🇵🇹 Portugal or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Portugal leads on food, nature and getting around. Egypt leads on value for money.
A normal day costs about $125 in Portugal and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇵🇹 Portugal🇪🇬 Egypt
- Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $125A normal day$75
- 2h 45m to LisbonNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- Very goodFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- Very goodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine countryGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- The Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in priceWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
🇪🇬 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 Portugal 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.