The spy who loved Egypt

Africa has featured only sporadically in Bond’s wanderings, but it does so with dust and glamour in 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me. Roger Moore’s wise-cracking version of 007 drifts across Egypt, taking in the pyramids – before stalking metal-toothed henchman Jaws through the giant pillars of the Karnak temple complex at Luxor. This is a journey easily re-traced, and no less alive with history, 45 years later. Steppes Travel (01285 402 158; steppestravel.com) offers an 11-day Highlights of Egypt holiday which charts the country’s ancient era in depth – ticking off the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, Abu Simbel and a Nile cruise, as well as Giza and Karnak. From £6,025 per person (flights extra).