• Cleopatra's Spring

    A stone pool fed by a spring, lit after dark, on the Aghurmi road out of Siwa.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa

    BudgetOpen late
  • Fatnas Island

    A spit of palms in Siwa's salt lake, where people sit down for the sunset.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa

    BudgetSunset
  • The Great Sand Sea

    Unmissable

    Dunes as far as the eye can see west of Siwa, up to the Libyan border.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa

    €€€ High endSunset
  • Bir Wahed

    A hot spring in the middle of the dunes, and a salt lake a few hundred metres away.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaSiwa

    €€ Mid-rangeSunset
  • A paved seafront promenade at dusk, a line of towers in the distance.

    New Alamein

    A seaside city risen from the sand in five years, its towers standing in the Mediterranean.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaEl Alamein, north coast

    €€€ High endSea view
  • El Alamein military museum

    The 1942 battle told on the ground, among tanks, maps and cemeteries.

    Marsa Matrouh and SiwaEl Alamein, north coast

    BudgetHistoric venue