🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇵🇹 Portugal
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
Which one, honestly
Egypt leads on value for money. Portugal leads on food, nature and getting around.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $130 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇵🇹 Portugal
- Oct to MarBest monthsApr to Jun, Sep to Oct
- $75A normal day$130
- 11h 30m to CairoNonstop from New York6h 50m to Lisbon
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodVery good
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
Pick by what you want
🇪🇬 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.
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
Full Egypt guide →Full Portugal guide →
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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.