🇭🇷 Croatia or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Croatia leads on nature and the sea. Egypt leads on value for money.
A normal day costs about $125 in Croatia and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇭🇷 Croatia🇪🇬 Egypt
- May, Jun, SepBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $125A normal day$75
- 2h 45m to SplitNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingGood
- GoodValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Coastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parksGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- The Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peakWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇭🇷 Choose Croatia if
you want the clearest water in Europe, walled old towns and national parks, in a country you can drive down in a day.
🇪🇬 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 Croatia 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.