Minya, Egypt
Good to know
- Best time to go
- October to April for mild Nile Valley temperatures
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A relaxed Middle Egypt city on the west bank of the Nile, once nicknamed the Bride of Upper Egypt for its elegant early-twentieth-century architecture. It is the natural base for the tombs of Beni Hasan, the ruins of Amarna, and the Greco-Roman necropolis of Tuna el-Gebel.
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