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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Nile Cruise Holidays in Egypt- Why choose a cruise on the Nile?

Marianna De Padova - 22/11/2011 On the banks of the sacred river to the discovery of ancient Egyptian temples with breathtaking views and scenes of everyday life.
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Quiet and calm,  from south to north, while on its banks, life goes slow, between the mud-brick huts and punctuated by the voice of the muezzin. The green palm trees and crops is tinged with gold at sunset when the sun goes behind the palm trees and children playing football on the banks of the river, while a silent parade in the evening Egyptian felucca, full of perfumes who already East. Colors, sounds, and possible suggestions on a comfortable ship, which follows the course from Aswan to Luxor and the great river: theNile cruise , which retains all the charm of old british. In fact it is de rigueur at sunset tea with cookies, to be enjoyed on the terrace deck of the ship. And 'the Nile, the protagonist of this journey that gently leads the visitor to discover the ancient glories, when the river was one of the most revered god important. So today the Nile temples framed illuminated cold morning light, golden light of dusk, or vibrating (ahead of our times), after a meal eaten comfortably on the moving ship. The sweet sailing accompanies visitors to the site ofPhilae , which is also moved to prevent the waters of the dam, but that is inserted into a landscape of granite, which makes it look like Egypt at the corner of Sardinia. The most imposing walls of the temple Kom Ombo welcome after a few hours of browsing other: here the colors of the paintings still vibrate in the warm light of sunset and enveloping, where hieroglyphic columns and large, seem to have been made ​​recently. But incredibly, the majesty of the temples seem to grow as the great river rises to Luxor , ancient Thebes and the bright, the temple of Edfu , with its side chambers, from which stairs rise mysterious, wonderful charm of the surrounds. But it is the temple of Karnak , Luxor, the constructive power of the ancient Egyptians seem to make a pair with the italic Colosseum: up to 24 meters high walls, with a thickness of 12, which were well forward of the sovereign power that wanted: Ramses II. A power in the great central colonnade is perhaps its highest expression. But Luxor is not only the city hosts its temples and elegant: beyond the western shore of the great Nile, the impressive Valley of the Kings tombs retains its large, while the great Colossi of Memnon seems to act as guardians to the rest of the secular nobles. Solitary and camouflaged in the rocks, the spectacular tomb of Queen Hatshepsut, built by its architect and first director Senemut, and perhaps also her lover, who made ​​this tomb the concrete testimony of the greatness of this woman, in a civilization that was able to establish itself in the masculine as queen. Millennia after the great Nile, offering visitors also continues to give away his wealth to the land, elsewhere it is deserted.Nile Cruise: look at the PHOTO All Cruises Tourist Information www.egypt.travelMS MayFair: www.mayfaircruises.com 

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