🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇪🇸 Spain
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money. Spain leads on food, cities and nature.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $145 in Spain.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇪🇸 Spain
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $75A normal day$145
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London2h 30m to Madrid
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundFast trains between the big cities, a car for the north
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe southern cities in July and August
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 Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
Full Egypt guide →Full Spain guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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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.