Day Trip to Al-Quseir

Al-Quseir, located 146 kilometers south of Hurghada, is a long way away from the vacation cities that dominate the Red Sea region. Because of its unique location beside the Nile, the city was known as White Harbor throughout the Ptolemaic era. Because of its strategic location, it has evolved itself as a major Red Seaport.

Al-Quseir, a medieval port town with narrow squiggles of lanes rimmed by colorful crumbling buildings with mashrabiya (lattice) windows and painted doors, has managed to preserve its unique coral-block architecture. A fort is just behind the old town, but the main pleasure of a visit here is simply strolling around the alleyways, checking out the creaking, decaying buildings, and enjoying the wonderful feeling that time has somehow forgotten this jewel of a place. Apart from simply relaxing and taking in the scenery, Al Quseir offers a range of historical attractions. There are a few historic colonial structures that were built using British and French architectural ideas. A historic caravan road from Al Quseir to Qift in the Nile, which snakes through mountains and several Roman and Pharaoh Era sites, is still visible.