Egypt travel guide
How to spend one, two or three days in Egypt’s cities, the best day trips, and how to combine Egypt with other countries.
Itineraries & Day TripsWith one day in Cairo, spend it all in Giza: the pyramids and the Sphinx from opening time until late morning, then the afternoon at the Grand…
Itineraries & Day TripsTwo days in Cairo lets you see both halves of the city: day one in Giza for the Grand Egyptian Museum and the pyramids, day two in Old Cairo for the…
Itineraries & Day TripsThree days is the ideal length for Cairo. Spend day one at Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur to see how the pyramid evolved, day two at the Giza pyramids…
Itineraries & Day TripsOne day in Luxor is enough for the four great sights if you start at dawn: the Valley of the Kings at opening, Hatshepsut's temple and the Colossi of…
Itineraries & Day TripsTwo days in Luxor lets you give each bank of the Nile its own day. Spend day one on the East Bank with Karnak at opening, a sunset felucca, the Luxor…
Itineraries & Day TripsThree days in Luxor lets you go deeper rather than faster. Spend day one on the West Bank with a balloon, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's temple…
Itineraries & Day TripsTwo days in Aswan is enough for Philae Temple, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk, the Nubian Museum and a sunset felucca on day one, and either a…
Itineraries & Day TripsAn Alexandria day trip from Cairo is a long but worthwhile day: about 2.5 to 3 hours each way by road or train, leaving around six hours in the city.…
Itineraries & Day TripsYou can see the pyramids on a Cairo layover of about eight hours or more, provided you can enter Egypt: most visitors, including Australians, need a…
Itineraries & Day TripsThe best day trip from Cairo is the pyramid fields south of Giza: Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur, all within about an hour's drive and easily seen in a…
Itineraries & Day TripsThe classic day trip from Luxor is north to Dendera and Abydos, two of the best-preserved and most beautifully decorated temples in Egypt, in a full…
Itineraries & Day TripsA Luxor day trip from Hurghada is about 290 km and roughly four hours each way by road, so expect to leave around 5am and return around 9pm. In about…
Itineraries & Day TripsThe best day trip from Sharm el-Sheikh is a boat to Ras Mohammed National Park, home to some of the Red Sea's finest reefs, about an hour or more by…
Itineraries & Day TripsAn Abu Simbel day trip from Aswan usually means a 4–5am departure, about 3–3.5 hours each way on the 280 km desert road, and two to three hours at the…
Itineraries & Day TripsA White Desert overnight trip from Cairo takes two days and one night: about 4–5 hours by road to Bahariya Oasis, then 4WD south past the Black Desert…
Itineraries & Day TripsEgypt and Dubai combine naturally for Australians because many one-stop flights to Cairo already connect in Dubai. Stop for two or three nights in…
Itineraries & Day TripsEgypt combines easily with Europe because Athens and Istanbul are about two hours' flight from Cairo and Rome about three. Greece suits a…
Itineraries & Day TripsThe best way to spend 5 days in Egypt is two nights in Cairo for the pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum and Saqqara, then a 1 hour 10 minute flight…
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