🇨🇾 Cyprus or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Cyprus leads on the sea and food. Egypt leads on value for money and cities.
A normal day costs about $130 in Cyprus and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus🇪🇬 Egypt
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $130A normal day$75
- 4h 35m to LarnacaNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodGood
- GoodNature and hikingGood
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transportGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- July and August inland, when it passes 40CWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇨🇾 Choose Cyprus if
you want reliable sun and warm sea with short flights from Europe and the Gulf, and a small island you can drive across in two hours.
🇪🇬 Choose Egypt if
you want the oldest thing on this list, a river trip through it, and Red Sea diving, at prices nowhere in Europe matches.
Full Cyprus guide →Full Egypt guide →
And what the world thinks
🇨🇾 Cyprus leads by 20 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.