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A Ptolemaic temple still almost whole, roof included, dug out of the silt in the 1860s.
LuxorEdfu
A hypostyle hall on its own, at the bottom of a pit, under the town that grew over it.
LuxorEsna
Hathor's face on every capital, and a zodiac taken from the roof in 1821, now in the Louvre.
LuxorDendera
A granite jumble covered in inscriptions: floods, expeditions, a seven-year famine.
AswanNile
The work that stopped the Nile flood: the river on one side, a freshwater sea on the other.
AswanThe Dam
A fortified monastery abandoned in the thirteenth century, alone in the west-bank sand.
AswanWest bank
A Christian cemetery of vaulted mud-brick chapels, their walls covered in Greek graffiti.
The oases and the Western DesertKharga
An oasis of offices and fields, strung with temples and forts along an old caravan road.
A Ptolemaic temple still standing at the far end of Lake Qarun: rooms, stairs, roof, cellars.
FayoumQasr Qarun
A fourth-century Coptic monastery under an Eastern Desert cliff, still lived in today.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaEastern Desert
A shallow sandy bay north of Marsa Alam, known for its turtles and its seagrass meadows.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaMarsa Alam
A Greek patisserie of the 1920s: you pick from the chilled cabinet, prices on the labels.
AlexandriaSaad Zaghloul
A Mamluk fortress of the 1470s at the harbour point, over the ruins of the Pharos.
AlexandriaAnfoushi
The harbour promenade: yachts on one side, terraces on the other, and the whole town out after dark.
HurghadaMarina, Hurghada
The turquoise water over white sand that earned the place its nickname: the Egyptian Maldives.
HurghadaGiftun Island, off Hurghada
An island beach where the reef starts a few metres out — the snorkelling is better than the setting.
HurghadaOff Hurghada
A centre that gets a beginner into the water without frightening them — rarer than it sounds.
HurghadaHurghada
A dive centre that is serious without being solemn: small groups, maintained gear, club atmosphere.
All of Egypt in scale models: the pyramids, Abu Simbel and Karnak in an hour's walk.
The Red Sea without getting wet: an indoor circuit that fills a morning with children.
HurghadaAirport road, Hurghada
Quad bikes in the desert, a stop in a Bedouin village, mint tea and sunset.
HurghadaDesert west of Hurghada
The full desert day: quad, buggy, 4×4 and camel, from morning to sunset.
Hammam and massage at a price with nothing in common with hotel spas.
Hurghada's own family water park — no need to leave town.
HurghadaHotel area, Hurghada
