• Two stone sphinxes lined up in a dimly lit museum room.

    Kafr el-Sheikh Museum

    Off the beaten track

    The Delta finally told at home, in a museum opened in 2022.

    The Delta and the north coastKafr el-Sheikh, Delta

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • Ismailia Museum

    Roman mosaics and sphinxes from the canal road, in a garden pavilion.

    The Delta and the north coastIsmailia, Suez Canal

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • A palm-lined corniche along the Suez Canal, a mosque at the water's edge and a tug moored at the quay.

    The Suez Canal House

    Three green domes at the canal's mouth, the very image of Port Said.

    The Delta and the north coastPort Said

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • A chequerboard brick façade in black and white, pierced by wooden mashrabiya screens.

    The Ottoman houses of Rosetta

    Off the beaten track

    Some twenty houses in red and black brick, unique in Egypt.

    The Delta and the north coastRosetta (Rashid)

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • A painted wooden sarcophagus, covered with hieroglyphs and two wedjat eyes, on its plinth in a museum gallery.

    Port Said National Museum

    From prehistory to the canal, Egypt told facing the Mediterranean.

    The Delta and the north coastPort Said

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • Ibn Luqman's house

    Off the beaten track

    The house where Saint Louis was imprisoned after the Seventh Crusade's defeat.

    The Delta and the north coastMansoura

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • Tanis

    Off the beaten track

    A field of toppled obelisks in the Delta, and intact royal tombs.

    The Delta and the north coastSan el-Hagar, Sharqia

    BudgetHistoric venue
  • Bubastis

    Off the beaten track

    The city of the cat goddess Bastet, and its cemetery of mummified cats.

    The Delta and the north coastZagazig, Sharqia

    BudgetHistoric venue