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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
A horseshoe reef where a colony of spinner dolphins comes to rest.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaHamata, southern Red Sea
A 300-metre-long seamount, one of Egypt's best-known dive sites.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaOff Marsa Alam
Dunes as far as the eye can see west of Siwa, up to the Libyan border.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa
Mud-brick guesthouses above the lake, two hours from Cairo.
FayoumTunis and Lake Qarun
Sleeping in karshif — salt and clay — by candlelight, without electricity.
Desert, lake and fields seen from above, two hours from Cairo.
FayoumLake Qarun, Fayoum
Sleeping among the chalk mushrooms, under one of the world's darkest skies.
The oases and the Western DesertFarafra
A British freighter sunk in 1941, its motorcycles and lorries still in the hold.
HurghadaStrait of Gubal, Red Sea
A flat lagoon and thermal wind every afternoon, April to October.
HurghadaEl Gouna
The one hotel in Alexandria that publishes, in black and white, the price of a day at the pool with no room booked.
AlexandriaSan Stefano, on the Corniche
Three pools facing the Mediterranean — behind the gate of a closed compound.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaMarassi, Km 129 Matrouh Road, El Alamein
The only one on this coast to advertise indoor pools: you can still swim when the coast has shut.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaNew Alamein, Km 107 North Coastal Road
The only Red Sea day pass where the resort itself sets out the price, the hours and what is included.
Sharm el-SheikhSharm El Sheikh, seafront
