The Suez Canal in Egypt
The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, enabling commercial and military ships to pass between Europe and East Asia. It is the shortest sea path between European countries and the countries around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean which is the heart of trade and navigation in the world and the world's busiest route. Now you can book your tour with Cairo Top Tours’s professional team to the Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal is considered the shortest waterway that allows vessels to pass connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, its like the bond between European countries and the countries around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The world's busiest and most traveled sea routes. The average journey duration lasts for two weeks between the continent of Europe and the areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
However, the duration of passing by the Isthmus of Suez is 121 kilometers. Recently, the Suez Canal from Port Said Port to Suez City is 193 kilometers; in addition, it is the longest waterway in the world, longer than the Kiel Canal reaching the Baltic Sea to the North Sea. It is about 98 kilometers and the Panama Canal which is 77 kilometers long between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean. Book your tour with professional guide through Egypt travel packages that speaks your preferred language to learn the history and the significance of the Suez Canal.
Concerning its function besides the increasing demand for it, the Suez Canal has had many expansions that changed its size and length. The first length was from 164 kilometers to 193 kilometers, its depth from 8 meters to 24 meters, and its width from 52 meters to 205 meters. Navigation was allowed only in the canal during the day, but recently it has been allowed at night too.
The reason behind the Name “The Suez Canal” is that writers have different opinions and argue that the name of the Suez Canal is because of its location near the Isthmus of Suez that’s crossed by the canal since the Port Said area was its starting point. Now, you can plan for your tour of Suez canal by choosing your tour from Cairo Day Tours to learn more and more about the navigation and the Suez Canal. Another side of writers believe that the name is due to the Suez City, near the south of the canal is considered the area that witnessed the first digging process during the construction.
