• Lake Qarun

    A salt lake below sea level, all that is left of the ancients' Lake Moeris.

    FayoumLake Qarun

    BudgetSunset
  • Unfired clay pots drying on a workshop bench.

    The cafés of Tunis village

    Terraces above Lake Qarun, in the potters' village.

    FayoumTunis village, Lake Qarun

    BudgetBest in the morning
  • The Magic Lake

    A lake among the dunes that changes colour with the day's light.

    FayoumWadi el-Rayan, Fayoum

    BudgetSunset
  • The bare stone temple standing alone at the desert's edge, its blocks still in place.

    Qasr el-Sagha

    Off the beaten track

    An unfinished temple of cyclopean blocks, alone in the desert above the lake.

    FayoumNorth of Lake Qarun

    BudgetHistoric venue