An introduction to Sham El Nessim and other local holidays celebrated across Egypt each year. Egypt Rest Tours put this guide together from real client questions and years of on-the-ground experience across the country.

Egyptian hospitality is built around the concept that guests are a source of blessing, which is why even brief encounters in markets or taxis often include an offer of tea or genuine interest in a visitor's impressions of the country.

Cairo's Islamic quarter contains one of the highest concentrations of medieval mosques, madrasas, and caravanserais anywhere in the world, many still in daily religious use rather than preserved solely as museum pieces.

Egypt's Coptic Christian community, one of the oldest in the world, traces its roots to the first century CE, and Old Cairo's churches sit within the same walls as the country's oldest surviving synagogue.

Ready to see this for yourself? Egypt Rest Tours can arrange every detail of an itinerary built around Egyptian culture experiences, from guides to transport to accommodation.