Egyptelection is a reference guide to the landmarks of Egypt and Morocco. It began as a set of notes on the Islamic monuments of old Cairo and grew into a gazetteer of around sixty individual entries — mosques, churches, palaces, temples, tombs, museums, gardens, gates and public squares.
What you will find here
Every landmark gets its own page rather than a line in a list. Each entry sets out what the place is, who built it and when, what has survived, and what a visitor can expect to see today. Where a site has been restored, rebuilt or moved — and many in Egypt have — we say so.
Coverage is grouped three ways:
- Cairo and the Delta — the Citadel, Ibn Tulun, the Hanging Church, the Mamluk complexes of the old city, the nineteenth-century palaces and the parks.
- Luxor and Upper Egypt — Karnak and Luxor Temple, the Theban west bank, Abydos, Dendera, Esna and the rescued Nubian monuments.
- Marrakech and Morocco — the museums, riad galleries, gardens and city gates of Marrakech.
Alongside the gazetteer we publish general travel guides and a free season planner that compares average monthly temperatures across the cities we cover.
How the site is written
Entries are written for visitors rather than for specialists: enough background to understand why a place matters, without the archaeological apparatus. We are not an academic body and we do not carry out original research; entries draw on published guidebooks, museum and heritage-authority material, and site information.
Practical details at heritage sites — opening hours, ticket prices, restoration closures — change frequently and are the first thing to go out of date. Treat anything time-sensitive here as a starting point and confirm it before you travel.
Corrections
The site is maintained by a small editorial team. If an entry is wrong, out of date, or missing something important, please write to us at [email protected] — corrections are welcome and we would rather hear about a mistake than leave it standing.
Egyptelection is free to read. There is no paywall and no sign-up. The site carries advertising and sponsored links.