🇪🇸 Spain or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Spain leads on food, cities and nature. Egypt leads on value for money.
A normal day costs about $145 in Spain and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇪🇸 Spain🇪🇬 Egypt
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $145A normal day$75
- 2h 30m to MadridNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains between the big cities, a car for the northGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- The southern cities in July and AugustWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇪🇸 Choose Spain if
you want cities, food and beaches in the same trip without choosing between them.
🇪🇬 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 Spain guide →Full Egypt 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.