Jamaica Arts and Travel News

The warm summer sun ever falls most heavily on the country. However, there is no place in the world where glare look more like the Astro Solar North African land of Egypt. Under the light of the almighty sun god Ra, the Egyptian desert sands are spread across the country as a thin and delicate golden savannah.

This place still removed in every nook and artwork throughout the ancient wisdom and knowledge acquired by the ancient Egyptians thousands of years before our time, from his warm cloak of heavenly contemplation illuminated by starlight.

Its capital, Cairo, focusing some 16,000 inhabitants approximately as reported by the Tourism Office, Österreichisches country. The language used in Arabic is the official way, but facing the tourists many of its citizens turn to foreign visitors in English, French or Spanish. To purchase exotic items that focus on their markets needs to have the Egyptian pound as currency.

Despite the conflicts that have surrounded the northern country of the forgotten continent in recent years, the truth is that its inhabitants are accustomed to seeing foreign faces on their land long, so tend to respect Western ways. In fact, one of the cornerstones for this country is tourism, thanks to which even managed to survive economic difficulties.

At the same time, like any country, Egypt holds very different customs to be respected when traveling to a country of such characteristics. For example, women are not allowed to enter mosques in shorts. Another tradition is to remove your shoes when entering these sacred sites. In fact, some mosques provide women tourists cloth slippers to put over their shoes.

On the other hand, we must be especially cautious with antiques, as it is forbidden out of the country. You can only bring home typical gift items such as papyrus, objects of copper, gold and silver, tapestries and small pieces of worked ivory.

The traveler should not be surprised to see that all establishments or institutions such as schools or some factories closed on Friday. And it is this day of the week is a holiday in Egypt, as in Spain on Sunday. However, activities and tourist attractions remain open.

If you’ve finally decided to come to this country and discover its wonders and hidden secrets to remember that there are several ways to move between different parts of the region.

For example, one possible route is through the air (direct flights across the airline Egyptair which has departures on Tuesdays and Saturdays Madrid-Barcelona-Cairo and Cairo, or lines of Iberia has flights on Thursday and Sundays Madrid-Barcelona-Cairo and Cairo). Lines joining Cairo Egyptair major cities such as Luxor, Aswan, Alexandria, Wadi Abu Simbel, etc..

There are also several bus companies that connect different parts of the country, except deserts, the Sinai or Red Sea coast where you can access via bus, car or plane, the train is presented as one of the safer and cheaper means.

To resolve any questions that you may encounter when they arrive, there are various information offices that will serve the pleas of travelers. There are three main Pyramids, Pyramids RD (next to Mena House Oberoi Hotel), the same airport and the city center, 5, Sharia Adley.

Of course, if you go to this country be sure to visit the Pyramids of Giza that both amazed Napoleon, a cruise by one of the largest rivers and extensive in the world (The Nile), the Sphinx of Giza near the pyramids Pharaonic Art Museum in Cairo and its many sacred temples.

When you finish your tour of this country has become so steeped in its splendor return to the Land of the Pharaohs known once again.