Sokhna (Suez)

Egypt

Ain Sokhna is a port on the western shore of the Gulf of Suez in Egypt, near the southern entrance of the Suez Canal. The closest Red Sea resort to Cairo, it serves as a cruise gateway to the capital's wonders. Excursions reach Cairo's Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum's pharaonic treasures, the old churches and mosques, the early Christian monasteries of St. Anthony and St. Paul in the desert nearby, and the canal city of Suez.