Port Sokhna on Egypt's Red Sea coast is the cruise gateway to Cairo and the Giza pyramids, about a 2.5-hour motorcoach transfer inland. Ships dock at a modern container-adjacent terminal with little to do dockside, so essentially all passengers take ship-sponsored excursions. Cairo's Egyptian Museum, the Giza pyramids and Sphinx, and the new Grand Egyptian Museum are the day's anchors. Security procedures are notably strict.
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