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Thirty hectares of green laid over five centuries of rubble, facing the Citadel.
CairoDarb el-Ahmar
Rows of seated Buddhas under parasols, in a Japanese-style garden south of Cairo.
CairoHelwan
The garden of a nineteenth-century Greek villa: ruled walks, marble statues, old palms.
AlexandriaSmouha
A sunken garden wrapped around what is left of Alexandria's medieval city wall.
AlexandriaShallalat
An early twentieth-century pleasure garden in Nouzha: come for the palm walks.
AlexandriaNouzha
A salt lake below sea level, all that is left of the ancients' Lake Moeris.
FayoumLake Qarun
A small turquoise cove at the foot of a limestone cliff, west of Marsa Matrouh.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaMarsa Matrouh
A depression of salt lakes on the desert road, and four monasteries still lived in.
The Delta and the north coastWadi el-Natrun
Terraces above Lake Qarun, in the potters' village.
FayoumTunis village, Lake Qarun
Palm huts at the water's edge, facing the Saudi mountains.
SinaiNuweiba, South Sinai
Mangroves standing in salt water, flamingos and a Bedouin village.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaWadi el-Gemal, southern Red Sea
A lake among the dunes that changes colour with the day's light.
FayoumWadi el-Rayan, Fayoum
Tree trunks turned to stone thirty million years ago, on Cairo's doorstep.
CairoSouth-east of Maadi
The spit where the Nile meets the Mediterranean, and the two waters visibly touch.
The Delta and the north coastDamietta
An unfinished temple of cyclopean blocks, alone in the desert above the lake.
FayoumNorth of Lake Qarun
A fishing village built on a canal, nicknamed Alexandria's Venice.
AlexandriaEl Max, west of Alexandria
A hundred and fifty hectares of pines and palms by the sea, around the royal palace.
AlexandriaMontazah, Alexandria
The Alexandrians' family beach, sheltered and shallow.
AlexandriaMaamoura, east of Alexandria
Heliopolis's old racecourse turned neighbourhood park: grass, water, and crowds until midnight.
CairoHeliopolis
The neighbourhood garden cut to children's size: grass, benches, and a play area charged by the hour.
CairoNasr City
Sixty-five feddans around a lake in western Cairo — and it is not Zed Park.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed
Two feddans of terraces at the water's edge: a garden to sit in, not to run in.
CairoZamalek
Grass, shade and room to spread out in the middle of Zamalek, two minutes from the metro.
