🇬🇷 Greece or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Greece leads on the sea, food and nature. Egypt leads on value for money.
A normal day costs about $130 in Greece and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇬🇷 Greece🇪🇬 Egypt
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $130A normal day$75
- 3h 45m to AthensNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Ferries and short flights between islands, slow and part of the funGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- August on the famous islandsWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇬🇷 Choose Greece if
you want one island, one balcony and no plan, or you are travelling on a budget and still want the sea.
🇪🇬 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 Greece guide →Full Egypt 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.