• Qasr Qarun

    Off the beaten track

    A Ptolemaic temple still standing at the far end of Lake Qarun: rooms, stairs, roof, cellars.

    FayoumQasr Qarun

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue
  • Carved hieroglyphs, painted in ochre and blue, on the wall of an ancient Egyptian temple.

    Medinet Madi

    Off the beaten track

    An avenue of sphinxes and lions in the middle of the desert, almost never visited.

    FayoumSouthern Fayoum

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • 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