🐫 Pyramids of Giza

Giza, Egypt

Best time: October to April, avoiding the scorching summer

The only Wonder of the Ancient World still standing: the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Khufu, 139 metres tall, guarded by the Sphinx.

Good to know

• Go at opening before the desert heats up; entering a pyramid costs extra.
• The new Grand Egyptian Museum next door holds Tutankhamun's treasures.