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A small town, a palm grove, hot springs, and the road north into the White Desert.
The oases and the Western DesertFarafra, New Valley
A desert depression with salt lakes, a palm grove, and a mud-brick fortress in the middle.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa
A small turquoise cove at the foot of a limestone cliff, west of Marsa Matrouh.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaMarsa Matrouh
A fishermen's lagoon between the Delta and the sea, with next to nothing laid on for visitors.
The Delta and the north coastKafr el-Sheikh
A depression of salt lakes on the desert road, and four monasteries still lived in.
The Delta and the north coastWadi el-Natrun
A whole island turned into a botanical garden, a few minutes by boat from the corniche.
AswanNile, Aswan
An oasis of offices and fields, strung with temples and forts along an old caravan road.
The oases and the Western DesertKharga
The turquoise water over white sand that earned the place its nickname: the Egyptian Maldives.
HurghadaGiftun Island, off Hurghada
An island beach where the reef starts a few metres out — the snorkelling is better than the setting.
HurghadaOff Hurghada
Quad bikes in the desert, a stop in a Bedouin village, mint tea and sunset.
HurghadaDesert west of Hurghada
The full desert day: quad, buggy, 4×4 and camel, from morning to sunset.
Terraces above Lake Qarun, in the potters' village.
FayoumTunis village, Lake Qarun
A reserve reached by camel, where the mountain drops straight into the reef.
SinaiBetween Dahab and Nuweiba, South Sinai
A shallow lagoon at the end of a track, where the sea becomes a turquoise pool.
SinaiNorth of Dahab, South Sinai
Palm huts at the water's edge, facing the Saudi mountains.
SinaiNuweiba, South Sinai
A temple of Hathor perched at 800 metres, at the end of a two-hour climb.
SinaiSouth Sinai
A white sand beach and clear water, with not a hotel on the horizon.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaSouth of Marsa Alam
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
Mangroves standing in salt water, flamingos and a Bedouin village.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaWadi el-Gemal, southern Red Sea
Four reefs in a row across the strait, and one of the country's finest boat days.
Sharm el-SheikhOff Sharm el-Sheikh
A shallow lagoon and wind every day: the kitesurf spot closest to Cairo.
SinaiRas Sudr, North Sinai
Dunes as far as the eye can see west of Siwa, up to the Libyan border.
A hot spring in the middle of the dunes, and a salt lake a few hundred metres away.
