Egypt

Egypt was the country in which one of the greatest civilisations in recorded history sprung up. It has also been affected by the ravages of …

In Travel Podcast Episode 19 I visit Egypt where I spent a week travelling with a friend who lives in Alexandria. I took a walking …

If visiting Siwa Oasis in Egypt, you should climb Gebel Al-Mawa, the “Mountain of the Dead”, which is an ancient Greek and Roman graveyard. This …

Dusk was falling as we drove across the causeway onto Fatnas island in Siwa, surrounded by reeds and the shallow water of the salt lake. …

When I heard about the oasis at Siwa in the Egyptian desert, I visualised of a small patch of palm trees waving in the breeze. …

Until I visited a friend in Alexandria, Egypt, my only other experience of the Arab world was Lebanon a couple of years earlier. Inevitably I …

As we settled into our hotel at Marsa Matruh I mused on what makes the perfect stay in this holiday resort town, that’s super-popular with …