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Stories from Egypt

Stories, recommendations and inspiration for your next trip to Egypt. What no one tells you.

Sailing the Nile on a Private Dahabiya

EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES   ·  EGYPT Sailing the Nile on a Private Dahabiya When the world's oldest river becomes your floating home Luxury Cruise   ·  Nile  ·   Private Experience  ·  Spirituality   ·  Upper Egypt There are journeys that inform, and journeys that transform. Sailing the Nile aboard a private dahabiya — that wooden...
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Meditation at the Pyramids of Giza

WELLNESS & SPIRITUALITY  ·   EGYPT Meditation at the Pyramids of Giza Connection and silence in the heart of the desert Meditation  ·  Giza   ·  Spirituality  ·   Desert  ·  Private Experience  ·   Luxury Wellness There is a moment, just before dawn, when the desert of Giza holds a silence so absolute it...
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The Temple of Abu Simbel

TEMPLES & SACRED PLACES  ·   EGYPT The Temple of Abu Simbel A journey to the heart of solar power Abu Simbel  ·  Ramesses II   ·  Upper Egypt  ·   Sacred Architecture  ·  Private Experience  ·   UNESCO Heritage There are places in the world that are not contemplated: they are received. Abu Simbel...
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A Practical Guide to Travelling Egypt

TRAVELLER'S GUIDE   ·  EGYPT A Practical Guide to Travelling Egypt With style, comfort and the depth this destination deserves Travel Tips  ·  Luxury   ·  Cairo  ·   Seasons & Climate  ·  5-Star Hotels   ·  Insider Tips Egypt is not a destination to be improvised. Not because it is complicated — in expert...
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The Secret Language of Hieroglyphs

HISTORY & CULTURE   ·  ANCIENT EGYPT The Secret Language of Hieroglyphs How to read the sacred walls Hieroglyphs  ·  Sacred Writing  ·   Champollion  ·  Temples   ·  Rosetta Stone  ·   Pharaonic Culture Imagine stopping before the inner wall of the temple of Karnak and, instead of seeing a succession of beautiful and...
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Egypt Beyond the Visible

STORIES & CURIOSITIES   ·  ANCIENT EGYPT Egypt Beyond the Visible What the guidebooks never tell you Curiosities  ·  Hidden History  ·   Secret Places  ·  Mysteries   ·  Insider  ·  Deep Culture Egypt is, perhaps, the most photographed and least understood country in the world. Its pyramids appear on thousands of covers, its pharaohs...
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Luxor Temple at Sunset

TEMPLES & SACRED PLACES  ·   EGYPT Luxor Temple at Sunset When stone turns into light Luxor Temple  ·  Sunset   ·  Amenhotep III  ·   Ramesses II  ·  Sensory Experience  ·   Sacred Architecture There is a moment in Luxor that no photographer has ever fully captured, though thousands have tried. It happens between...
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The Journey to the Afterlife

HISTORY & SPIRITUALITY   ·  ANCIENT EGYPT The Journey to the Afterlife What happens after death according to the Egyptians Egyptian Afterlife   ·  Book of the Dead  ·   Osiris  ·  Maat   ·  Mummification  ·   Spirituality  ·  Duat Of all the civilisations humanity has created, none thought about death with as much...
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Egypt Slow Travel

CONSCIOUS TRAVEL   ·  EGYPT Egypt Slow Travel How to explore the country without rushing and with depth Slow Travel  ·  Conscious Travel  ·  Deep Itinerary  ·  Unhurried Luxury  ·   Culture  ·  Transformation  ·   Upper Egypt There is a kind of traveller who has understood something that standard circuits can never offer: that...
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Rituals Inspired by Ancient Egypt

WELLNESS & SPIRITUALITY  ·   ANCIENT EGYPT Rituals Inspired by Ancient Egypt Aromatherapy, sound and consciousness Egyptian Rituals   ·  Aromatherapy  ·   Sound Healing  ·  Kyphi   ·  Sistrum  ·   Wellness  ·  Consciousness Long before aromatherapy had a name, the priests of the temple of Edfu prepared each dawn a blend of resins,...
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Travelling Solo to Egypt

INNER JOURNEY   ·  EGYPT Travelling Solo to Egypt An experience of introspection and self-discovery Solo Travel  ·  Introspection   ·  Self-Discovery  ·   Inner Journey  ·  Private Luxury  ·   Transformation  ·  Consciousness There are journeys best made in company, and journeys that can only be made alone. Egypt belongs, with surprising clarity, to...
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Photography in Egypt

EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES   ·  EGYPT Photography in Egypt Capturing the perfect light in unique locations Photography  ·  Golden Light   ·  Private Access  ·   Karnak  ·  Nile   ·  Desert  ·   Photography Journey Egypt is one of the most extraordinary photographic destinations in the world and, paradoxically, one of the most difficult to...
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Dinner at the Pyramids of Giza

EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES   ·  EGYPT Private Dinner at the Pyramids of Giza An evening under the stars of the desert Private Dinner   ·  Giza  ·   Gastronomy  ·  Exclusive Experience  ·   Stars  ·  Desert   ·  Luxury There are dinners that nourish and there are dinners that transform. A table set in the...
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The Hidden Meaning of the Pyramids

HISTORY & MYSTERY   ·  ANCIENT EGYPT The Hidden Meaning of the Pyramids Tombs or energy centres? Pyramids  ·  Khufu   ·  Archaeoastronomy  ·   Energy  ·  Cosmology   ·  Mystery  ·  Giza The question has been asked for two centuries and, with each new excavation campaign, each new measurement and each new hypothesis, seems...
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The Mystery of the Osireion at Abydos

TEMPLES & MYSTERIES   ·  ANCIENT EGYPT The Mystery of the Osireion at Abydos Impossible architecture and initiatic symbolism Osireion  ·  Abydos   ·  Osiris  ·   Megalithic Architecture  ·  Mystery   ·  Initiation  ·   Symbolism There are structures in Egypt that conventional archaeology has catalogued, dated and explained with greater or lesser certainty....
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Between Shadows and Eternity

TEMPLES & SACRED PLACES  ·   EGYPT Between Shadows and Eternity Exploring Saqqara beyond the pyramids Saqqara  ·  Old Kingdom   ·  Pyramid Texts  ·   Serapeum  ·  Djoser   ·  Nobles' Tombs  ·   Imhotep Thirty kilometres south of Cairo, at the western edge of the desert where the green of the Nile valley...
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Night in the White Desert

EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES   ·  EGYPT Night in the White Desert Luxury, silence and infinite sky White Desert  ·  Bahariya Oasis  ·   Desert Night  ·  Starry Sky   ·  Glamping  ·   Silence  ·  Sahara About 370 kilometres south-west of Cairo, beyond the Bahariya Oasis, the Sahara produces one of its most improbable and most...
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