🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money and cities. Cyprus leads on the sea and food.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $130 in Cyprus.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇨🇾 Cyprus
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $75A normal day$130
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London4h 35m to Larnaca
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- GoodFoodVery good
- GoodNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundA hire car, effectively required, there is barely any public transport
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidJuly and August inland, when it passes 40C
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 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.
🇨🇾 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.
Full Egypt guide →Full Cyprus 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.