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El Quseir City Tour: Historical and Cultural Exploration
4.4
26 Ratings
Quseer
Discover El Quseir’s rich history and culture with a private tour. Explore ancient sites, capture stunning photos, and enjoy unique shopping experiences.
Discover El Quseir’s rich history and culture with a private tour. Explore ancient sites, capture stunning photos, and enjoy unique shopping experiences.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- El Quseir Hotel - the oldest guest house in the red sea, visitors can explore the old guest hotel, a renovated building situated in front of a pleasant beachfront area, offering a cultural experience away from major tourist hubs we will make a unique photos here
- El Quseir Fort - El-Quseir Castle: Visitors can explore the El Quseir Fort,…
- El Quseir Hotel - the oldest guest house in the red sea, visitors can explore the old guest hotel, a renovated building situated in front of a pleasant beachfront area, offering a cultural experience away from major tourist hubs we will make a unique photos here
- El Quseir Fort - El-Quseir Castle: Visitors can explore the El Quseir Fort, which houses the oldest mosque, Shaykh Al-Farran, and an Ottoman castle, providing an immersive journey into the city’s past , The fort also offers panoramic views of the town and harbor, adding to the historical significance of the area. In addition to historical exploration
- Quseer - The old neighborhood of El Quseir city offers a captivating journey into its rich historical and cultural heritage. Visitors can explore the Shaykh Al-Farran Mosque, the oldest mosque in El Quseir, characterized by its traditional carved wooden balconies and old-world charm. Additionally, the Ottoman Castle, a small fortress originally built in 1571, provides panoramic views of the town and harbor, offering insight into the city’s strategic significance and historical battles
- Deir Al Qoseir - The old Italian Phosphate Company Colony in El-Quseir provides a fascinating insight into the area’s industrial history and urban development. Founded by an Italian mining company in 1910, this site includes abandoned industrial and administration buildings, as well as a church, school, and houses for Italian employees and their families. Visitors can explore the remnants of this small urban colony and gain firsthand knowledge of the phosphate mining operations through valuable historical documents, including maps of roads in the Eastern deserts dating back to the time of the Romans, Additionally, the site features a taxidermy museum with a collection of mounted animals, birds, and sea creatures from the area, offering a unique perspective on the natural surroundings of the region.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tea and coffee
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The trip to El Quseir city offers a unique blend of historical exploration, cultural immersion, and captivating photography opportunities. Visitors can explore the oldest guest house in the Red Sea, providing a cultural experience away from major tourist hubs, while also offering a picturesque backdrop for unique photographs. The exploration of El…
The trip to El Quseir city offers a unique blend of historical exploration, cultural immersion, and captivating photography opportunities. Visitors can explore the oldest guest house in the Red Sea, providing a cultural experience away from major tourist hubs, while also offering a picturesque backdrop for unique photographs. The exploration of El Quseir Fort, housing the oldest mosque and an Ottoman castle, provides panoramic views of the town and harbor, adding to the historical significance of the area. The old neighborhood of El Quseir city invites travelers to discover the Shaykh Al-Farran Mosque and the Ottoman Castle, offering insight into the city’s rich cultural and historical heritage.
Location
El Quseir Hotel
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(26 Ratings)
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Franziska
Sep 13, 2025
Impressive city tour - It wasn't just about tourism, it was about life and history. Our guide Dedo always had an open ear and responded to individual questions! Highly recommended ☺️👍🏻
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Simoname9990pq
Jun 9, 2025
Visit to the city of El Quseir - It was interesting to see how the locals live and discover the history that preceded them. Pedro our expert guide state really nice we found ourselves very well. I recommend doing this experience in the late afternoon from 5pm onwards. Because we did it at 1pm and walking in the 1pm sun was really challenging
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Sirmonstras
Mar 24, 2025
good half day trip, noce and relaxt - Nice trip, good guide, small trip from Marsa allam.
Very quit place, good coffee at the end.
Some nice old buildings and alot of history.
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Fares
Feb 17, 2025
Beautiful city - We were received from the hotel with a skilled driver and we went to the city of Quseir that it is a beautiful and quiet city that we enjoyed with a distinguished guide Pedro and we visited some wonderful archaeological places and we saw the old homes of the locals. Thank you for this visit
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133friederiked
Dec 29, 2024
Very worthwhile excursion - Very well organized. Very good driver and friendly guide. They also got insights into the real life of the Egyptians.
Thank you very much
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Sightseer19175348120
Mar 14, 2025
An afternoon in El Quseir - We got a great overview of the city and its history. The German-speaking guide explained everything very well to us and tried very hard and took care of us. He responded to all our questions and wishes. The whole organization and handling of the booking was exemplary and this despite the fact that we had booked the tour only one evening before. We can only recommend these without restriction!!
The old town is unfortunately very neglected and dilapidated in many places and you could make much more of it here. However, we found the few tourists and the originality of the city and of course the friendliness and openness of the people nice.
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Ined9
Mar 3, 2025
Pinch of Egyptian daily life + ancient culture - We saw the old Italian neighborhood with a beautiful (now Orthodox) church.
Furthermore, we also saw the castle, the old houses and the harbor and we could have a drink at the beach. Furthermore, we also came to know that the Egyptians lived in the city earlier and now.
Our guide Pedro was very helpful. I walk with tools and he was always ready to help if there was a step or stairway. Thank you so much!
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Anke
Feb 3, 2025
El Quisier an original city - Communication and transfer worked great.
Had a guided tour just for me all by myself. Was totally adapted to my needs. What was really great was that I had a "mostly" German tour, although I could only book English when booking. Thank you!!!
The one star is missing because it gave me too little general information about the Führer.
I had to choose a lot of things on the information boards in English.
Nevertheless highly recommended
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Suo_zh
Feb 16, 2025
Good Organization-Special Situation - We had spontaneously requested and booked the tour the night before. Easy organized and we were picked up by a driver at the hotel. The guide climbed to it in the village. The tour of the town, the visit of the castle and church and especially the mosque were very interesting. The guide led us to the individual stations, but had little knowledge or interest in them, and always pointed to it in case of questions we should read it on the signs, there it would say. That wasn't bad either;-). Unfortunately, during the tour there was an incident between guide and a boy, which had made us no longer feel comfortable and various locals intervened and defended the boy and spoke to our guide. We didn't understand the language, of course, but it was clear that something was not good here.
Finally, we were led to a tea shop, allegedly by the uncle. Wouldn’t recommend going, here we had felt an indirect buying pressure from the men there.
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Geoffrey_h
Jan 15, 2025
Very Disappointing Tour. Not as described. - The day before the tour, we were asked to pay a 20 euro supplement for a private tour. This was what we had already paid for and so we questioned this.
Pick-up and taxi was good but the guide was appalling, he did not know the itinerary and could only speak English very poorly. When we corrected or questioned words he spoke in German or looked very annoyed. He took us to see a Mosque which had no historical significance. When we asked to see a larger older Mosque that we passed he told us they were all the same. We insisted we went to look, much to his annoyance.
When we asked to see the hotel, which is on the itinerary he questioned why we wanted to go and raised his eyes to heaven. He did not seem to know it was on the itinerary. He took us there but did not take us inside. We had no access to wi fi at the time and so it was difficult to check what was included on the tour, We were very disappointed not to have seen the inside when we realised this should have been included. We got the impression that the guide did not know the itinerary, he gave us no information about the buildings or history as we walked around, other than a few dates. We asked lots of questions but dates were the usual response. The shopping part of the tour was a walk down a street with some very tatty shops.
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