Historically, geographically, and culturally, Egypt is a colossus. Its past reads like a grand epic, and the country is rich in signposts to this story, from the peerless glories of Ancient Egypt to the jewels of Islamic Cairo. Egypt’s landscape has the quality of a myth, from the Sahara and its mysterious Cave of Swimmers or the Nile, that great river of legend, to the rich marine life of the Red Sea coast. And the collision of Middle Eastern, African, and Mediterranean worlds here has long proved to be an intoxicating and overwhelming mix. Dive into its squiggling souqs, donkey-filled backroads, and chaotic city streets, then come up for air atop a vast desert dune – you won’t be disappointed.
