Discover the many sides of Egypt: Sun, sand, and great wonders of the world

Cairo and Sharm El Sheikh offer visitors contrasting experiences of Egypt, writes Isabel Conway

A view of the Mosques of Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai in Cairo.

In Cairo’s famed Khan El Khalili market there’s a thin line between pestering and persuasion.

We run the gauntlet of pashminas and jangling belly dancer costumes, scrolls of fake papyrus scripts, piles of plaster pyramids, and the Sphinx in stone, amid the bewildering assortment of souvenirs.