Trip to Tanis and Suez Canal |
Posted: December 16, 2016 |
Your guide will pick up you from your hotel in Cairo to visit the ancient city of Tanis the city of the Bible and Exodus the city located in the Egyptian delta about 90 Miles from Cairo. You will see in this ancient city the ruins of the temples of Tanis and some Statues And obelisks these ruins taken from the city of Ramses the great, it is really one of the hidden treasures of Egypt and mentioned in the holy Bible as the land of Goshen. After your visit to Tanis move to Ismailia city to visit the Suez Canal that links the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea and considered the most important navigational passage in the world. The Suez Canal is one of the most important source of the economy of Egypt now. After this day trip to Tanis and Suez Canal you will be back to your hotel. Tanis and Suez Canal Day Trip from Cairo go on a private day trip to the ancient city of Tanis and Suez Canal visit Tanis the land of Goshen as named in the Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh, the land from which the Hebrews later left Egypt at the time of the Exodus. It was located in the eastern Delta of the Nile, this city called Tanis or San Elhagar which was once the capital of ancient Egypt during 21st and 22nd dynasty the site of Tanis is full of ruins taken from (Pr-Ramses) the city that was built by the great Ramses as capital instead of Thebes (Luxor). The Ruins includes granite statues, Obelisks, ruins of the temple of Good Amun Ra. The ancient city of Tanis has its religious importance in addition to the historical one. In the old testament this place was known as the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel settled down escaping from the famine and brought their cattle and families here till the era of the Exodus. Later, you will drive to Ismailia, one of the small cities that were built after the digging of the Suez Canal.You will have lunch there. The Suez Canal is actually the first canal that directly links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It was opened for navigation on the 17th of November 1869.Egypt nationalized the canal on the 26th of July 1956.The Canal was closed five times; the last time was the most serious one since it lasted for 8 years. The Canal was then reopened for navigation on the 5th of June 1975.After crossing the canal from one side to the other, you will be driven back to Cairo. Inclusions:
• Pick up services from hotel & return • All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle • Entrance fees to the mentioned historical place • Guide of your own language • A bottle of mineral water during your trip • All taxes & service charg
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