Egypt, meeting point of East and West with South Africa, is a sinuous fertile carpet in the middle of the aridity of the desert, melting pot of races and creeds.
The artistic silhouettes of domes and minarets of their mosques compete in fame with the complexes of their ancient monasteries and the legendary splendor of their pharaonic past. But, above all, Egypt is the country of the Nile.
For most visitors, it represents the cradle of an ancient civilization that created beauty a millennium before Greek philosophers defined what beauty is, and played a crucial role in universal history long before anyone thought of recording events historical
Egypt was the wisest civilization that intrigued scholars and philosophers of classical Greece and Rome, and influenced their writings, which in turn, shaped Western thought.
In the present, its soil retains a considerable part of its ancient secrets, which gradually reveals the numerous archaeologists who continue to study its past.
Despite its age, the material remains of Pharaonic Egypt are more numerous, impressive and better preserved than those of any other ancient civilization.
Much is what the treasure hunters have taken, but what is still preserved and accessible to the visitor, from Alexandria in the north to the temples carved in the rock of Abu Simbel in the south, from the monastery of Santa Catalina in Sinai to the oases in the western desert, offers many days of fascinating and unforgettable adventures.