If you’re staying at Marsa Alam for the holidays then it would be nice to go on Cheap El Quseir Holidays as well. After all, you can just stop by the petrol station and then take a five-minute to get to the fort of El Quseir. You will realize how historical your Cheap El Quseir Holidays destination is, the moment the locals narrate Queen Hatshepsut’s expedition to Punt in Africa using the port of Quseir as a take off point.

You will discover during your El Quseir Cheap Holidays that pilgrims bound for Mecca used the port of El Quseir as a take off point. The same port has placed the town at the forefront of tourists going on El Quseir Cheap Holidays. Today, Quseir is not only a top diving destination but is also known for other attractions like the Bir Umm Fawakhir.

It is easy to know when you are already in your Cheap El Quseir Holidays destination the moment you see the two cannons and their muzzles which was used to protect the harbour. The cannons now serve as attractions to tourists on their Cheap El Quseir Holidays. Another attraction worth visiting in Quseir is the castle which was built in 1571 by Sultan Selim I.

Tourists on their El Quseir Cheap Holidays would be able to get a closer glimpse of history when they visit the fort. The same fort was used by the French army to watch over the town but they abandoned it upon the arrival of almost 6,000 soldiers from India and Britain in 1801. While the fort continued functioning as a base for the wars fought against Arabia by Muhammad Ali Pasha, such function was however diminished when Suez Canal opened in 1869. You will however see during your El Quseir Cheap Holidays that it continued until 1975 to be a useful base for the Egyptian coast guard.