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 OVERVIEW:
Egypt is an exciting country, both for its antiquities, and modern high culture. Egypt's antiquities are diverse, and include not only monuments from the dawn of civilization, but early Christian sites as well as a vast range of medieval architecture. But there is also grand restaurants and exciting nightlife in Egypt.
Egypt could be said to have six different tourist super-sites. Each has its own flavor, and mostly each serves a different purpose. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, most of these tourist areas do not depend on ancient monuments to sustain them.
Alexandria and the immediate area around the City. Cairo and the immediate area around the City. Cairo has everything. Cairo has great hotels, entertainment, restaurants, all manner of monuments from throughout the history of Egypt and it is often the entry point for most people visiting Egypt.
Luxor, and the surrounding area. Luxor is a living museum with vast numbers of ancient Egyptian monuments.
Aswan and the surrounding area. Aswan is probably the least of the super-site tourist areas, but has great hotels, along with the huge Lake Nasser just to the south.
Hurghada and the surrounding area, particularly El Gouna. Not to far apart are El Gouna, Hurghada and Safaga, and these areas contain just about everything a tourist would like to have, with the exception of ancient monuments.
Sharm El Sheikh, and the surrounding area including Sharks Bay. This is the Sinai super-site, again with most everything any tourist might wish.
This is not to say that there are many more tourist destinations, particularly on the Red Sea and in Sinai, and on Egypt's mainland interior, the oases.
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