Medieval Cairo, a UNESCO site, with mosques and madrasas such as Al-Azhar and Sultan Hassan, the Citadel with the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, and the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, busy since the 14th century. Drink mint tea at the El Fishawy café.
Dress modestly. Walk along Al-Muizz Street, best in the evening when it's lit up.
The world's largest archaeological museum, next to the Giza pyramids, with a huge statue of Ramesses II in the atrium, a grand staircase of statues, …
The last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World: the Great Pyramid of Khufu, built around 2560 BC, with the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure and the Gr…
Founded by Alexander the Great, with the modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Qaitbay Citadel on the site of the ancient Lighthouse, Roman catacombs a…
Climb Mount Sinai, 2,285 m, where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments, overnight to see the sunrise, then visit St Catherine's Monast…
A national park at the southern tip of Sinai with some of the best coral reefs in the world, and the famous SS Thistlegorm wreck nearby.
Chalk formations sculpted by the wind into mushrooms and other shapes, gleaming white in the Western Desert.
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