Although it has nothing to do with the famous queen of Egypt (the present name is a recent invention), this hot pool, which may be identified as the Fountain of the Sun described by Herodotus, is one of the most ...
One kilometer south of Aghurmi there are the remains of the Temple of Um Ubeydah, which dates from the reign of King Nectanebo II (30th Dynasty) and was connected by a processional avenue to the Temple of the Oracle.
This beautiful place which lies 3.5 km from the center of Shali, was originally an islet with a hot spring surrounded by a thick palm grove but was later connected to the mainland by filling that part of the lake ...
The acropolis of Aghurmi which was inhabited until the last century was the first capital of the oasis and the site of the king of Siwa’s palace and the famous Temple of the Oracle of Amon
This mountain with four peaks that rises up in the eastern part of Siwa is considered a sacred place by the Siwans, who go there for three days on the occasion of the most important festival in the oasis, during the ...
Even further west, in the village of Maraqi area, are the extensive remains of the site of Bilad el Rumi, whose name means ‘city of the Romans’ and which boasts more than 200 rock-cut tombs.
The old town of Shali Shali, the ancient capital of the oasis was founded in the Middle Ages. Built with karshef, a mixture of salt and clay made with a technique that is unique in the world, this city of mud’ was ...
Built on the side of a white limestone mountain, a few kilometers from Siwa, the Hotel Adrere Amellal is a luxurious eco lodge radically different from traditional luxury. Authentic and ecological is how its creator ...
Adrere Amellal «the White Mountain» in the kiwi language is a beautiful place with the extraordinary ecolodge named after the mountain itself that was constructed in 1996 in karshef with traditional Siwan ...
This hill, whose name means ‘Mountain of the Dead’, is the site of the most important necropolis in the oasis, dated from the 26th Dynasty to the Greco-Roman period. Situated 1.5 km north of Shali, Gebel Mawta ...
Bir Wahed, a toponym that in Arabic means ‘Well no. 1’, is situated about eleven kilometers south-southeast of Shali, at the edge of the Great Sand Sea, and it is connected to the Siwa oasis via a track that can be ...
Dream Lodge welcomes you to experience, the reality of Siwa city, Egypt’s Great Sand Desert. We provide comfortable accommodation in Siwa Oasis which is located in the Western desert of Egypt, Southwest of the ...