🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇪🇬 Egypt
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on food, cities and nature.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $75 in Egypt.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇪🇬 Egypt
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec
- $90A normal day$75
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London5h 15m to Cairo
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingGood
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundSleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flights
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidUpper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearable
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 Choose Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
🇪🇬 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 Türkiye guide →Full Egypt guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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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.