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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
The new capital's great mosque, inaugurated in 2019 in the desert east of Cairo.
CairoNew Administrative Capital
The largest cathedral in the Middle East, inaugurated in 2019 facing the mosque.
Twenty towers in the desert, including Africa's tallest: a skyline out of nowhere.
The 1942 battle told on the ground, among tanks, maps and cemeteries.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaEl Alamein, north coast
The Delta finally told at home, in a museum opened in 2022.
The Delta and the north coastKafr el-Sheikh, Delta
The khedives' state carriages, reopened to the public after twenty years of restoration.
CairoBoulaq
The Citadel's lower gate, restored and reopened after two centuries closed.
CairoCitadel, Darb el-Ahmar
Kilometres of riverbank given back to walkers, with benches, lighting and cafés.
CairoFrom Qasr el-Nil bridge to Maadi
An elevated line above Greater Cairo — the ride is worth it for the view.
CairoEast and west of Greater Cairo
Roman mosaics and sphinxes from the canal road, in a garden pavilion.
The Delta and the north coastIsmailia, Suez Canal
Three green domes at the canal's mouth, the very image of Port Said.
The Delta and the north coastPort Said
A necropolis kilometres long where people have lived among the tombs for centuries.
CairoQarafa, Islamic Cairo
A well from 861 that measured the flood and set the tax for all Egypt.
CairoRhoda island
Three kilometres of Mamluk arches that carried Nile water up to the Citadel.
CairoFustat
The khedives' locomotives, including Ismail Pasha's gilded saloon carriage.
CairoRamses station
A 1938 museum left exactly as it was, between faded dioramas and ancient grain.
GizaDokki
A 1907 palace on the Nile, now an art centre — painted ceilings and original parquet.
CairoZamalek
Monet, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Rodin, in a Cairo villa almost nobody visits.
The sculptor of "Egypt's Awakening", in a pavilion designed for his work.
The villa of the blind writer who made schooling free in Egypt.
GizaHaram, Giza
Tree trunks turned to stone thirty million years ago, on Cairo's doorstep.
CairoSouth-east of Maadi
Three museums and a planetarium tucked beneath the great reading room.
AlexandriaChatby, Alexandria
