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CairoHurghadaSharm el-SheikhGizaLuxorAswanAlexandriaSheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSinaiMarsa Alam & the Red SeaFayoumThe oases and the Western DesertMarsa Matrouh and SiwaThe Delta and the north coast
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  • The Avenue of Sphinxes

    Unmissable

    Two kilometres and seven hundred sphinxes between Luxor and Karnak, reopened after forty years of excavation.

    LuxorEast bank, Luxor

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue
  • The gilded face of an Egyptian sarcophagus, its eyes outlined in black.

    Hurghada Museum

    The Red Sea's first archaeological museum, opened in 2020 on the airport road.

    HurghadaHurghada

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue
  • A granite pharaonic statue seen in profile, in a bright hall.

    Sharm el-Sheikh Museum

    A national museum opened in 2020, fifteen minutes from the Naama Bay hotels.

    Sharm el-SheikhSharm el-Sheikh

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue

  • Zed Park

    A large urban park west of Cairo, with a lake, playgrounds and restaurants.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly

  • The specialty coffee wave

    In five years, Cairo has gone from instant coffee to single-origin filter — and the roasters are Egyptian.

    CairoZamalek, Maadi, Tagamoa

    €€ Mid-rangeTerrace

  • New Cairo's food halls

    Twenty counters under one roof: the format that replaced the single restaurant.

    CairoNew Cairo / Tagamoa

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Vegetables sorted into wooden crates, under the awning

    The farmers' markets

    Weekend markets where farms from Fayoum and the Delta sell direct.

    CairoZamalek, Maadi, Sheikh Zayed

    €€ Mid-rangeWhere locals go
  • Soft coral and its shoals of anthias — what you come here for.

    The southern dive camps

    Wooden huts by the reef, hours from the nearest hotel.

    Marsa Alam & the Red SeaMarsa Alam and Hamata

    €€ Mid-rangeDiving / snorkelling

  • The Cairo Jazz Festival

    Three days of concerts, with Egyptian bands and guests from all over.

    CairoCairo

    €€ Mid-rangePaid entry
  • A road crosses the desert plateau, a few vehicles in front of the three pyramids.

    The new access to the Giza plateau

    A visitor centre, electric shuttles and the end of the horse touts.

    GizaGiza plateau

    €€ Mid-rangePaid entry
  • A gilded funerary mask and a mummy's linen wrappings, against a black background.

    The Royal Mummies Hall

    Unmissable

    Twenty Egyptian sovereigns, moved in 2021 into a hall built for them.

    CairoFustat

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue

  • The Wadi el-Hitan museum

    An eighteen-metre skeleton of a legged whale, in a museum buried in the desert.

    FayoumWadi el-Hitan, Fayoum

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue