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A dry limestone canyon on the edge of Maadi: an old sea floor, now a protected area.
CairoMaadi
Two ways up: the camel path, long and gentle, or the staircase the monks cut in the rock.
SinaiSaint Catherine, Sinai
A protected area between Sharm and Dahab, where the mangroves stand with their roots in the sea.
Sharm el-SheikhSharm el-Sheikh, Sinai
A deep bay closed in by mountains, south of Taba. The word fjord is a stretch.
SinaiTaba, Sinai
Two islands of sand and coral off Hurghada, reached by boat, for the day.
HurghadaHurghada
A fishing harbour south of Marsa Alam: mangrove on the shore, islands a few kilometres out.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaHamata, Marsa Alam
The Gulf of Suez, about two hours from Cairo: freighters on the horizon and a day by the sea.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaAin Sokhna
A desert depression filled with the Fayoum's drainage water: two lakes and dunes.
FayoumWadi El Rayan
Skeletons of whales with legs, left in the sand exactly where they were uncovered.
FayoumWadi El Hitan
An alabaster cave at the end of a quarry track, opened by a quarry blast.
FayoumBeni Suef
An oasis that Cairo coaches reach in a day: palm groves, hot springs, black-capped hills to the south.
The oases and the Western DesertBahariya, Western Desert
Palm groves under a pink escarpment, and a mud-brick quarter called al-Qasr.
The oases and the Western DesertDakhla, New Valley
A small town, a palm grove, hot springs, and the road north into the White Desert.
The oases and the Western DesertFarafra, New Valley
A desert depression with salt lakes, a palm grove, and a mud-brick fortress in the middle.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa
A fishermen's lagoon between the Delta and the sea, with next to nothing laid on for visitors.
The Delta and the north coastKafr el-Sheikh
A whole island turned into a botanical garden, a few minutes by boat from the corniche.
AswanNile, Aswan
An Ottoman house of 1648 in a lane off al-Muizz, courtyard and mashrabiya intact.
CairoGamaliya
A madrasa and Sufi khanqah of 1386, third façade of the Bayn al-Qasrayn row.
CairoAl-Muizz, Gamaliya
The covered tentmakers' street south of Bab Zuweila: appliqué still sewn by hand.
CairoDarb el-Ahmar
The royal mummies have been here since 2021, and the story runs right up to Egypt today.
CairoFustat
Cairo's camel market, early in the morning: animals, sticks and dust.
GizaBirqash
West Cairo's amusement park: rides, queues, and very little shade.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City
The wadi of royal wives and children, and Nefertari's tomb, which is paid for separately.
LuxorWest bank
The village of the men who cut the royal tombs: their houses, their tombs, their accounts.
