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The smallest oasis from the
Egypt's West,
Farafra Oasis is situated between Dakla and Baharyia, in the
Libyan Desert. The Farafra village has about 4,000 citizens,
most of them being Bedouins, and near to this place are the El-Mufid
and the Bir Setta lakes. Although an isolated place, Farafra is
visited by many tourists, especially by pupils who come here
with organized trips. The biggest attractions of the Farafra
desert is the White Desert situated at the 45 kilometers, in
North. The white sands and the huge structures of chalk rock
attract numerous tourists year by year. In Farafra are houses
from mud and brick that are painted with murals in exterior, the
architecture is old but interesting. The roads are narrow and
with roofs. From Farafra you can be some very good olives, olive
oil, guavas, mangos and bananas. The people from this village
respect their old traditions and wear shirts and dresses with
beautiful embroideries. One of the traditions over here is that
women bathe in the afternoon only, so is recommended for the
female tourists who want to swim in then hot springs of the
town, to respect that tradition too. The Great Sand Sea with its
impenetrable appearance lays in the Farafra West. It is the
place where the king Cambyses and his army were defeated while
trying to devastate the Siwa oasis. In the Farafra West is
also the 'Ayn Dalla spring that is the Western Desert's
significant strategic point. The beautiful landscape of the road
that leads to the 'Ayn Dalla spring, is sprinkled with
lacustrine deposits and formations of chalk. In the Farafra
South is the place called the Black Valley, because of the
surface covered with fragments of black pyrite. Not only is the
Farafra desert beautiful but also its surroundings are. |
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