Historic sites
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel, Aswan
Two huge rock temples built by Ramesses II, with four 20 m statues of the pharaoh on the façade.
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Attractions
Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza
Giza
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, …
Historic sites
Karnak Temple, Luxor
Luxor
The largest ancient religious site in the world, built over 2,000 years, with the Great Hypostyle Hall's 134 giant columns, obelisks and an avenue of…
Tours and activities
Nile felucca and cruise, Aswan
Aswan
Sail the Nile at Aswan on a felucca, a traditional wooden sailing boat, past Elephantine Island and the Botanical Garden, at sunset.
Historic sites
Pyramids of Giza
Al Ḩawāmidīyah, Giza
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…
Tours and activities
Ras Mohammed and Red Sea diving
Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai
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.
Historic sites
Valley of the Kings, Luxor
Luxor
The burial ground of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, with tombs cut deep into the hills of Luxor's West Bank, their walls covered with brightly pain…
Historic sites
Islamic Cairo and Khan el-Khalili
Cairo
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 Kha…
Historic sites
Mount Sinai and St Catherine's Monastery
Saint Catherine, South Sinai
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…
Historic sites
Philae Temple
Aswan
A temple to Isis on an island near Aswan, moved stone by stone to Agilkia Island to save it from flooding.
Natural features
Siwa Oasis
Siwa Oasis, Matrouh
A remote oasis near the Libyan border, with palm groves, salt lakes, hot springs, the mud-brick ruins of Shali fortress, and the Temple of the Oracle…
Natural features
White Desert
New Valley
Chalk formations sculpted by the wind into mushrooms and other shapes, gleaming white in the Western Desert.
Historic sites
Alexandria
Alexandria
Founded by Alexander the Great, with the modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Qaitbay Citadel on the site of the ancient Lighthouse, Roman catacombs a…