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The only one of the seven ancient wonders still standing. Arrive at opening.
GizaNazlet el-Semman
A coral shaft around a hundred metres deep, reachable from the beach in fins.
SinaiDahab, South Sinai
A sanctuary of Isis dismantled stone by stone, then rebuilt on another island.
AswanAgilkia Island
Indigo houses, a dune behind them, and a culture that is nothing like Egyptian.
AswanGharb Soheil, west bank
Egypt's first national park, at the tip of Sinai, where two gulfs meet.
Sharm el-SheikhSharm el-Sheikh
One sail, no engine: the wind decides how your hour on the river goes.
AswanNile
The island in mid-river: two Nubian villages, ruins, and the nilometer that set the tax.
A caravanserai from 1382 turned into a labyrinth of trades. On foot, and without a watch.
CairoGamaliya
An early sixteenth-century Mamluk wikala, now a courtyard of craftspeople and musicians.
CairoAl-Azhar, Gamaliya
An 1891 khedivial garden, closed since 2023 for a complete overhaul. Reopening announced for late 2026.
GizaGiza
Rockwork grottoes built under Khedive Ismail, an aquarium opened in 1902, in the shade, in mid-Zamalek.
CairoZamalek
The spine of Fatimid Cairo, from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuweila, and best walked.
Public transport on the river: crossing Cairo by water, for the price of a bus fare.
CairoCorniche el-Nil
West Cairo's amusement park: rides, queues, and very little shade.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th October6th of October City
Lift-off before daylight on the west bank: the wind picks the route, not an itinerary.
LuxorWest bank
A granite jumble covered in inscriptions: floods, expeditions, a seven-year famine.
The work that stopped the Nile flood: the river on one side, a freshwater sea on the other.
AswanThe Dam
A fortified monastery abandoned in the thirteenth century, alone in the west-bank sand.
AswanWest bank
A calcite outcrop beside the Farafra road: a rock arch, and crystal splinters all over the ground.
The oases and the Western DesertFarafra road
A fourth-century Coptic monastery under an Eastern Desert cliff, still lived in today.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaEastern Desert
A shallow sandy bay north of Marsa Alam, known for its turtles and its seagrass meadows.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaMarsa Alam
A stone pool fed by a spring, lit after dark, on the Aghurmi road out of Siwa.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa
A spit of palms in Siwa's salt lake, where people sit down for the sunset.
The harbour promenade: yachts on one side, terraces on the other, and the whole town out after dark.
HurghadaMarina, Hurghada
