Traveling to Lose the Misery

The world never runs out of very good places that you can visit as you go on your holidays. Whether you are dreaming and planning to have holidays on the beach or are looking for the best clubbing holiday deals, you can surely find an interesting place that would let you enjoy your getaway to the fullest. Listed on this site are some of the best places in the world where you might want to spend your holidays with your loved ones and friends!

Anyone who embarks on a journey into the realm of the Pharaohs will be surprised by the strong contrasts that this country has to offer: Desert on the one fertile Nile Delta on the other hand, scorching sun during the day, cold desert at night, new tourist resorts springing up everywhere from the floor and elsewhere to take thousands of years old famous buildings. And these are just some of the fascinations, which comes up with the country considered the cradle of civilization. Located in northeast Africa, Egypt borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the Nile runs through the desert area, a fertile strip on the move for 3,000 years, man. Here archaeologists have discovered the earliest recorded history, this way for centuries, researchers and tourists flock to temples, mosques and magnificent Pharaonic tombs: It is the oldest travel destination in the world. And here, the package was invented by Thomas Cook in 1869 delighted tourists with the first cruise on the Nile, which he also the same meals and tour guide with offered. And the tourists of today have other things to do than to take care of organizational information. Here it is all about decisions: Are we going to see first in the south to the magical culture of the Pharaohs, or in the East to the Red Sea in crystal clear water to dive, or to Cairo, the vibrant heart of the country’s artistic, historical, or directly into the desert, or, or, is it? (more…)

The capital of Egypt, with over 7 million inhabitants, Cairo (Arabic: al-Qahira for “The Victorious”). This makes it the largest city in the Arab world and will house the Greater Cairo more than 15 million people. Cairo is a separate province in Egypt, Abdel Azim Mussa Wazir whose governor of Egyptian President Muhammad Husni Mubarak was appointed.
Since there are in Cairo, the seat of government, and all central authorities, several universities, theaters, etc. is because the Cairo Egyptian center for business, politics and culture. At the same time, the city is still the most important transport hub in Egypt, as all major streets of Egypt, including the main waterway, the Nile in Cairo converge.
Cairo has no historical predecessors from the time of the pharaohs. The city was founded only in the first century AD by a fortress for the first time and gained importance as it was 973 AD, the capital of the Fatimid Empire. From then on, their status changed through several acquisitions, but could Cairo latest in the last century due to its current size. (more…)

The Suez Canal (in German actually Suez Canal) is a 163-kilometer-long channel of the Red Sea with the Mediterranean and thus represents a major shortcut by sea between Europe and Asia, as the ships would otherwise have to drive around Africa. The Suez Canal begins in the Mediterranean near the port city of Port Said and ends in the Red Sea near the town of Suez, which gave the channel its name. In one city, to around 500,000 inhabitants, which come mainly through the channel here. At the same time, the channel is a dividing line between the actual land of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, and therefore the boundary between Africa and Asia.
History
As early as 1400 BC, began the pharaohs Seti I, Ramsis II and the planning and construction of a channel of the Red Sea should be connected to the Mediterranean. Due to natural conditions, this was already possible with the then (more…)

Safaga is the oldest port on the Red Sea and was founded around 2450 BC by Pharaoh Sahure. The port was used to trade with other nations and the exploration of the Red Sea. Even today, some 60 kilometer south of Hurghada Safaga port is still used by the Egyptians. Here is a stronghold of the Egyptian army and a hub for various commodities.
For tourists Safaga has no special interest, in addition to some coral reefs and the sunken ship off the coast of Salem Express. Nevertheless, there is a peninsula of Soma Bay near Safaga, which is developed for tourism and on which there are several luxury hotels. Which are located in and around Safaga black sand beaches of the Red Sea slightly radioactive (in harmless concentrations) and were already used by the pharaohs for cures.
South of Safaga is the checkpoint of the Egyptian police for driving in a convoy to the Nile Valley. This checkpoint must use not only vacationers from Safaga, but also tourists from more distant places, such as Hurghada, must pass through the checkpoint to travel to Luxor.
Soma Bay
On the peninsula of Soma Bay Safaga near a completely self-sufficient tourist complex with several hotels, a Robinson Club and a marina. As in El Gouna also the water and the electricity is produced themselves and also the workers in the hotels live on the peninsula.
There are in Safaga and Soma Bay vicinity no interest is primarily dependent on water sports and beach vacationers. The main occupations of the holiday in Soma Bay, therefore, include sunbathing, scuba diving, windsurfing and kite surfing.

Hurghada is a town in Egypt on the west bank of the Red Sea and located about 460 km north of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, away. Hurghada was not until the 20th Century founded and since the eighties developed by investors from America, Europe and Arabia, the largest seaside resort on the Red Sea.
In 2004, a total of one million tourists came to Hurghada, especially German and Russian. But other nationalities are, though not as hard to find in Hurghada. The hotels for the tourists take over a strip length of 30 kilometers along the Red Sea. In addition to this strip of hotels in Hurghada, there are two city centers. The north ad-Dahar, also called Down Town, is the original city center of Hurghada and was originally intended for the management of oil fields. A few miles south is the tourist center of El Sekalla that comes up with a mixture of modern shops, bars, nightclubs and the original bazaars.
Downtown Hurghada
The former center of Hurghada, ad-Dahar, now often referred to as Downtown is only about 6 miles north of the tourist area El Sekalla. As the largest tourist attraction, the Coptic St. Schinuda father of the hermit is to be seen, one built in 1922 in downtown Hurghada Mosque. Furthermore, the center also offers a bazaar, which has the road layout has a square shape and especially the typical souvenir shops. But there are also restaurants and internet cafe here for example. (more…)

In El Gouna it is a hotel complex on the Red Sea. This is located 20 kilometers north of Hurghada, the largest resort on the Red Sea and is about as large as the center of London. El Gouna was built a few years ago all by himself from an Egyptian investor named Samih Sawiris. This is one of the Egyptian telecommunications company Orascom, which has its headquarters in Cairo and from there offer many countries in Africa, Arabia and modern telecommunications networks.
The complex offers El Gouna has 14 hotels of different categories and sizes. Also holiday homes can be more recently in El Gouna rent or buy. In the hotel there are three hotels with 3 stars, eight hotels and three 4-star hotel with 5 stars. The hotels have 28-554 rooms and are designed so that for a variety of needs.
For conducting the technical infrastructure must be in El Gouna no concessions. The complex has to offer its own water treatment plant to the hotel guests always fresh water. Since water in Egypt is very valuable because of the great (more…)