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Dunes as far as the eye can see west of Siwa, up to the Libyan border.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa
A hot spring in the middle of the dunes, and a salt lake a few hundred metres away.
Twenty towers in the desert, including Africa's tallest: a skyline out of nowhere.
CairoNew Administrative Capital
A seaside city risen from the sand in five years, its towers standing in the Mediterranean.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaEl Alamein, north coast
The 1942 battle told on the ground, among tanks, maps and cemeteries.
A large urban park west of Cairo, with a lake, playgrounds and restaurants.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed
Kilometres of riverbank given back to walkers, with benches, lighting and cafés.
CairoFrom Qasr el-Nil bridge to Maadi
An elevated line above Greater Cairo — the ride is worth it for the view.
CairoEast and west of Greater Cairo
A necropolis kilometres long where people have lived among the tombs for centuries.
CairoQarafa, Islamic Cairo
The khedives' locomotives, including Ismail Pasha's gilded saloon carriage.
CairoRamses station
A 1938 museum left exactly as it was, between faded dioramas and ancient grain.
GizaDokki
A 1907 palace on the Nile, now an art centre — painted ceilings and original parquet.
CairoZamalek
Tree trunks turned to stone thirty million years ago, on Cairo's doorstep.
CairoSouth-east of Maadi
Three museums and a planetarium tucked beneath the great reading room.
AlexandriaChatby, Alexandria
Egypt's only Roman theatre, with its baths and ancient lecture halls.
AlexandriaCity centre, Alexandria
Some twenty houses in red and black brick, unique in Egypt.
The Delta and the north coastRosetta (Rashid)
A town in Asia ten minutes away by ferry, with wooden villas and gardens.
The Delta and the north coastPort Fouad, Port Said
The spit where the Nile meets the Mediterranean, and the two waters visibly touch.
The Delta and the north coastDamietta
Egypt's largest Sufi gathering: a week of sleepless nights in Tanta.
The Delta and the north coastTanta
The Nile a few kilometres from its mouth, lined with cafés and boatyards.
The canal's southern entrance, where ships queue for their turn.
The Delta and the north coastSuez
Neighbourhood hammams still working, far from hotel spas.
The Delta and the north coastTanta and Mansoura
Public bike hire in Cairo — the idea nobody thought possible.
CairoDowntown, Zamalek, Garden City
Crossing Cairo by river for the price of a bus ticket.
CairoFrom Old Cairo to Warraq
