About Egypt its splendid natural beauty, clear, sunny & sandy beaches, in addition to its cultural heritage & ancient history envisaged in the Pyramids, temples & many other monuments which add a mystical touch.

Also Egypt is considered as the center of cultural, social, intellectual, economic & political activities. Being centrally located in the middle of the world with an excellent choice of venues had helped us with our long experience in the fields of incentives and conferences that assist many clients in arranging such meetings or incentives with great confidence in our ability to organize it successfully either locally or internationally.

Egypt holds a diversity of world famous hotel chains, which suit every purse & visitor, also the Cairo international convention center with its huge facilities. Incentive & Conference groups are looking for more & more dimensions of adventure; Splendid Travel has the experience to handle all forms of these incentives offering a wide range of incentive programs catering.

Also in Egypt you can find a diverse selection of business meeting, holiday and events ideas. In fact Egypt indeed, more than any other destination, holds something for everyone, Splendid Travel experience & knowledge makes all your incentive & conference arrangements possible, in the most exciting & unforgettable way. 

• Cairo:- 

As the planet Mars (Al-Qahir, "the Victorious") was in the ascendant, the Fatimid caliph decided to call the city Al-Qahira, from which Europeans would later derive the word "Cairo". Cairo is often known by Masr, and is also applied to the whole of Egypt.

Pyramids and Sphinx: - the most famous wonder of the world stands there, the great Cheops, Chephran & Mycerinus pyramids & their guardian. The Ancient Egyptian built their pyramids as tombs for the resurrected god-King after their funerals.

The Egyptian museum is one of the main places you can never resist visiting in Cairo for the greatest collection of ancient Egyptian's art that exists there.

Auguste Mariette, a French archeologist who had excavated in Upper Egypt, first gathered this collection under one roof in Bulaq in 1858. It was built during the reign of Khedive Abbass Helmi II in 1897 and was moved to its present purpose built neoclassical home in 1902.

This collections cover the prehistorically period (01st dynasty - 30th dynasty) to Greco-Roman period, including the famous king Tut Ankh Amun treasures. Since then the number of exhibits has completely outgrown the available space and the place is virtually bursting at the seams.

Memphis, once the glorious old kingdom capital of Egypt, has almost vanished. This city was founded around 3100 BC by King Mina when he united upper & Lower Egypt. It had many splendid places and gardens, and was one of the most renowned and populous cities of the ancient world.

 Sakkara was the oldest cemetery & it lies south west of Cairo. When Memphis was the capital of Egypt, Sakkara was its necropolis. It is dominated by the famous step pyramid of king Zoser which is the first pyramid to be built in Egypt many centuries before the Giza pyramids by the famous Pharaonic architecture Imhoteb. Three major discoveries have recently been made at Sakkara, including a prime minister’s tomb, a queen’s pyramid, and the tomb of the son of a dynasty-founding king.

 Dahshur situated some 20 km south of Sakkara in a quiet patch of desert. There were 11th pyramids at Dahsour, although the site is most famous for the fascinating Bent & Red pyramids built by Snofru the father of Cheops. Why Snofru had two pyramids, and possibly a third at Meidum remains a mystery. As Snofru's body has not been found in any of his tombs, nobody even knows which, if any, his final resting place was.

At one time there were more than 20 churches clustered within less than one square kilometer, although the number is down to only 5 today. They are linked by narrow cobbled alleyways running between high stone walls, and the feel of the place is quite similar to parts of Jerusalem 

Islamic Cairo is not the oldest section. It is rather medieval indeed this area encompasses the medieval history from the beginning to the end. El Seheimy house, a charming example of a typical Cairo home during the 16th & 17th centuries.

 The Modern Cairo:-

The Manial Palace was built in the early part of the 20^th century as a residence for Prince Mohamed Ali Tawfik, the uncle of Egypt's last regent, king Farouk. The palace houses an assortment of collections in five main building including Farouk's huge horde of stuffed hunting trophies. The largest building contains the prince's collection of manuscripts, clothing, silver objects, furniture, writing implements and other items dating from medieval times to the 19^th century.

 The Baron's Palace was the personal residence of Baron Empain. Three generations of the Empain family inhabited the palace until it was sequestered by the state in the 1950's. Arich collection of sandstone Buddha's, geishas, elephants and serpents still adorns the exterior.

 Abdin Palace: - khedive Ismail built the 500 rooms in the palace, which stretches over 24 feddans, to host the kings and queens of Europe who would attend the opening of Suez Canal in 1869. Khedive Ismail moved the royal family from the citadel to the palace in 1874, and the Egyptian royal family lived there until the 1952 revolution.

 Cairo Tower is 185 meter high. It gives you a wonderful chance to see the great Cairo from the very top of the tower from the rotating restaurant in which a very high quality catering will be serving you. Also, the local Opera and the Modern Art Museum are landmarks located in same Island in Cairo city center.

 The Nilometer was built in the 9th century to measure the rise and fall of the Nile, it also helped in predicting the state of the annual harvest.

 The Nile Delta:-

The Nile Delta is where the Nile divided in half to flow north into the sea to the Mediterranean ports of Damiette and Rosetta. The Delta is also laced with several smaller tributaries and is reputedly one of the most fertile and most cultivated regions in the World.

 Nile Barrages "Kanater":- The Nile Barrages and the city of Kanater lie 16km north of Cairo where the Nile splits into the eastern Damiette branch and the western Rosette branch. The Damiette branch consists of 71 sluices stretching 521m across the river; the Rosette branch is 438m long with 61 sluices. Between the two is a 1km wide area filled with beautiful gardens and cafes.

• Wadi Natrun: - About 100km northwest of Cairo, Wadi Natrun is a partly cultivated valley now strongly connected to the Coptic Church.  In ancient times the valley was important to the Egyptians; at it was a source of natron, used in the mummification process. The desert has been the protector of the faith; there it was thousands of Christians related to escape Roman persecution in the 4^th century AD. They lived in caves or built monasteries. Of the 60 monasteries that were scattered over the valley, only four remain.

 Deir Anba Bishoi: - St. Bichoi founded two monasteries in Wadi Natrun; one bearing his name, and the nearby Deir As-Surian. Deir Anba Bichoi contains the saint's body, which is said to be perfectly preserved under a red cloth.

 Deir As-Surian: - Deir As-Surian is about 500m northwest of Deir Anba Bishoi. It is named "Monastery of Syrians", after a group of wandering Syrian Monks who bought the monastery, from the Copts in the 18^th century. A series of remarkable wall painting has recently been discovered under the plaster in the monastery's church of the Virgin.

 Deir Abu Makkar: - This monastery is nearly 20km southeast of Deir Anba Bishoi and was founded around the cell where the St. Makarios spent his last 20 or so years. It contains the remain of the 49 Martyrs; a group of monks killed by Bedouins in 444 AD. It is also the most secluded of the monasteries. 

 Deir Al-Baramus: - It was the most isolated of the Wadi Natrun monasteries. The special feature of St. John's church is a superb iconostasis if inlaid ivory.

• • Alexandria:-

 Alexandria "Iskendereya" is often said to be the greatest historical city: founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. Alexandria is a true waterfront city, nearly 20 km long from east to west and only about 3 km wide.

 The Roman Theatre is known by Kom Al-Dikka.  In Ptolemaic times, it was used for musical performances and shows. Construction materials were brought from more than one country. It was grand and impressive, shaped in a half circle, open to the sky, and might have held 100.000 people. The stage had no curtain; it was just a stone platform.

 Pompey’s pillar: - It is a huge column of red granite brought from Aswan, was erected in honor of the emperor Diocletian. Around the commemorative Column of Diocletian there are some monuments that can be seen. On the backside, there are the remains of a Serapium, or a temple of the God Serapis, now badly damaged.

 The Catacombs of Kom Al Shokafa, the largest known Roman burial site in Egypt, were discovered from the beginning of the second century AD when a donkey disappeared through the ground. The catacomb is a mixture of the ancient Egyptian motifs and Greco Roman artists skills make of these tombs unique pieces. It is an extensive three level funerary & chambers cut out of the rock to a depth of about 35 m.

 The most famous museum in Alexandria is the Greco-Roman one. This museum has about 25 galleries and more than 40,000 pieces dating from as early as the 3rd century BC.. It includes the busts of Alexander the Great (room 6), the Apis Bull which was found at the Serapeum, a mummified crocodile, red granite statues of the Greek-Egyptian period, a statue of Mark Aurelius and the two remaining images only of Alexandria lighthouse.

 There is also the palace of Fatma el-Zahara, with its beautiful paintings, which has the Royal Jewelry Museum. It contains many rare paintings, statues and decorations. An inestimable collection of jewels of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty 19th century.

 Montazah Palace, gardens, Shatby and Necropolis are land marks in Alexandria.

The Montazah is the vaguely Florentine, vaguely Moorish, former summer residence of Mohamed Ali family. Yet, king Abbas II has constructed both the Montazah in 1892, and the small royal Salamlek Palace. In 1932, King Fouad had built Al-Haramlik which is very luxuries. Now, only the gardens and the private beach can be visited.

 Shatby Necropolis is considered to be the oldest found in Alexandria. Discovered in 1904, the burials here date from the 3rd century BC, soon after the city's founding, and belong to the first generations of Alexandria's. There are four tombs, with ancient Egyptian influenced motifs. Every tomb has a doorway, which leads to a corridor and two chambers.  

 Qaitbay Fortress, built by the Sultan Asraf Qaitbay in 1495, faces the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern harbor on what was once Pharohs Island. This was the site of the famous light house of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, which rose nearly 400 feet above the sea.
It is said that the fortress incorporates debris from the light-house, the remains of which were felled by an earthquake in 1100.

 Bibliotheca Alexandrina from 295 B.C, the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy I commissioned the construction of the Great Library of Alexandria. In the following years, local scientists traveled through the region, to purchase books for the library. In times of Ptolemy III some of the more important books in the world were copied. The library also held originals of Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles, and most probably the largest Greek collection, the library of Aristotle.  The ancient library had 500,000 scrolls.

In 48 B.C. the library, and at least 40,000 scrolls, burned when Julius Caesar attacked the harbor. 2,000 years later, after 10 years of planning, a new library stands in Corniche, near Silsila. At least 4 million titles and several multimedia resources will be stored here. The new Bibliotheca Alexandrina also aims to attract international scholars. This library was opened October 2002 with the presence of many world leaders such as President Jaque Cherak of France. 

 Sinai:-

Sinai, wedged between Africa and Asia, its northern coast is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, and its southern peninsula by the Red Sea gulfs of Aquaba (east side) and Suez (west side). Row upon row of barren, jagged, red-brown mountains fill the southern interior, surrounded by relentlessly dry, yet colorful, desert plains. From the palm-lined coast, dunes and swamps of the north to the white-sand beaches and superb coral reefs of the Red Sea, Sinai is full of contrasts. It was here that God have first spoken to Moses from a burning bush and it was from the summit of Mt. Sinai that God delivered his Ten Commandments to Moses.

 Red Sea:-

Egypt's Red Sea coast stretches for more than 800 km from Suez in the north to the village of Bir Shalatein near the disputed border with Sudan in the south. Famed for its brilliant turquoise waters, splendid coral and exotic creatures of the deep.

The Western Desert Oasis & Safari trips

Egypt’s Western Desert is hard to describe in one go. It is huge. It is one of the most arid regions on earth, in fact, one of our last frontiers. The deserts surrounded the civilization of the ancient Egyptians long before Europeans slanted to explore it; German, English, and Italian tourists have been basking in its hot springs and exploring its ancient artifacts for centuries.