rooms, the mortuary temple, and the catacombs of the pyramid.

Aquarium

One of the tourist destinations in Giza, when you visit it, you feel that you are at the bottom of the sea among colorful fish and coral reefs. It was built from Aswan clay mixed with Asromel and red sand.

The entrances to the garden were designed with openings similar to the opening of the gills of a fish, behind them are the four paths of the garden, and they were built from the inside in the form of passages or cavities of coral reefs that are found at the bottom of the sea.

The garden contains different and rare species of marine, river, ornamental, and predatory fish. It also includes vast green spaces brought from rare forests in Thailand, Australia, and Madagascar to decorate the garden.

El Sawy Culturewheel 

The Sawy Culture Wheel is famous for its cultural evenings and various lyrical and musical concerts, and it is considered one of the largest artistic cultural centers in Egypt after the Egyptian Opera House. It was established by the son of the Egyptian writer Abdel Moneim El Sawy in 2005.

The Sakia presents theatrical, cinematic and musical performances, such as jazz concerts; gypsy music; And rap, and organizing fine art exhibitions for senior and young plastic artists.

The Sakia includes a library of various sections, and sections to teach the basic principles of many types of arts, and to hold seminars and literary and scientific workshops, and it receives more than 20000 visitors per month, to enjoy the offers presented.

The Nile River

The Nile River is the lifeblood of the Egyptian country since time immemorial, and on its banks the ancient Egyptian civilization relied on it for agriculture and industry, and it is one of the longest rivers in the world.

The Nile is one of the tourism attractions in Giza, so you can spend a wonderful time traveling in the middle of the river with sailboats and large yachts, and passing through an enjoyable trip to many of the tourist and archaeological attractions of Giza.

Enjoy a Nile tour in the evening, move between the banks of the immortal river and admire the designs of the hotels overlooking it, or move on foot to take memorial photos or spend a special time in one of the casinos overlooking the Nile.

Bahariya Oasis

It is one of the oases of the Western Desert, located on a depression with an area of ​​more than 2000 square kilometers, and there are about 400 springs of mineral and sulfur water, warm and cold, that are used as a natural alternative to cure incurable diseases.

The Bahariya Oasis region includes a group of remains of temples and archaeological sculptures, such as the Temple of Alexander the Great, the Temple of Isis, the remains of the Roman Triumphal Arch, and a group of ancient tombs such as the Valley of the Golden Mummies, the Cemetery of the Sacred Birds, and the tombs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty.

Enjoy a tour of the archaeological and therapeutic oases area on an area of ​​more than 2000 square meters, featuring a group of picturesque black hills, wilderness trips, enjoying mountain climbing and taking unforgettable memorial photos.

Fengon Village

Fengon Village is one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Giza, where your children can spend a happy time playing, entertaining and learning in a distinctive way, and it was established by an Egyptian artist with the aim of integrating learning and art into the Egyptian environment.

The place is distinguished by the green spaces that surround it, away from the noise of Cairo, so that children can spend time in drawing games, shaping clay, running, and many activities and sports, accompanied by specialized supervisors.

Enjoy spending a special time with your children in the village. Your child can practice drawing, acting, and do some activities specific to the Egyptian countryside, such as farming, cycling, kneading, and baking.

Cairo Tower

It is a tower designed by Engineer Naoum Shabib, built between 1956 and 1961 of reinforced concrete, in the shape of an Egyptian lotus flower on Zamalek Island in the Nile River, in a design that was the highest in Africa at the time.

The tower was built during the reign of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and it consists of 16 floors, standing on a base of Aswan granite stones that were used by the Pharaohs in building temples and tombs. It reaches a height of 187 meters.

At the top of the Cairo Tower, there is a tourist restaurant on a rotating platform to enjoy a full panorama of Cairo's landmarks, and to enjoy eating a group of distinctive meals from Egyptian and international cuisine.

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