Places to Explore In Egypt

Discover the best places to explore in Egypt with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Alexandria

There is a wonderful Italo Calvino story about a city so removed from its own history that it is as if the modern metropolis sits...

  • 16 Restaurants
  • 13 Hotels
  • 40 Things To Do

Aswan and Lake Nasser

Egyptians today take for granted modern control of the Nile: they open their faucets complacently, even if they don't always obtain the desired results. But...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 12 Things To Do

Cairo

On first impression, there is hardly a superlative too extreme to capture the epic scale of this city of some 15 million—or 14, or 16;...

  • 58 Restaurants
  • 26 Hotels
  • 130 Things To Do

Luxor and the Nile Valley

The ultimate proof of Herodotus's claim that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is visible on a flight from Cairo to Upper Egypt. From...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 10 Things To Do

Sharm el-Sheikh and Red Sea Coast

For centuries, European traders and Arab merchants had to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to travel east to Asia from Europe and the...

  • 20 Restaurants
  • 26 Hotels
  • 34 Things To Do

Western Desert Oases

A few hundred years ago the only outsiders interested in Egypt's oases were occasional desert raiders bent on stealing the fruits from the orchards, destroying...

  • 11 Restaurants
  • 18 Hotels
  • 39 Things To Do

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