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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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  • Wadi El Rayan

    A desert depression filled with the Fayoum's drainage water: two lakes and dunes.

    FayoumWadi El Rayan

    €€ Mid-rangeWhere locals go

  • Whale Valley

    Unmissable

    Skeletons of whales with legs, left in the sand exactly where they were uncovered.

    FayoumWadi El Hitan

    €€ Mid-rangeUNESCO

  • Sannur Cave

    Off the beaten track

    An alabaster cave at the end of a quarry track, opened by a quarry blast.

    FayoumBeni Suef

    €€ Mid-rangeBooking advised

  • Qasr Qarun

    Off the beaten track

    A Ptolemaic temple still standing at the far end of Lake Qarun: rooms, stairs, roof, cellars.

    FayoumQasr Qarun

    €€ Mid-rangeHistoric venue

  • The pottery workshops of Tunis

    Our favourite

    Some twenty ceramic workshops in a village perched above the lake.

    FayoumTunis village, Lake Qarun

    €€ Mid-rangeHandmade

  • 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
  • A whole fish, scored and browned, resting on grey embers.

    The tables of Lake Qarun

    Lake fish grilled at the water's edge, two hours from Cairo.

    FayoumNorth shore of Lake Qarun

    €€ Mid-rangeWhere locals go
  • A dish of hummus with olive oil, ringed by tomatoes and limes, on a wooden table.

    The tables of Tunis village

    Farm cooking served in the guesthouses, above the lake.

    FayoumTunis village, Fayoum

    €€ Mid-rangeWhere locals go