The Nile River, the world's longest river, is Egypt's beating heart as it has served as a lifeline for Egyptians since the ...

Europe’s second-longest river, the Danube flows through ten countries, linking vibrant capitals with enchanting medieval ...

My travelling companion was no help at all. She handballed the responsibility for staff ­bonuses to me, reasoning that I’d been to India so many times I must know how to navigate such nuanced ...

One’s a ride on a Felucca (a traditional Egyptian sailing ... After 48 hours, the ship leaves Luxor and, as we sail 150 miles south to Aswan, there’s time to hit the pool and hot tubs, and ...

Felucca, the top-deck restaurant that seats ... higher ground as its original location would have been flooded by the Aswan High Dam (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) ‘When it comes to ...

I return to the Nile and climb on board a felucca sailboat similar to those ... The final stop is Aswan where we visit the famous dam, which is Egypt’s modern marvel of engineering, as well ...

The enormous Aswan dam, a much more recent marvel of epic ... A tranquil journey across the river in a traditional felucca sail boat, with the breeze tempering the 25C heat, provided a delightful ...

The vast Aswan dam is a much more modern marvel of ... Being swept silently across the river in a traditional felucca sail boat, the breeze taking the edge off the 25C heat, was another lush ...

I had arranged a rendezvous with my friend Eleanor in Aswan and from there we hired a felucca to sail to Luxor. We entrusted a chunk of our holiday money to the felucca owner to buy provisions.

Afterwards, you’ll travel back to the river for an hour-long trip along the Nile on a traditional wooden boat called a felucca. Abu Simbel, two temples built by the Egyptian king Ramesses II in Aswan, ...