• Two hands shaping a small jug on a turning potter's wheel.

    Fagnoon Art School

    A workshop farm near Saqqara, where a child makes things instead of watching them.

    GizaSaqqara Road

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • A blue pool in the foreground, a row of straw parasols, palm trees and the sea behind.

    Aifu Resort El Montazah — the day-use pool

    A day in the pool on the Montazah Corniche, no room booked, for the price of a lunch.

    AlexandriaMontazah, on the Corniche, opposite the park gate

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The pool at Safir Marsa Matrouh

    A real pool facing the lagoon, with a separate basin for small children — but you get in by taking a room.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaCleopatra Beach, on the El Gharam lagoon

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • A pool lit blue at night, edged with empty loungers and straw parasols.

    Odin The Pool House

    A pool perched on the Mokattam heights, open to all by reservation — and a club by night.

    CairoMokattam

    €€ Mid-rangeBooking advised
  • Cook's Club El Gouna — the Day Use Pool

    The only pool in El Gouna whose day access the hotel itself puts in writing — and the hotel is adults only.

    HurghadaEl Gouna

    €€ Mid-rangePaid entry
  • A square pool with blue mosaic tiling, an open parasol and a wooden deck, between a wall and trees.

    Aqua Ladies Pool — Ruya Club

    An outdoor pool for women only, open by the day without club membership.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed, Waslet Dahshour road

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The edge of a pool in full sun, a metal ladder, empty loungers behind a railing.

    Top Sports — Tulip El Nargis Hotel

    A pool day at 250 pounds in New Cairo, where hotel pools are priced in thousands.

    CairoNew Cairo, Fifth Settlement, 90th Street

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Jewel Sport City & Aqua Park

    Four pools and seventeen water games in north-east Cairo: a children's day out, not a place to swim lengths.

    CairoZahraa Madinat Nasr

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • A row of empty sun loungers along a turquoise pool.

    Royal Day Plaza

    A day by the pool, meal included, from 9am to 6pm — when pools at the same price shut in mid-afternoon.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City, Hay El Motamayez

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • The hotel's big pool at sunset, straw parasols and ochre blocks mirrored in the water.

    Siva Grand Beach

    Hurghada's best-documented day pass: pool, beach, lunch and soft drinks included — at a price dating from 2024.

    HurghadaSouth Hurghada, on the seafront

    €€ Mid-rangeFamily-friendly
  • Straw parasols over a seafront terrace, facing the turquoise water of the Red Sea.

    Blue Beach Club

    The only pool in town that belongs to no hotel — and whose price nobody publishes.

    HurghadaHurghada Marina (New Marina), through the main gate

    €€ Mid-rangePaid entry