🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇵🇹 Portugal
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money. Portugal leads on food, nature and getting around.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $125 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇵🇹 Portugal
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, DecBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $75A normal day$125
- 5h 15m to CairoNonstop from London2h 45m to Lisbon
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodVery good
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
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 Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
Full Egypt guide →Full Portugal 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.