Pharaos Rally Festival from Fayoum to Giza

CAIRO – 18 November 2017: The 100km Phahraos Rally Festival began November 17. It started from Hawara Pyramid in Fayoum and continues to Saqqara Pyramid. The rally is titled “International Pharaos Festival 2017”.


Hawara Pyramid in Fayoum – Wikimedia website

The General Authority for Tourism Development organized the festival, with cooperation from travel agencies, in hopes of developing tourism in Egypt, especially from Fayoum to Giza. The competitors ran for 100km, starting from Hawara Pyramid in Fayoum along the Agricultural Road. They then pass through Saqqara sluiceway until they reach the finish at Saqqara Pyramid, Giza.


Saqqara Pyramid – Wikimedia website

The festival started with 35 sprinters. There were 170 competitors from all over the world – three from the USA, 14 from England, nine from France, and seven from Egypt. There was also one participant from each of the following countries: China, Japan, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand and Austria.


Foreign competitor is ready for the festival – Five Photos Website – 17 November 2017

All these countries participated in the festival and also worked indirectly with the Egyptian authorities to activate the tourism sector.


One of the players takes a photo in front of the festival banner – Five Photos website – 17 November 2017


Banner of International Pharaoh Festival – Five Photos Website – 17 November 2017