🇪🇬 Egypt or 🇹🇷 Türkiye
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 11 votes.
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on food, cities and nature.
A normal day costs about $75 in Egypt and $90 in Türkiye.
Side by side
- 🇪🇬 Egypt🇹🇷 Türkiye
- Oct to MarBest monthsApr to May, Sep to Oct
- $75A normal day$90
- 11h 30m to CairoNonstop from New York10h 15m to Istanbul
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- GoodFoodExceptional
- GoodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Sleeper trains along the Nile and cheap domestic flightsGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both good
- Upper Egypt from June to August, when Luxor and Aswan are unbearableWhen to avoidIstanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidays
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 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.
Full Egypt guide →Full Türkiye 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.