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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.
The Red Sea's first archaeological museum, opened in 2020 on the airport road.
HurghadaHurghada
A national museum opened in 2020, fifteen minutes from the Naama Bay hotels.
Sharm el-SheikhSharm el-Sheikh
The Delta finally told at home, in a museum opened in 2022.
The Delta and the north coastKafr el-Sheikh, Delta
The khedives' state carriages, reopened to the public after twenty years of restoration.
CairoBoulaq
The Citadel's lower gate, restored and reopened after two centuries closed.
CairoCitadel, Darb el-Ahmar
A large urban park west of Cairo, with a lake, playgrounds and restaurants.
Sheikh Zayed & 6th OctoberSheikh Zayed
In five years, Cairo has gone from instant coffee to single-origin filter — and the roasters are Egyptian.
CairoZamalek, Maadi, Tagamoa
Koshari plated, molokheya on a tasting menu: Cairo's new table.
CairoZamalek, Downtown, New Cairo
Twenty counters under one roof: the format that replaced the single restaurant.
CairoNew Cairo / Tagamoa
The city has started looking at its roofs — and putting bars on them.
CairoDowntown, Zamalek, Garden City
The world's most awaited museum, visited once the coaches have gone.
GizaGiza plateau
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
Roman mosaics and sphinxes from the canal road, in a garden pavilion.
The Delta and the north coastIsmailia, Suez Canal
Three green domes at the canal's mouth, the very image of Port Said.
The Delta and the north coastPort Said
A necropolis kilometres long where people have lived among the tombs for centuries.
CairoQarafa, Islamic Cairo
A well from 861 that measured the flood and set the tax for all Egypt.
CairoRhoda island
Three kilometres of Mamluk arches that carried Nile water up to the Citadel.
CairoFustat
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
