History, visiting hours, ticket prices and the practical detail — written by our own Egyptologists.
Cairo & GizaThree pyramids, six queens' pyramids, the Sphinx and the only surviving wonder of the ancient world.
07:00–17:00 daily (last entry 16:00). The plateau extends to 19:00 in Ramadan and for the evening sound and light show.
$18.90 entry
Cairo & GizaThe only surviving member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
08:00–16:00. Separate ticket, limited daily numbers — morning and afternoon allocations.
$40.95 entry
Cairo & GizaA 73-metre lion with a pharaoh's head, carved from a single limestone outcrop.
07:00–17:00 daily, included in the Giza plateau ticket.
Free entry
Cairo & GizaThe largest archaeological museum in the world, holding the complete Tutankhamun collection.
09:00–18:00 Sunday to Thursday, 09:00–21:00 Friday and Saturday. Last entry 90 minutes before closing.
$47.25 entry
Cairo & GizaThe original 1902 museum — still holding 120,000 objects in glorious old-fashioned density.
09:00–17:00 daily, 09:00–16:00 on Fridays.
$23.10 entry
Cairo & GizaThe Step Pyramid of Djoser — the oldest large stone building in the world.
08:00–17:00 daily (16:00 in winter).
$16.80 entry
Cairo & GizaSneferu's two attempts at a true pyramid, and the moment the geometry was solved.
08:00–16:00 daily.
$12.60 entry
Cairo & GizaThe Old Kingdom capital, now a garden around a fallen colossus of Ramses II.
08:00–16:00 daily.
$8.40 entry
Cairo & GizaA working market since 1382 — spices, copper, lanterns, gold and El Fishawy café.
Most shops 09:00–23:00, closed Sunday mornings. Busiest and best after dark.
Free entry
Cairo & GizaThe fortress that ruled Egypt for 700 years, crowned by the Alabaster Mosque.
09:00–17:00 daily. Mosques close to visitors during prayer times.
$14.70 entry
Cairo & GizaThe Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue and the crypt where the Holy Family sheltered.
09:00–16:00 daily. Free entry to the churches; the Coptic Museum is ticketed.
$10.50 entry
LuxorThe largest religious building ever constructed, built and rebuilt over 1,500 years.
06:00–17:30 daily. Sound and light show most evenings.
$16.80 entry
LuxorA single coherent processional temple in the middle of the modern city, best seen floodlit.
06:00–22:00 daily. Floodlit after dark, which is when to go.
$14.70 entry
LuxorSixty-three rock-cut tombs holding some of the best-preserved paintings in the ancient world.
06:00–17:00 daily (16:00 in winter).
$27.30 entry
LuxorThree colonnaded terraces built straight into a 300-metre cliff at Deir El Bahari.
06:00–17:00 daily.
$14.70 entry
LuxorTwo 18-metre quartzite statues standing alone where a vanished temple once was.
Open access, no ticket required.
Free entry
AswanTwo temples cut into a mountain by Ramses II, then cut out of it again in 1968.
05:00–18:00 daily. Sound and light show in the evening.
$33.60 entry
AswanThe last working temple of ancient Egypt, moved island to island to escape the dam.
07:00–16:00 daily. Sound and light show in the evening.
$21 entry
AswanThe 3.6 km embankment that ended the Nile flood and created the world's largest reservoir.
07:00–17:00 daily.
$8.40 entry
AswanA 1,200-tonne granite obelisk still attached to the bedrock, abandoned when it cracked.
07:00–16:00 daily.
$8.40 entry
AswanA perfectly symmetrical double temple to a crocodile god and a falcon god.
07:00–20:00 daily, floodlit in the evening.
$12.60 entry
AswanThe best-preserved temple in Egypt — buried in silt until the 1860s, so the roof is still on.
07:00–16:00 daily.
$14.70 entry
AswanCobalt and ochre houses on the west bank, with domed rooms built for the heat.
Daylight hours; visits arranged through local guides.
Free entry
AlexandriaA modern answer to the ancient Library, tilted towards the Mediterranean like a rising sun.
10:00–19:00 Sunday to Thursday, 14:00–19:00 Friday and Saturday.
$12.60 entry
AlexandriaThree levels of rock-cut tombs where Egyptian, Greek and Roman funerary art collide.
09:00–17:00 daily.
$14.70 entry
AlexandriaA 27-metre red granite column standing over the ruins of Alexandria's greatest temple.
09:00–17:00 daily.
$10.50 entry
AlexandriaA 15th-century sea fort built from the rubble of the Pharos lighthouse.
09:00–17:00 daily.
$10.50 entry
Sharm El Sheikh2,285 metres, climbed overnight for a sunrise that people travel continents for.
Climbed overnight for sunrise. Guides are compulsory and arranged at the monastery.
Free entry
Sharm El SheikhThe oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery on earth, holding the Burning Bush.
09:00–12:00, closed Fridays, Sundays and Orthodox holidays. Library by appointment only.
Free entry
Sharm El SheikhEgypt's first national park, at the point where two gulfs meet.
Daylight hours. Entry by boat or 4x4; park fees apply.
$12.60 entry
DahabA 100-metre submarine sinkhole a few metres from the shore.
Open access; dive centres operate 08:00–17:00.
Free entry
Cairo & GizaA UNESCO site holding the fossil record of how whales lost their legs.
08:00–17:00 daily. Desert permit required, included in our tours.
$12.60 entry
