To say the least, Egypt is rich with temples: soaring lotus-bud columns, enormous stone portals laced with delicate carvings, elaborate underground tombs, windswept desert monasteries, and richly decorated mosques. But as extraordinary as these sights are, they will probably not be the things that linger in your memory after you return home. It is the rhythm of life in Egypt–-from the Mediterranean feel of Alexandria to the electric pace of Cairo to the timelessness of desert villages–-that is unforgettable. In a world that seems to get smaller and more homogeneous by the day, Egypt, outside a few pockets, is still a pl… Read More
ace that exists for its residents, not its visitors. It is the real thing. As a visitor you will have to learn how to accommodate Egypt and not hope that Egypt, with 5,000 years of momentum behind it, will accommodate you.
Best of Egypt: Alexandria Travel Guide
2019
2019 Fodor’s Go List Destination
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Point of Interests
Cities
- Abu Simbel: the Temples of Ramses II and Nefertari
- Abydos
- Ain Sukhna
- Al Minya
- Al-Ashmunayn (Hermopolis)
- Alexandria
- Aswan
- Bahariyya Oasis
- Beni Hasan
- Bur Sa'id (Port Said)
- Bur Safaga (Port Safaga)
- Cairo
- Dahab
- Dakhla Oasis
- Daraw Camel Market
- Dendera
- Edfu
- El Gouna
- El-Quseir
- Esna
- Farafra Oasis
- Hurghada
- Interior Lake Nasser Monuments
- Ismailiya
- Jabal Moussa (Mount Sinai)
- Kharga Oasis
- Kom Ombo
- Luxor
- Marsa Alam
- New Kalabsha
- Nuweiba
- Philae: The Temple of Isis
- Sharm El-Sheikh
- Siwa Oasis
- Taba
- Tel el Amarna
- The Aswan Dams
- The Monasteries of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul
- Tuna al-Gebel
- al-Kab
Regions
- Aswan and Lake Nasser
- Side Trips from Cairo
- South of Luxor
- The Middle Nile Valley
- The Nile Valley and Luxor
- The Sinai Peninsula and Red Sea Coast
- The Theban Necropolis
- The Upper Nile Valley
- Western Desert Oases
Neighborhoods
- Al-Kharga
- Al-Qasr
- Balat
- Bashindi
- Bawiti
- Bir al-Ghaba
- Coptic Cairo (Mari Girgis)
- Downtown and Bulaq
- Downtown and Raml Station
- El Anfushi
- Giza
- Heliopolis
- Islamic Cairo North: al-Husayn Mosque to Bab al-Futuh
- Islamic Cairo South: al-Azhar to Bab Zuwayla
- Ma'adi
- Mohandiseen
- Mut
- Qasr al-Farafra
- Rodah Island and Garden City
- Siwa
- The Citadel and Sayyida Zaynab
- White Desert
- Zamalek and Gezira
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Gallery
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Egypt Gallery
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1/20The Alabaster Sphinx, Memphis, Egypt.
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2/20The only of of the Seven Wonder of the World to survive substantially intact; the Great Pyramid of Giza, made of limestone, was for 3,800 years the tallest building in the world.
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3/20pyramids giza.
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4/20Alexandria Qaetbay Castle, Alexandria, Egypt
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8/20Fellucca Sailing on Nile River, Aswan to Luxor, Egypt
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9/20Heiroglyphs at Medinat Habu. Luxor, Egypt.
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10/20Luxor temple in Egypt.
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11/20Ruins of the Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt.
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12/20Mountain cloister-Monastery of St. Catherine in Egypt, Sinai
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13/20Scuba Diver and Coral Reef with Tropical Fish in the Red Sea.
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14/20Egyptian man on his camel at Red Sea;
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15/20lounge and relax area on red sea in sharm el sheikh;
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16/20Climbing Mount Sinai, Egypt.
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17/20Temple of the Oracle near Aghurmi at Siwa oasis.
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18/20lounge and relax area on red sea in sharm el sheikh;
19/20Soft corals on one of the propellers of the shipwreck, the El Arish. Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt;
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20/20SUEZ CANAL, EGYPT - NOV 17: Unidentified passengers view the Suez Canal at Port Said on November 17, 2010, near Suez. The canal was opened in 1869 to enable shipping directly between Europe and Asia.; Shutterstock ID 82941898; Project/Title: Silversea; Dow
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