Cairo (and Egypt in general) is home to one of the world’s most underrated cuisines. You’ll encounter many dishes influenced by Mediterranean, North African, and Middle Eastern elements. While you’re probably familiar with some equivalents from nearby countries like Lebanon, Türkiye, and Greece, many of these dishes are not as famous internationally. Moreover, some dishes […]
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First impressions of Cairo can be deceiving. For starters, despite the proximity of the Pyramids at Giza, Cairo is not an ancient Pharaonic city. Except for a small area of greater Cairo, the city’s origins date to medieval times. But there is so much history to appreciate across the city beyond the nearby Pyramids. Moreover,
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What to do in two days in Cairo, Egypt Cairo, the capital of Egypt, can be overwhelming. The largest city in the Middle East, with over 20 million people, Cairo is big. And there’s a lot more than the pyramids to see. If you’re time-pressed, you’ll want to be organized and know what to see,
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Dahab, Egypt Halfway up the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, Dahab is closer to Saudi Arabia than any other Egyptian settlement of significant size. Wedged between the Gulf of Aqaba (a stretch of the Red Sea) and the stark Sinai mountains, Dahab is a little oasis of charm, solitude, and restfulness. A perfect getaway for those
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What It’s Like In: Hurghada, Egypt Of all the tourism hotspots in Egypt that are suffering from greatly reduced tourist numbers since the start of the Arab Spring, it’s the lack of travelers in the Red Sea beach towns like Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh that is perhaps the most puzzling. Far removed from the
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Photo of the Week: The Pyramids at Giza The Pyramids of Giza are One Of Those Places. Everybody knows them, recognizes them, and all but the most jaded of anti-tourism travelers is sure to visit them given the opportunity. For many, the experience of visiting the Giza Pyramids will be one of equal parts marveling
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Siwa Oasis Siwa is a special place. Visiting an Oasis is just a unique experience. You drive through the Sahara for hours and hours and suddenly you come upon the depression that is Siwa Oasis. It’s a town of mud brick buildings surrounded by palms and groves of dates and olive trees. It has long
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The Sinai Peninsula is the easternmost part of Egypt between the Mediterranean and the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba, both forks of the Red Sea. Much of the Sinai is desert and uninhabited, but several Bedouin settlements and tourist attractions mark the eastern coast. The desert landscape of the Sinai is brutally hot. Most tourists
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When I visited Egypt four years ago, I expected frustration and annoyance. I supposed I’d be hustled by street urchins and harassed by touts. I thought it’d be a junior India of sorts. I was wrong. Granted, you’ll get annoyed if you follow every seemingly friendly Mohammed to his cousin’s souvenir shop. But if
Hundreds of kilometers through the flattest, most desolate landscape I’ve seen, we rode south from Mersa Matrouh, the last city on the Mediterranean coast. This was the final stage of a nine-hour bus ride from Alexandria to the Siwa Oasis. The remote oasis is a depression that stretches 82 x 28 km and contains 310,000
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