Northern Egypt 2026: Alexandria, Mediterranean Coast, Siwa Oasis, El Alamein and Wadi Natrun Complete Guide
Browse more guides: Egypt travel | Africa destinations Northern Egypt 2026: Alexandria, Mediterranean Coast, Siwa Oasis, El Alamein and Wadi Natrun Complete Guide TL;DR I planned this route after years on Cairo and Luxor and realising I had skipped the north entirely. Northern Egypt feels Mediterranean rather than Saharan, with Alexandria along its 16 km Corniche, El Alamein where the 2nd Battle ran October 23 to November 4 of 1942, the 480 km Cairo to Siwa Oasis route with 25,000 Berber Amazigh residents, the 4 Coptic monasteries of Wadi Natrun (4th century CE), the town of Rashid where Lieutenant Pierre-François Bouchard found the Rosetta Stone in July 1799, and the 193 km Suez Canal opened November 17 of 1869. I worked in EGP 50 to roughly USD 1 and built this guide around a 5, 8 or 12-day plan with eVisa (USD 25), train (EGP 220) and bus (EGP 250-400) logistics. Why Visit in 2026 I picked 2026 for three reasons. First, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina turned 24 since its 2002 ina...