🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇬🇷 Greece
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money. Greece leads on the sea, food and nature.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $130 in Greece.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇬🇷 Greece
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $75A normal day$130
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London3h 45m to Athens
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodVery good
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundFerries and short flights between islands, slow and part of the fun
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidAugust on the famous islands
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 Greece if
you want one island, one balcony and no plan, or you are travelling on a budget and still want the sea.
Full Egypt guide →Full Greece guide →
And what the world thinks
🇬🇷 Greece leads by 3 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.