A view from the Charitable Qanater – a side of the Botanical Garden in Aswan – Tunis Village – a side of the city of Fayoum overlooking Lake Qarun

HomeMiddle EastWorldOpinionEconomyCulture and ArtsHealth and ScienceTechnologyEast DiariesSportsIn DepthVideoPodcastGamesEast DiariesTravel and Tourism “Middle East” showcases the best rural tourism places in Egypt Rest and relaxation in a healthy climate  A scene from the Charitable Arches – a side of the Botanical Garden in Aswan – Tunis Village – a side of the city of Fayoum overlooking On Lake Qarun Cairo: Mohamed Agam Last updated: 02:26-16 August 2016 AD – Dhul-Qi’dah 13, 1437 AH Published: 01:54 – August 16, 2016 AD – Dhul-Qi’dah 13, 1437 AH TT Egypt has the potential for rural tourism or green tourism, with the Egyptian countryside extending northward in the Nile Delta and southward along the Nile River, which has enabled… By establishing many tourist attractions, it offers its visitors relaxation, recreation, and recreation throughout the year The year is in a healthy climate away from environmental pollution. These places share many elements that they offer to tourists, which are of course inspired by the Egyptian rural environment, which is deeply rooted and characterized by its richness, both on the environmental level. Represented in the elements of the agricultural environment, such as mud buildings, agricultural lands, ponds, lakes, wells, animals, and birds, or at the heritage and cultural level, such as learning about customs and traditions, which extends to simple rural cuisine. The following list enables you to get to know the most prominent rural tourism places in Egypt if you want a different trip with green tourism. Fayoum: Fayoum Governorate (103 km southwest of Cairo) is the most distinguished Egyptian governorate in rural tourism, as the coastal, agricultural and desert environments meet in beautiful harmony. This paints a wonderful picture surrounded by environmental purity, climate and a distinguished location on the tourist itinerary close to the capital. One of Fayoum’s famous landmarks is the roaring waterwheels, which rotate with the force of water. There are about 200 waterwheels in Fayoum. As for Ain al-Sailin, it is a natural spring from which water flowed from natural wells. It was used for many years to treat salts. It is also famous for its “pigeon towers,” which it built. The ancient Egyptians used clay and pottery on the majority of the cultivated area in the governorate, which amounts to 26 percent of its area. As for Fayoum’s most famous landmarks, it is “Lake Qarun”, “Wadi El Rayan” waterfalls, and “Bahr Youssef” canal. Each of these lakes has its own fragrance, wildlife and population activity on its banks. It also allowed the city to have water sports tourism, as for the types of fish in the lakes. The visitor was able to practice the hobby of fishing, as well as observing and hunting migratory birds, as a group of migratory birds come to Fayoum every year, and the most important period for angling is from June. (June) to September. Tunis Village: About 60 kilometers from the city of Fayoum, you have arrived at “Tunis Village,” that natural landscape in the embrace of the Egyptian countryside, which has been called the “Switzerland of the East,” where its fans from all over the world, headed by celebrities and artists, head there. And writers and creative people, who find it a healthy climate for creativity thanks to its quiet atmosphere far from the hustle and bustle of the city. The village is located on a high hill overlooking Lake Qarun, which allows for the enjoyment of birdwatching on the lake. Its houses are also characterized by an architectural style that uses mud and domes, allowing its atmosphere to remain cool throughout the summer and warm in the winter. There are also villas inhabited by strangers. The village is a symbol of beauty and art, as the village’s houses are famous for making ceramics and colored pottery, which a Swiss artist introduced to it and founded a school to teach it. A visitor to the village can watch the stages of making colored pottery, starting from kneading the Aswan clay used in its manufacture to the stages of drawing, coloring and burning. Al-Qanater Al-Khayriyah: “Al-Qanater Al-Khairiya” is located in Qalyubia Governorate (22 km from Cairo, the capital). It is the area where the Nile branches into its Rosetta and Damietta branches. Al-Qanater is distinguished by its beautiful architectural style, as it is famous for its springs or gates. There are 71 gates on the Damietta branch, and 61 gates on Rasheed branch. “Al-Qanater Al-Khair” deserves to be an ideal model for rural tourism. The visitor has more than one means of entertainment, the first of which is enjoying sitting in the vast gardens, which is an opportunity to let loose. In order to discover more wonderful views of the Nile, you can take a private Nile cruise on the back of one of the boats, and approach its branches. The Nile is at the meeting point, so this trip is an opportunity to see the natural landscapes and adjacent arches gardens in a wonderful panoramic view. Visitors to the Charity Bridge can also enjoy horseback riding or rent horse-drawn stagecoaches and wander around the gardens or on the bridges built over the waters of the Nile. The Qanater also includes many nurseries, farms, plants and rare flowers. The Egyptian government celebrates the spring season by organizing an annual flower exhibition during the month of March of each year, before the “Sham El Nessim” holiday, during which the Qanater is a destination for Egyptians and Arab and foreign tourists. Dahshur: In 2011, UNESCO declared the Dahshur area in Giza Governorate a World Heritage Reserve. Dahshur is located approximately 35 km from Cairo on the left side of the Nile River, and consists of a group of 5 villages (Manshiyet Dahshur, Zawiyat Dahshur, Dahshur, Kassib , Mazghouna), as these rural villages abut the desert located next to the archaeological area of Dahshur and the area of the pyramids and other archaeological remains, Its area is approximately 70 km2 and is inhabited by approximately 40 thousand people. Most of Dahshur’s residents live on agriculture, and many of them still maintain their ancient customs and live in a traditional way. Dahshur gives its visitor a unique experience of living rural life, learning about agricultural activities, and learning a lot about the ancient history of the region, which extends 3,000 years ago, as well as seeing the three pyramids of Dahshur. (red, yellow, black) in the desert surroundings adjacent to the Dahshur seasonal pond. A visitor to the region – whether in a group or alone – can choose to have a short trip (about two and a half hours), a half-day trip, or a full-day trip, during which he wanders between the seasonal Dahshur pond, rural farms, the old Dahshur corner houses, the New Crafts Heritage Association, and the pigeon towers. Traditional, in addition to sitting in popular cafes and buying from sellers of traditional sweets, and frequenting many tourist restaurants and cafes that serve popular cuisine with a rural character. Menoufia Tower: If we want to describe this place, it is, in short, a rural excursion that is beautiful with the taste of unleavened “mshaltet.” It is the most famous place in Egypt that specializes in serving unleavened bread, that rustic Egyptian meal, and the other rural vocabulary that accompanies it: natural bee honey, black honey, and “mish.” And old cheese, on the “agricultural highway” highway that connects Cairo to the city of Alexandria, and approximately 57 kilometers north of Cairo, where the city of Quesna is located in the governorate. Menoufia, a visitor to the tower can stop to taste unleavened bread, which has a distinctive taste and pleasant smell. “Menoufia Tower” is a tourist rest house whose name goes back to the “Pigeon Tower” that towers over the building. The tower is famous for serving rural meals in general, most notably the “meshaltet” pie. The tower is also famous for serving grilled and stuffed pigeons, as well as various types of fresh foods and drinks. Visiting the place does not stop at eating food only, as you can learn about the stages of baking unleavened bread inside the municipal ovens located in the tower, see the rural women who carry out the process of preparing the dough and bread, and learn about their skill, as the unleavened bread requires experience to cook it. The tower also includes an artificial lake for swans and ducks, towers for pigeons, and green spaces, which means the availability of distinguished services for visitors, and makes it a miniature model of a rural village. “Al-Qurain palm trees” and “Al-Qaramous sedge”: Sharkia Governorate (northeast of Cairo) has the elements of a rural tourism industry, as its agricultural nature has enabled the existence of tourist attractive places for relaxation and recreation. Among these places is the city of “Al-Qurain”, which is 70 km away from the capital, Cairo, and is considered one of the cities of a special nature due to the nature of its composition and the intersection of fruit gardens and crops with residential areas. The city is called “the country of a million palm trees”, due to the number of trees it contains. Large and diverse palm trees. There are also plantations of the famous papyrus on the land of the Sharkia Governorate, which the village of “Al-Qaramous” specializes and is unique in, as fields of papyrus are spread throughout it, as well as factories and workshops for manufacturing, colouring, drawing and engraving it, and then selling it to bazaars and tourist places, so that the village serves as a link between… Pharaonic history and the present reproduce this cultural past. Tourist groups go to the village to see the fields of papyrus while it is being grown, as well as learn about the art of manufacturing it until it turns into leaves with the most beautiful Pharaonic inscriptions on them, which represents a source of tourist attraction for “qarmos.” Botanical Garden in Aswan: The Botanical Garden in the city of Aswan (southern Egypt) is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, as it is more than a hundred years old. Its distinguished location on the island of the middle of the Nile, with an area of more than 17 acres, has given it wide international fame and made it a tourist destination to enjoy nature. Green. The best time of year to visit the park is the winter tourist season, which begins in October, when the weather is moderate. The garden contains more than 380 rare species of tropical and temperate plants, in addition to various flowers, which makes visiting it at the top of the main tourist programs for foreign, Arab and Egyptian visitors to Aswan. Kafr El-Sheikh: Heading north of Cairo, about 170 kilometers, we reach Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, between the two branches of the Nile River, which enjoys the presence of a number of rural areas and agricultural activities. Through tours of these areas, one can learn about the customs and traditions of the countryside, popular folklore, heritage products, and others. Walking with Neil Rashid, the visitor arrives at the city of Fuwah, the most famous Egyptian and international city known for the manufacture of kilims and handmade carpets more than a hundred years ago. It is possible to learn about the stages of work in this craft profession by visiting the city’s workshops and being among the skilled craftsmen, dyes, looms, wools and machines, which produce the finest types of kilims and carpets in various geometric shapes and Pharaonic, folk and environmental drawings, which are displayed in the largest carpet exhibitions in the world. In Kafr El-Sheikh, lovers of the rural lifestyle also have the opportunity to visit honey bee apiaries, to learn about the methods of making it, the stages of its production, and its types. As for horse and equestrian lovers and those who love riding or owning horses, they can visit the village of “Al-Manawafa”, which has stables for breeding horses of different breeds, making it a center of attraction for large numbers of pioneers and visitors, including horse breeders for commercial purposes. Beheira: Beheira Governorate in the Nile Delta is considered the first Egyptian governorate in terms of agricultural land area, which enables the visitor to the governorate to follow more than one element of rural tourism, most notably the harvest seasons, by watching farmers harvesting fruits and vegetables, in addition to enjoying the tranquility and serenity of the place. You can also enjoy viewing the “Edfina” Barrage, which reserves the waters of the Nile River, Rosetta Branch, from the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. It represents a tourist site and attraction, where vast gardens are spread, including five gardens on the left side of the arches, with an area of 25 acres, and the right side has two gardens built on ten acres. Two gardens on an area of 100 acres planted with citrus fruits and citrus fruits, and a nursery for producing rare flowers and plants, green surfaces, basins, and shapes. Architecture and fountains, and close to it are 300 villas and rest houses. As for the city of Rashid, it is famous for its abundant production of dates, where palm trees are widespread, and handicrafts related to palm trees can be identified, such as the manufacture of cages and saddlebags made from palm leaf waste. The visitor to the governorate should not miss getting acquainted with another aspect associated with rural life, represented by the mills for grinding grains. The lake contains two ancient mills. The first is the “Abu Shaheen” mill, built in the 18th century AD, which had wooden gears and was operated by animals, and the second is the windmill, which dates back to the 18th century AD. To the early 19th century during the era of Muhammad Ali, this mill is one of the remaining unique examples of windmills in the Delta region. Rural tourist resorts: The establishment of private tourist resorts or rest houses, which provide rural tourism services, has increased in recent years in Egypt, as a way to get away from the hustle and bustle of cities and away from the pressures of life. The resorts are designed in a style dominated by an authentic rural character, and provide unique green spaces for lovers of contemplation and relaxation. They also allow many other recreational activities such as horse riding and practicing various sports. Most of them are also equipped with swimming pools, and their promotional programs include traditional artistic performances such as the tanoura and the local flute, which… This makes it a suitable choice for families or tour groups, especially on weekends. These resorts are spread on the desert roads near Cairo, or in the governorates, the most prominent of which are the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road and the Saqqara Tourist Road. Among these villages are “The Egyptian Countryside,” “Omar Oasis,” “Arabian Nights,” “Felfela,” and “Saqqara.” Country Club.