Bāb al Lūq, Egypt Travel Journals & Blogs

Egypt (sisters on tour)
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- Apr 12, 2024, 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 36 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Al Mutḩaf al Mişrī 30.047576, 31.2335730°2’51” N 31°14’1” E
Day 14
Ägyptisches Museum
April 12 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Das Ägyptische Museum ist "ein Muss", wenn man in die Antike eintauchen möchte. Für uns war es der krönende Abschluss unserer Reise.

Noch ist dieses Museum das größte über Altägyptische Geschichte der Welt. Es ist anzunehmen, dass es mit Eröffnung des Grand Egypt Museums (Eröffnung noch dieses Jahr??) auf den zweiten Platz verwiesen wird, aber das ist nebensächlich.
Hier waren bis zu 150.000 Exponate ausgestellt, ein großer Teil davon wird jedoch zur Zeit in das GEM verlagert. Dadurch erhalten die Ausstellungsstücke mehr Platz und auch die Besucher verteilen sich besser.

Höhepunkte sind die Särge, die Maske, Schmuck und Grabbeigaben des Tutanchamun. Letztendlich sind aber alle Ausstellungsstücke sehenswert, u.a. die Mumien von Thuya und Yuya und das wohl älteste Ausgrabungsstück der Welt, die Narmerpalette (Schminkpalette).Read more
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Traveler Egypte Novembre 2022
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- Nov 20, 2022, 9:05 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Bab al-Lawq Station 30.043333, 31.23833330°2’36” N 31°14’18” E
Day 2
Diner at Oldish and dessert Downtown
November 20, 2022 in Egypt ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Oldish petit restaurant avec patio. Bel endroit, très calme avec la musique dépaysante d'Amélie Poulain. Cuisine plutôt variée et maîtrisée. Tuerie pour les papilles. Découverte d'une nouvelle spécialité pour mon carnet de recettes perso 'le hawashi'.
Et là gourmandise de ma veille nous a faire revenir dans la petite pâtisserie Omar Eldemsqy pour un konafeh version cheveux d'ange cette fois (the best) et leur spécialité de glace lait et pistache fait main.Read more
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Traveler Egypte Novembre 2022
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- Nov 20, 2022, 9:47 AM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Museum of Egyptian Antiquities 30.048333, 31.23333330°2’54” N 31°13’60” E
Day 2
Egyptian museum
November 20, 2022 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Belle matinée culturelle à côtoyer la haute de l'Égypte : Ramsès 2, Toutankhamon, Akhenaton...
Tous leurs merveilleux atours les accompagnant dans leur tombe cela faisait beaucoup de trésors biens conservés et sûrement de grosses valises de voyage pour ces pharaons. Belle immersion et bonne piqûre de rappel sur l'histoire de ces dynasties de -3150 à -350Read more
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Traveler Egypte Novembre 2022
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- Nov 20, 2022, 2:08 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Shell Butagaz 30.05, 31.23833330°3’0” N 31°14’18” E
Day 2
Déjeuner chez Abou Tarek
November 20, 2022 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Après 3h30 au musée et les estomacs se manifestant il était temps de trouver de nouvelles spécialités locales à dévorer. Merci le routard pour cette adresse au top. Un seul plat, le koshary. Parfait pour ce que nous avions. RDC: riz, 1er: pâtes, 2e: vermicelles, 3e: lentilles, 4e: oignons. Au dessus un mélange de sauce tomate, vinaigre, ail, sauce piquante. Un plat léger en fait. Une grande marche digestive nous attendait, bon timing !Read more
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Traveler Egypt Experience
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- Nov 19, 2022, 2:30 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Museum of Egyptian Antiquities 30.048549, 31.23364930°2’55” N 31°14’1” E
Day 3
Cairo 3; The Egyptian Museum
November 19, 2022 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
The Egyptian Museum is also known as the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities and the Cairo Museum; it is the Middle East's oldest archaeological museum and houses many artefacts (including those from the tomb of Tutankhamun). It is located close to Tahrir Square; this is also known as Martyr's Square due to the many demonstrations that have been held there in the past.

Our guide gives us a tour of the highlights of the Museum; some of these are described by the images here and the detailed captions with them.

We also see The Mummy Room and the Tutankhamun Hall; photography is absolutely forbidden here, but we see many amazing things, including the gold funereal mask of the boy-king Tutankhamun.

An excellent visit; note that in due course, the Egyptian Museum will be eclipsed by the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) which is scheduled to open in early 2023....Read more
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Claire Brias En Égypte ...
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- Apr 26, 2023, 11:18 AM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Museum of Egyptian Antiquities 30.047943, 31.2336730°2’53” N 31°14’1” E
Day 3
Musée egyptien
April 26, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Ce matin direction le musée égyptien dans le centre du caire.
Un peu bondé et surtout partiellement vidé de ses œuvres puisque son remplaçant, le GEM est en cours de construction à Gizeh, on avait peur d'être déçus mais franchement il vaut la peine !
Des statues, des momies de l'or en veux tu en voila!

Évidemment le clou du spectacle est constitué de la salle dédié à Toutankhamon : masque funéraire bijoux cercueil sarcophage...tout ce qu'on a pu voir dans les livres étant petit !Read more
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Traveler Crociera sul Nilo
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- May 6, 2023, 12:18 PM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Museum of Egyptian Antiquities 30.048333, 31.23333330°2’54” N 31°13’60” E
Day 10
Cairo egyptian museum
May 6, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We then visited the National Egyptian Museum, where most of the objects from the tombs and archeological sites are collected. The museum is huge and contains many wonderful examples of Egyptian art, including sarcophagi, gold ornaments, statues and jewellery. A 360 immersion in the ancient Egypt.Read more
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Traveler Pyramiden, Pylonen, Pharaonen
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- May 22, 2023, 9:33 AM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 37 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Museum of Egyptian Antiquities 30.047976, 31.23332830°2’53” N 31°13’60” E
Day 2
Museumsumzug auf Raten
May 22, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Am Rande des Hochplateaus von Gizeh entsteht derzeit das neue „Große Ägyptische Museum“, dessen Eröffnung eigentlich für November 2022 geplant war.
Nicht ganz zufällig 200 Jahre nach der Entzifferung der Rosetta-Stele und 100 Jahre nach Entdeckung des Grabs von Tutanchamun. Die Ägypter befürchteten jedoch, dass die zeitgleich in Katar stattfindende Fußball-WM ihnen die Show stehlen könnte und verschoben den Termin um voraussichtlich ein Jahr. (Wobei Termine hier eher informativen Charakter haben.)
Mit dem Umzug wurde dennoch begonnen, so dass viele Exponate im Ägyptischen Museum nicht mehr und im neuen Grand Museum noch nicht besichtigt werden können.
Ein Teil der Ausstellung, vor allem die Mumien, sind in das ebenfalls neue National Museum Of Egyptian Civilization verlegt worden. Mal sehen, ob wir das in unserem Zeitplan noch unterkriegen.Read more
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Traveler Egipto 2022
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- Jun 25, 2022
- ☀️ 36 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Goethe Institute 30.046781, 31.2353530°2’48” N 31°14’7” E
Day 1
Dia 1 llegamos a El Cairo!
June 25, 2022 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
Salimos 3 y media de la mañana de Denia, viajamos a Madrid, dejamos el auto y luego nos subimos al charter de Iberia que nos trajo a El Cairo. Viaje normal, nos sirvieron unas tapas de almuerzo y sobre las 15:30 llegamos a destino. Luego de migraciones tomamos un bus al hotel Steinberger que es del 2017 y es súper lujoso. Contratamos todas las excursiones posibles, dimos una vuelta por los alrededores y cambiamos algo de dinero. La ciudad impresiona, es sucia y oscura pero sus edificios son antiguos y majestuosos.Read more
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Traveler Europe 2023
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- May 21, 2023, 9:22 PM
- 🌙 32 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- Egypt Cairo Bāb al Lūq Goethe Institute 30.046777, 31.23525530°2’48” N 31°14’7” E
Day 18
Cairo Day 2
May 21, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ 🌙 32 °C
Today we saw the pyramids! We are still pinching ourselves that we’re in Egypt. Christina had booked a tour for us but then cancelled it a few days beforehand because we wanted to go to a different museum after the pyramids. She ended up getting another guide while we were having coffee yesterday morning, so we jumped in the cars and went off hoping for the best.

We had two separate cars and we were in a car with Sam, and our driver didn’t speak English. Our first stop was Sakkara — we saw the step pyramid and also went inside the best preserved tomb that had a 3D imagine engraved on the wall that you can only see in a certain light.

We then headed to Dahshur to see the red pyramid and the bent pyramid (from a distance). We went inside the red pyramid which was a very long steep tunnel that meant walking down being hunched over. It was very claustrophobic and there wasn’t much down there!

We finally headed back up towards the Giza pyramids. We all did camel rides and Tegan’s camel was a pest, bumping and biting everyone. The ride was bumpy, long and extremely hot (39 degrees) but they took us to a pretty good view of the pyramids where we got a bunch of photos. We then headed to the Sphinx, but by this stage we were all very hot and tired. The size of the pyramids is incredible.

Unfortunately the guide we had wasn’t very good — he took us to two unplanned stops, a carpet making school and a papyrus art shop, both of which gave us short tours and then tried to get us to buy something. He also wasn’t an informative guide, and came up with some pretty ridiculous answers to a few of our questions.

But we had a great day and loved seeing the pyramids and tombs in person. We were supposed to go to the civilisation museum after the pyramids but we ran way over time and so we just got the drivers to drop us home.

We went out for a quick dinner after a rest and then came home and slept very well.Read more
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