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The world's largest archaeological museum, open since November 2025, two kilometres from the pyramids.
GizaGiza Plateau
South 90's smart end: a well-kept room and prices to match.
CairoNew Cairo
A dinner that moves: the Nile slides past, and the river is the main course.
CairoDokki
Fish served aboard a boat moored on the Nile, on the Zamalek side.
CairoZamalek
An international menu, a Japanese one alongside, and a view, in Tagamoa 2.
The French restaurant at the Semiramis, for evenings when you want quiet and proper service.
CairoGarden City
Sushi and fusion in the Nile City towers, for the evening when the trip needs a break.
CairoBulaq
A sushi bar in Tagamoa 1: a few pieces, without giving up your whole evening.
A brasserie by the water, inside a private club: check they will let you in first.
The Four Seasons dining room on the Corniche: what you pay for here is the absence of nasty surprises.
CairoQasr El Nil
Cairo's nightlife institution: live bands midweek, big DJ sets at the weekend.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed
An Italian kitchen on the Nile in Zamalek, with prices to match the view.
Two temples cut into the cliff by Ramesses II, then sliced apart and rebuilt higher up, 280 km south.
AswanAbu Simbel
Egypt was ruled from this crag above the city for seven hundred years, and the view still earns the climb.
CairoCitadel
Tutankhamun and the royal mummies have gone elsewhere; the rest, vast, has stayed.
CairoTahrir, Downtown
Djoser's step pyramid, the oldest large stone building in the world. Best in the early morning.
GizaSaqqara
Floodlit pyramids and the voice of the Sphinx: a production from another era, under a desert night.
Over sixty tombs in a wadi without a scrap of shade, and a ticket that opens only a handful.
LuxorWest bank
Egypt's highest summit, in the same granite massif — a long day's walking, and no steps.
SinaiSaint Catherine, Sinai
A sandstone corridor with yellow and purple walls, and passages you take sideways.
SinaiNuweiba, Sinai
Mountains, gravel plains and acacias south of Marsa Alam. Not a place for an ordinary car.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaMarsa Alam
Chalk outcrops standing in the sand, carved by the wind. Beyond the tarmac it is 4×4 country.
The oases and the Western DesertFarafra, New Valley
Lift-off before daylight on the west bank: the wind picks the route, not an itinerary.
A boat to yourselves, a route that adapts, and dolphins when the sea agrees.
HurghadaMarina, Hurghada
