• An evening by the Nile

    Cairo Jazz Club

    Our favourite

    Cairo's nightlife institution: live bands midweek, big DJ sets at the weekend.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed

    4.4Ratingour own rating€€€ High endAlcohol served
  • Giza Sound and Light Show

    Floodlit pyramids and the voice of the Sphinx: a production from another era, under a desert night.

    GizaGiza Plateau

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • A red cocktail with a straw, set facing the sun as it drops over the water.

    Granada Restaurant & Pub

    The smart sunset table: open sea view, cocktails, polished service.

    HurghadaHurghada

    €€€ High endSea view
  • The cafés of Abu Tig Marina

    El Gouna's marina and its promenade of terraces, from morning coffee to the last drink.

    HurghadaEl Gouna

    €€€ High endSea view
  • Sequoia

    A vast terrace at the tip of the island, where shisha is smoked with your feet above the Nile.

    CairoNorthern tip of Zamalek

    €€€ High endNile view
  • A row of chrome beer taps on a pub counter in the evening.

    The Tap

    The Cairo pub where matches are watched, with a beer list that is wide for the country.

    CairoMaadi and other districts

    €€€ High endAlcohol served
  • Three coloured-glass lanterns hanging beneath a red and purple fabric canopy.

    Abou El Sid

    Egyptian cooking served in a dark oriental salon, cushions and lanterns included.

    CairoZamalek

    €€€ High endWhere locals go
  • A crowd in silhouette, arms raised in front of a stage flooded with orange light.

    Cairo Jazz Club 610

    West Cairo's big room for concerts and DJ sets.

    Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed

    €€€ High endAlcohol served
  • A multi-deck cruise boat moving up the river at sunset.

    Nile dinner cruises

    Two hours of cruising with dinner, band and belly dance.

    CairoZamalek and the Nile Corniche

    €€€ High endNile view
  • A white boat moored on the Nile, its upper deck under an awning, against a palm-lined bank.

    Le Pacha 1901

    A moored boat turned into several restaurants and bars, at Zamalek.

    CairoZamalek

    €€€ High endNile view
  • Soho Square

    A whole pedestrian square given over to going out: bars, ice rink, bowling and a fountain.

    Sharm el-SheikhNabq Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh

    €€€ High endFamily-friendly
  • El Gouna's beach clubs

    Beach clubs that start at sunset and end late.

    HurghadaEl Gouna

    €€€ High endSea view
  • Cairo's rooftops

    The city has started looking at its roofs — and putting bars on them.

    CairoDowntown, Zamalek, Garden City

    €€€ High endRooftop
  • The forecourt and the hanging obelisk, before the museum's triangulated façade.

    The Grand Egyptian Museum in the evening

    The world's most awaited museum, visited once the coaches have gone.

    GizaGiza plateau

    €€€ High endHistoric venue
  • A large golden curtain lit from within, above the rows of empty red seats of a darkened hall.

    The El Gouna Film Festival

    A week of Arab and international cinema, on the Red Sea.

    HurghadaEl Gouna

    €€€ High endPaid entry
  • The tents lit from within, once the sun has gone.

    A night in the White Desert

    Unmissable

    Sleeping among the chalk mushrooms, under one of the world's darkest skies.

    The oases and the Western DesertFarafra

    €€€ High endBooking advised
  • Sailboat masts silhouetted against an orange sky as the sun sets over a marina.

    The tables of Marina

    The north coast's marina and its summer terraces.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaMarina, north coast

    €€€ High endSea view