Most visitors never experience the natural masterpieces that lie off the tourist trail—from bubbling hot springs to unearthly landscapes of dead volcanoes to the “Valley of the Whales.” ...

Near the Sinai desert lies the large and beautiful city of Sharm-el-Sheikh. This is the best place in Egypt to see turquoise ...

Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert: in the 4th century ... And we stayed in some beautiful hotels – two belonging to the Tzila company, and the "splendid" Adrère Amellal ...

An acacia tree in the plains of the Red Sea Mountains, outside Hurghada, Egypt.Credit ... very special about the desert — very harsh and austere and beautiful in a way that I don’t find ...

The ancient Egyptian fortress was in use around 2,000 years ago in the Sinai Desert.

Thanks to modern images of Egypt's iconic pyramids towering over a vast sandscape, many people assume this area is, and always has been, a desert. But considering that climates and landscapes can ...