Egypt travel guide
Advice for specific travellers: seniors, solo travellers, families, people with limited mobility, groups and more.
Traveller GuidesEgypt suits older travellers well if the trip is paced around the heat and the walking: visit between November and March, sightsee from opening time…
Traveller GuidesWomen do travel alone in Egypt safely, but most will experience frequent verbal harassment: comments, persistent attention, staring and, occasionally…
Traveller GuidesEgypt is a rewarding place to travel alone, but solo travellers pay more per person, because hotel rooms, cruise cabins, guides and vehicles are…
Traveller GuidesEgypt is possible for wheelchair users and travellers with reduced mobility, but it takes careful planning: new museums such as the Grand Egyptian…
Traveller GuidesFirst-time visitors to Egypt are most often surprised by how close the pyramids are to Cairo's suburbs, how loud and busy the cities are, how much…
Traveller GuidesTeenagers get the most from Egypt when they have a stake in the trip: a say in the activities, a job such as photographer or haggler, and adventures…
Traveller GuidesEgypt is very doable with a baby or toddler if you plan the trip for the adults and the routine for the child: travel between November and March, use…
Traveller GuidesEgypt is one of the best multigenerational destinations because its sights speak to every age, but a three-generation trip works only if you plan for…
Traveller GuidesA photographer's Egypt trip is designed around two things: being at each site when the light is right, and having the access to stay there. Travel…
Traveller GuidesLuxury in Egypt is less about marble bathrooms than about time and access: grand hotels with a century of history such as Mena House, the Winter…
Traveller GuidesEgypt suits private groups well: the classic Cairo, Nile and Abu Simbel circuit is compact, vehicles and guides scale easily, and a whole dahabiya or…
Traveller GuidesA school or university trip to Egypt turns ancient history from the textbook into something students can walk through, from the Giza pyramids to the…
Traveller GuidesEgypt works well for incentive trips and conferences because few destinations can match a gala dinner facing the pyramids or a private sailing on the…
Traveller GuidesHistory lovers should give Egypt 14–21 days and add the sites most tours skip: the decorated mastabas and Pyramid Texts at Saqqara, Akhenaten's city…
Traveller GuidesEgypt is one of the easier countries in the region for vegetarians and vegans, because everyday food is built on beans, lentils, rice, bread and…
Traveller GuidesEgypt is one of the most comfortable destinations for Muslim travellers: around nine in ten Egyptians are Muslim, food is halal by default, the call…
Traveller GuidesEgypt's Jewish heritage spans some 2,500 years, from the 5th-century BC Jewish garrison on Elephantine Island and the great community of Ptolemaic…
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