Top-Rated Attractions & Places to Visit in Egypt

Egypt's kookiest natural wonder is White Desert National Park, out in the Western Desert, just south of Bahariya Oasis.

A treasure trove of the Pharaonic world, Cairo's Egyptian Museum is one of the world's great museum collections.

Everyone's heard of Giza's Pyramids, but they're not the only pyramids Egypt has up its sleeve.

Egypt's South Sinai region, on the Sinai Peninsula, offers a beach for every type of traveler.

The atmospheric, narrow lanes of the capital's Historic Cairo district are crammed full of mosques, madrassas (Islamic schools of learning), and monuments dating from the Fatimid through to the Mameluke eras.

As well as fish life and coral, the Red Sea is a major wreck-diving destination.

Below the Red Sea's surface is another world as fascinating as the temples and tombs on land.

Even in a country festooned with temples, Abu Simbel is something special. This is Ramses II's great temple, adorned with colossal statuary standing guard outside, and with an interior sumptuously decorated with wall paintings.

Egypt's most tranquil town is Aswan, set upon the winding curves of the Nile. Backed by orange-hued dunes, this is the perfect place to stop and unwind for a few days and soak up the chilled-out atmosphere.

Egypt is defined by the Nile. For many visitors, a multi-day cruise upon this famed waterway that saw the rise of the Pharaonic era is a highlight of their Egypt trip.