Siwa
Sunset oasis
#Siwa_Oasis
One of the most beautiful isolated palaces in the world,
All what you need is to visit Siwa oasis one time and you will be enchanted,
You may decide to stay there forever,away from the crowded cities,cars,noises,pollution.
Where is Siwa located?
Siwa Oasis is located in the beautiful Egypt,
specifically in the Egyptian Sea Sand in the Western Desert.
The Siwa Oasis is about 560 km2 from the capital city of Cairo.
Libya is about 50 km2 away.
It is about 300 km2 from the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, towards Marsa Matruh from the south west.
This oasis is administratively subordinate to Marsa Matruh.
How can i go from Cairo?
book the Siwa bus called West and Central Delta Company,
From Almaza station or Abdel Moneim Riad station,
the ticket is nearly 150 LE, and the buses depart every Saturday, Monday and Thursday, at 12 o'clock at night,
the ride take from 12 to 13 hours,three stops to rest and have something to drink on the way.
What can i do in Siwa?
Amun temple and Mountain of the Dead,in which mummies and tombs of the twenty-sixth family and other times of the Romans,
The ancient city of Siwa (Shali Gali) and a cemetery is said to be Alexander the Great buried in.
In addition to the above, Siwa Oasis is characterized by sand skiing ,safari trips and its salt lakes
It also has natural healing centers,Dekror Mountain is famous for the healing properties of its hot sand,
and is known for being an enormous source of red pigment used in Sioux pottery.
People from all over Egypt and the world flock to this mountain during the summer to have hot sand baths to cure rheumatism.
The sand bath takes about 20 minutes, where the person is buried to the neck in the hot sand;
this process is repeated for any part of the body for periods ranging from 3 to 5 days.
Most of houses in Siwa is made of Salt stones from saline and silt lakes,Shali "is the largest city in the oasis,
and in the middle of it the visitor finds" Shali Palace ",
and from there takes you the sand pathways to the" Temple of Revelation "
visited by Alexander the Great one day seeking the advice of the priest.
