World class cities
If the World Cup takes place in Egypt in 2010, it will be played in some of the most beautiful places on earth
"Al-Qahira" --is Egypt's capital and the largest city in the Middle East and Africa. A pivotal city linking Europe, Africa and Asia, it is a vibrant, exotic metropolis thriving with culture, energy and life. Cairo, in essence, represents the embodiment of 5,000 years of civilisation, and plays host to 26 per cent of Egypt's population... --read on--
Known as the "bride of the Mediterranean", Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, as well as the country's main seaport. Founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC on the site of a small fishing village called Rhakotis, Alexandria was the capital of Egypt throughout the Ptolemaic reign... --read on--
THE "City of Gardens and Flowers", Ismailia is the capital city of the Suez Canal region, lying midway between Port Said and Suez on the western shores of Al-Temsah (Crocodile) Lake, 120km from Cairo... --read on--
Lying at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal, the city of Suez has been a commercial port since the seventh century... --read on--STANDING at the northern gate of the Suez Canal, Port Said is the second most important Egyptian port after Alexandria... --read on--
EGYPT's southernmost city, situated not far above the Tropic of Cancer, is the country's gateway to Africa, and Egypt's most beautiful winter resort... --read on--
HURGHADA is one of Egypt's major Red Sea resorts. Once an isolated and modest fishing village, it is now home to more than 35,000 people and packed with more than 100 hotels and holiday villages... --read on--
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