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Gizeh Pyramids Cairo
48 Reviews We've been to Cairo twice. The Pyramids and Sphynx are awesome sites. Remember it is a tourist spot so peddlers will come from everywhere. Enjoy the sites first, then bargain for souvenirs. Stay in...
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Camels Hurghada
5 Reviews Obviously, you will be given more than a few opportunities to get that long coveted camel ride in Hurghada, if that is your desire. These can range from a ten minute walk around the parking lot up to...
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The Nile River Luxor
9 Reviews This is one of my «from the bus» pictures. It was shot during my first encounter with the grand and divine Nile river on my way from Hurghada to Luxor. I grew up on two beautiful rivers, Sava and...
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walk around Alexandria
31 Reviews Oh yes, you will enjoy your trip to Alexandria and walking is an experience you will treasure. I have seen people, the local young boys and girls, their parents whom you will be comfortable talking...
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People of Cairo Cairo
21 Reviews This is a beautiful city with lot of similarity with our Indian city. We got down from Luxor at 5.30 in the morning, the city was on the move, people were buying tea, breakfast, going to work or...
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Luxor Temple Luxor
16 Reviews Luxor temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut, and Chons and was, during the New Kingdom, the focus of the annual Opet Festival, in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile...
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life in Alexandria Alexandria
10 Reviews In the heart of Alexandria, at Mansheia near by Saint Catherine Square this main Greek Orthodhox Patriarchate is found. The street itself is called Greek Church Street "Share' Al-Kaneesa...
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Advises Cairo
37 Reviews Non rip-off bank kiosks inside the aiport. There are bank kiosks just before the immigration at Cairo International Airport. They offer quite competitive rates. I got 1620 EGP for 1000 AED against...
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Karnak Luxor
7 Reviews Based on the available informations after collecting the views of the audience about sound and light show in the karnak , the show has been developed and become more interested also the duration has...
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people of Alexandria Alexandria
8 Reviews Meeting good and friendly people in Alexandria is not hard to do. There are too many and too many are friendly enough that you can even start a conversation. Whether the locals are students or young...
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Egyptian Museum Cairo
15 Reviews The museum, definitely the museum. Seeing Tuten Khamoun and all related object des'arte was simply mystifyingly amazing. Superlatives cannot describe. One tip is: when first arriving at the museum...
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Taking the TIme Luxor
6 Reviews Did tour including boat trip from Luxor to Aswan for first visit to Egypt:found it too organized, guides in a hurry to return you to boat for meals, time at sites was limited, wasting time waiting for...
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Eating and Drinking Cairo
9 Reviews Umm Ali dates back to Ottoman Egypt and legend say that sultan stopped in a poor village looking for something to eat and the village's best cook, named Umm Ali, made something. This is in fact light...
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Traffic Cairo
8 Reviews Even in the 1980's traffic in Cairo was a very interesting experience. Cairo had lots of highways some with as many as 6 lanes but it also had lots of cars to fill them. Most of the cars should have...
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River Nile Cairo
15 Reviews We enjoyed two boat rides in Egypt. One was a motorized boat in Luxor. it would have been a felluca, but the wind was not strong enough at the time. However in Cairo, we did have conditions just right...
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Khan el Khalili Cairo
9 Reviews I took both with me to Egypt. (I have been twice before) and have to say that the ROUGH GUIDE is a much better guide on all front. I found the current edition of Lonely Planet lacking in current info...
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Citadel of Saladin Cairo
6 Reviews The CItadel, also called Al-Qala, is a walled fortress on top of a hill in Cairo. In the past it had been the home to Egypt's rulers for about 700 years. The Citadel was built in different stages, so...
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Mosques Cairo
9 Reviews The Islamic part of Cairo differs very much from its Christian area. It deserves the separate day of excursion, better – several days. Unfortunately I was lack of time and was able to admire only...
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Old Cairo Cairo
6 Reviews There are a couple of buildings in Old Cairo which really look very old. I cannot help but think if these were built more than 100 years ago. Two of my photos have signs of a bazaar, a museum,...
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Islands Cairo
4 Reviews One of my favorite sections of Cairo is Zamalek, an island in the Nile that basically lies between modern downtown Cairo and Giza. It is an upscale, garden area with a number of attractions as well as...
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Nile River absolutely plays a significant role in Egypt history. From the ancient civilization to the present time, it creates the better Egypt. The Nile River view will be a good attraction in the tourism sites, like Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor. Get the Nile Cruise or Dinner Cruise or felluca ride to enjoy the magnificient view at the Nile River. The view of the farms along The Nile River Delta is great too if you are going for the road trip in Egypt.
Some tour and travel agencies has their own package for the belly dancing class and show. When you are going for dinner cruise on the Nile, belly dancing will be one of the shows performed to the dinners. The good belly dancer usually performs at the end of the show, after the whirl dance and other shows. The good belly dancers in Egypt are much better than the ones perform in other Arab countries.
The word donkey is one of the worse words to curse somebody in Arabic world and it used to address the looser anywhere. We gain more respect on the donkeys after seeing what they do in Egypt. They are such cute and hard workers ones. They can do the heavy works at the cane sugar farms in Egypt and will be a good pleasant ride in some tourist sites too. It is just hard to believe that such a little creature can do the numerous bigger things.
The Bedouin people are the ones who live at the desert areas, some even still live in the tents. Many negative thoughts have been there about the Bedouin people because most of the suicide bombers in the tourist sites before were Bedouin. On the contrary, we have met many amazing Bedouins at St. Catherine Monastery area. Our guide for climbing the Moses Mountain was a Bedouin and he was one of the best guides we had in Egypt. When you have more time in Sinai area, try to get the Bedouin dinner tour to explore the Bedouin people more.
It will be interesting to see how they make the tea in Egypt. They dont like to do it with the teabag. Most of the Egyptians will prefer to drink tea than coffee and sometimes mixing it with the milk. Try the tea with the fresh mint leaves. It tastes good. If you observe the local people, they will spend hours on drinking tea and talking in the cafes. The local word for tea is CHAY.
The Egyptians are very serious with their coffee so the coffee lovers can expect a very coffee in Egypt. Egyptian coffee is good and their coffee latte is thicker. The Turkish coffee that used to be offered in the restaurants may not be good for some as it has many herbs or spices in it. It will not be difficult to find the coffee anywhere in Egypt. The local word for coffee is QAHWA.
The Egyptian seafood is great and could be found easily at the seaside tourism sites like Red Sea areas: Sharm El Sheikh, Hugada, Dahab and Mediteranian Sea area like Alexandria. The beachfront restaurants in those areas will display the fresh fish, shrimps, or calamari in front of their restaurants and you may choose the one you like to be cooked and served on the table.
It is one of Arabic food, the barbeque marinated chicken. It will be served with the fries or the kooboos, Arabic bread. Ask for the Arabic dip, humus – HOOMOOS and the eggplant. The sishtawook will be great to eat with the garlic mayonnaise too. Sishtawook tastes good and a good option for you when you are not familiar with the new kind of food.
Karkade is a traditional herb beverage of Egypt, made from The Hibiscus Flower, looks like the red grape juice. It is one of my favorite drinks in Cairo. The cold one is better than the hot one. You may bring the Karkade at home. They will sell the Karkade in the spices store, about 10-20LE per 100grams. You will just ask for Karkade or Hibiscus tea, 2 pieces will be enough to mix with one cup of boiled water with some sugar. They used to serve it on the breakfast buffet in the hotels.
The school tour is one of my favorite things to observe in the tourism sites. The kids will be coming in a big group, will be accompanied by their teachers, and some will still wear their uniforms. They are the very happy kids with full of smile and laughter. They will approach the tourists for taking pictures or talking only, without thinking of asking tips from you. Once you agreed on picture taking, all of the group will come and pose with you. At the end the teacher will yell at them to leave you alone and ask your apology for their behavior, which is no problem at all for the tourists I guess. :-)
Four Seasons At The First Cairo
4 Reviews and 208 Opinions You must go through a street barrack and through metal detectors just to get to the elevator and get...
Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa Luxor
8 Reviews and 261 Opinions We had a fabulous time! We were pampered from top to bottom. I am feeling very relaxed. Excellent...
Sultans Gardens Resort Sharm El Sheikh
6 Reviews and 2565 Opinions The Sultans Gardens hotel locate near Sharm El Sheik´s Airport (about 15 minutes drove) and hotel...
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Q: My husband and I booked a trip a few months ago to Cairo & Sharm, and we're considering cancelling given the recent kidnappings in...
A: I dont know what to tell you but I would still go...dont let anyone ruin your plans and dont live with what ifs...Are your planned trips going to be with big tour...
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