Tourism in Fayoum

   

The city of Fayoum is one of the most important tourist cities in Egypt because of its ancient history throughout the ages. It includes many Roman and Pharaonic monuments, in addition to a group of museums, gardens, and wonderful valleys. Fayoum also has attractive tourism for visitors from inside and outside Egypt. see more here /www.tour-inegypt.com

 

The best hotels in Fayoum

 

Fayoum city has a wonderful group of hotels that offer the best views of Lake Qarun and many of Fayoum’s charming landmarks. Below we will present a list of the best Faiyum hotels, based on the opinions and ratings of Arab visitors.

 

Hawara pyramid

It is one of the pharaonic pyramids and one of the most important tourist places in Fayoum. It was built for King Amenemhat III. It is made of mud bricks covered with a layer of limestone. Its original height was 58 meters. Only 20 meters remain. The pyramid of Hawara contains corridors and many rooms ending in a room. Burial.

Tunisia Village

The village of Tunis is one of the best tourist places in Fayoum, Egypt, which God has blessed with a beautiful nature and amazing views that made it a destination for visitors of various nationalities, as it combines the joyful green spaces, the blue waters of Lake Qarun, and the yellow sands north of the lake. It is also characterized by the manufacture of ceramics and a large number of The artistic ceremonies that make it an open-air museum, also includes the distinguished caricature museum.

The ancient city of Karnis

One of the best tourist attractions in Fayoum, Egypt, is one of the Greco-Roman cities established by Ptolemy III on an area of ​​800 meters. It is amazing that this entire city was discovered after excavations, and they found it to include houses built of mud bricks, whose walls were decorated with distinctive inscriptions, as well as a mill, a bakery , a granary, and two Roman baths, in addition to many temples, including the southern temple.

Qarun Palace

One of the most prestigious landmarks of the city of Fayoum, Egypt, is one of the Ptolemaic temples, known as the Temple of Ptolemy, which is characterized by its simple design, but carries within it the utmost architectural accuracy when the sun perpendicular every year to the Holy of Holies in this temple with the beginning of winter on September 21, this temple may seem From the outside it is small in size, but once you step inside it you will find an attractive place to discover its secrets.

Whale Valley Reserve

One of the most important tourist places in Fayoum, which is a nature reserve that contains structures of whales and other marine animals and plants dating back 40 million years, and the importance of Whale Valley is that it provides a natural environment for many endangered animals and birds, as well as for migratory birds throughout the year. It has mangrove forests.

Whale Valley Reserve

Kom Ushim Archeology Museum

One of the most beautiful tourist places in Fayoum, which includes a unique collection of archaeological statues that bear the fragrance of history and the greatness of the Pharaohs, and distinctive paintings that are thousands of years old that tell us the legends of the distant past. For the first time in public.

hanging mosque

One of the best tourist places in Fayoum, whose construction dates back to the beginning of the Ottoman era in 1560 AD, which was erected on a high hill on the banks of the Yusef Sea, so it was called the Hanging Mosque. It has three corridors, and the mosque’s pulpit is made of wood with distinctive decorations and overlaps.

 

Water Wheels in Fayoum

One of the most famous tourist attractions in Fayoum. This city is characterized by the nature of its land between depressions and highlands. It was necessary to build waterways to irrigate the highlands, but now it is one of the most important tourist attractions, which expresses in a pleasant way the rural character of Fayoum, and this city includes nearly 200 waterwheels up to It became her motto.

Wadi El Rayan Nature Reserve and Falls

One of the most beautiful tourist places in Fayoum, which is characterized by its integrated desert environment, including sand dunes, natural eyes, wide water bodies, and a quiet, pollution-free lakes area. What makes the view more beautiful is the presence of waterfalls that connect the upper lake and the lower lake in a wonderful painting.

Ain El Selein Tourist Gardens

It is one of the most famous areas of tourism in Fayoum, as it enjoys the tranquility and beauty of nature among the green spaces and terraces, the water troughs, and the old mill. It also includes a distinguished group of restaurants, cafes, and markets for tourism products, as well as fruit gardens and flowering orchards, which increases its splendor and beauty.

 

Ancient Egypt

 

Senusret Obelisk

The Obelisk of Senusret is located at the entrance to the city of Fayoum. It was erected by Senusret I of the Twelfth Dynasty in the neighboring village of Abjig.

 

Hawara pyramid

The last great pyramid was built in Egypt by Amenhemit III of the Twelfth Dynasty (Middle Kingdom). The pyramid was built of bricks coated with limestone and is sometimes called the Black Pyramid.

 

Qasr Al Sagha Temple

The Qasr El Sagha Temple was built during the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and was discovered in 1884, and is known as the “Golden Castle”. The temple was never completed, but it was so well built that it still stands today.

 

Lahon area

An ancient village known as Ro-Hunt (meaning “the mouth of the canal”) that includes the Pyramid of Senusret and Necropolis dating from predynastic to Roman times, and the pyramid of Lahun.

 

Greco-Roman

com Ushim (Kranis)

Known as ancient Karanis, Kom Ushim is a Ptolemaic city founded by Greek mercenaries and their camp followers during the 3rd century BC. The site includes a small museum of pottery and glassware, a number of figurines made of terra cotta bricks, and two “Fayum portraits” simulating reality.

 

Qasr Qarun Temple (Dionisas)

A temple from the Ptolemaic period (located on the western shore of Lake Qarun) dedicated to Sobek-Ra – the crocodile god.

 

 lion doll

Dimiye of Lions, or Dimiye of Lions, is a city dating back to the Ptolemaic period founded by Ptolemy II in the third century BC. The city was formerly a seaport and has impressive ruins including two temples, houses, underground chambers, streets and walls.

 

 Madi City

Madi is located 30 km south of Faiyum, a city built during the Greco-Roman era. It features the ruins of two separate towns and a small temple dedicated to Sobek, Horus, and the serpent goddess Rhinnotite.

 

Islamic era

Qaitbay Mosque

Located on the southern bank of Bahr Yusuf, this mosque was built by the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Saif Al-Din Qaitbay in the late 1400s.

 

Sheikh Ali Al-Rubi Mosque

The name of the mosque is attributed to the preferred sheikh of Fayoum, and the mosque includes the tomb of Ali Al-Rubi. The Sheikh Ali Al-Rubi Mosque is home to some of the most popular religious ceremonies in Fayoum.

 

hanging mosque

The history of this mosque dates back to the Ottoman era, and this mosque, which was built on a hill (hence called “Al-Mu’allaq”), was founded by Prince Suleiman bin Hatim in 966 AH. The mosque is located north of Bahr Yusef.