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The fish house Sharm locals name before the hotels.
Sharm el-SheikhSharm el-Sheikh
Aswan's grill house, on the souk street for decades.
AswanSharia el-Souk, Aswan
A restaurant on a Nile island, reachable only by boat.
AswanEssa island, Aswan
Lake fish grilled at the water's edge, two hours from Cairo.
FayoumNorth shore of Lake Qarun
Farm cooking served in the guesthouses, above the lake.
FayoumTunis village, Fayoum
Bass, mullet and prawns from the lake, served beside the Suez Canal.
The Delta and the north coastIsmailia
Red Sea fish at its northern entrance, far from the resorts.
The Delta and the north coastPort Tewfik, Suez
Fish and prawns at the point where the Nile meets the sea.
The Delta and the north coastRas el-Bar, Damietta
Few addresses, plenty of fish: the southern Red Sea's table.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaMarsa Alam
A Greek brasserie in Heliopolis, open since between the wars.
CairoHeliopolis
The district where you eat at any hour: grills, Yemeni, Syrian, fast food.
CairoNasr City
A month when the city eats at the same minute, and the streets become dining rooms.
CairoAll over Cairo
Pizzas and pasta in the heart of El Gouna's Downtown, at reasonable prices.
HurghadaEl Gouna
Fish and grills on the Gulf of Suez coast, two hours from Cairo.
SinaiRas Sudr, Sinai
The leafy southern district, its terraces and its international dining.
CairoMaadi
Mezze, grills and fatteh: the foreign cuisine most firmly settled in Egypt.
CairoZamalek, Mohandessin, Tagamoa
Hurghada's boat with portholes: see the coral without getting wet, or knowing how to swim.
HurghadaHurghada Marina, town centre
A piazza, paved lanes and a pier: the one place in Sahl Hasheesh where you walk.
HurghadaSahl Hasheesh, some twenty kilometres south of Hurghada
North-east Cairo's water park — but only in the hot season.
CairoEl Obour City, km 31 of the Cairo–Ismailia road, Qalyubia governorate
Eighty feddans of lawns and rides at km 26 of the Suez road: the weekend outing of New Cairo families.
CairoNew Cairo — Al Rehab
The indoor games hall at Mall of Egypt: arcade, rides and bowling, for when it is forty degrees outside.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City
The countries of the world in miniature, a small zoo and fairground rides: you pay to get in, then you pay by zone.
Two floors of trampolines inside a mall: it bounces, and it echoes.
CairoNew Cairo / Tagamoa
A soft play the size of a warehouse — and one of the rare ones truly built for toddlers.
