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6 May, 2021, 3:10 am
Tourists enjoy a meal made by Saqqara residents to improve their living conditions in thier village, in Giza, Egypt, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Shokry Hussien
CAIRO (Reuters) – Tourists visiting Egypt’s famed pyramids may rarely stray from the beaten track, but a project focused on rural villages adjoining the ancient sites now encourages them to do so.
The scheme takes visitors to a verdant strip of farmland thick with palm trees that runs south of the Giza pyramids, between the lesser known pyramids of Saqqara and Dahshur and the western bank of the Nile.
There they can get a glimpse of local communities as part of Visit Badrashin!, a sustainable tourism project funded by the European Union.