Port Said
At the entrance to the Suez Canal, Port Said gives access to Cairo, capital of this legend-filled antique land whose history goes back 6,000 years, and which even today is a restless crossroads of creeds and cultures.
The clamour of Cairo's teeming streets and bazaars contrasts with the reflective mood of the Egyptian Museum and its countless treasures, among them the gold death-mask of the boy-king Tutankhamun. On Cairo's western edge are Giza's towering Pyramids, the tombs of the Pharaohs - constructed nearly 5,000 years ago and among the most awesome man-made structures on earth - and the Sphinx, whose enigma remains unsolved to this day.
