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A town in Asia ten minutes away by ferry, with wooden villas and gardens.
The Delta and the north coastPort Fouad, Port Said
The spit where the Nile meets the Mediterranean, and the two waters visibly touch.
The Delta and the north coastDamietta
Egypt's largest Sufi gathering: a week of sleepless nights in Tanta.
The Delta and the north coastTanta
The Nile a few kilometres from its mouth, lined with cafés and boatyards.
The canal's southern entrance, where ships queue for their turn.
The Delta and the north coastSuez
Neighbourhood hammams still working, far from hotel spas.
The Delta and the north coastTanta and Mansoura
Public bike hire in Cairo — the idea nobody thought possible.
CairoDowntown, Zamalek, Garden City
Crossing Cairo by river for the price of a bus ticket.
CairoFrom Old Cairo to Warraq
A contemporary art scene showing for free, in flats and workshops.
CairoZamalek, Downtown, Garden City
Africa's oldest tram, overhauled after a hundred and fifty years of service.
AlexandriaFrom Raml to Victoria, Alexandria
The worksite that produced the obelisks and colossi of all Egypt.
AswanAswan
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
An Ottoman port left intact between Hurghada and Marsa Alam.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaQuseir
The morning auction, two streets from the hotels and a world from their mood.
HurghadaSekalla, Hurghada
Kilometres of pedestrian riverbank, lit and planted, open until late.
CairoNile west bank, Cairo
A real ice rink on the Maadi corniche, inside a leisure complex that has aged around it.
CairoMaadi, Nile Corniche
