Faiyum
Good to know
- Best time to go
- October to April for mild weather across the basin
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A vast basin of canals, waterwheels, and farmland an hour southwest of Cairo, watered by a branch of the Nile since pharaonic times. The city makes a base for the pottery village of Tunis, the ruins of Karanis, and desert excursions toward the lakes and fossil valleys beyond.
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