Introducing Qasr al-Farafra
The only real town in Farafra Oasis, Qasr al-Farafra remains an undeveloped speck on the western Egypt circuit that is only now beginning to discover the cheap thrills of concrete. The town’s tumbledown Roman fortress was originally built to guard this part of the desert caravan route, though these days all it has to show for it is a mound of rubble.
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Some small, mud-brick houses still stand here against all the odds, their doorways secured with medieval peg locks and their walls painted with verses of the Quran.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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