Have you ever been to Egypt??

Question

My honey and I are going to Egypt in November. We are going with contiki tours. Have you been there in the last few months or around the same time last year? What was it like? Any good travel advice? We are flying into Cairo and going on a Nile River cruise and then up to around Alexandrea and then back to Cairo. In a nut shell. I would love to see your pictures or get some stories about what it was like. Thanks!! :)

Answer 1

Lucky you! I wish I could go...have fun!

Answer 2

Egypt in November is great.

drink bottled water and brush your teeth with it .

enjoy every minute in your trip.

Answer 3

welcome daisy any time!

i'm Egyptian i'll give u what you are looking for "hopefully :)

the weather in November is warm and sunny, perfect!

here is some nice places to see in Egypt:

1)Cairo, it has many places to hang out in and having fun,

malls: City Stars Center, its the largest mall in Egypt and has many designer shops and a huge food court, cinemas and hypermarket.

Khan EL Khleely distrect:, its an ethnic palce with many ethnic restaurents and sovunirs shops, you can buy a lot of stuff there cheap.

Great Pyramids of Giza: you will see the anicent magnifecent world wonder and you may see the Large pyramid from inside too, and ride camels or hourses.

http://www.egyptianrc.org/index/upload/P...

5 stars hotels: to have fun clubbing and dinning, all over Cairo

Egyptian Muesem: at downtown you will see many monimets of old Egypt specially the Pharonic age.

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Egy...

Nile Trip: you can take a small sailing boat a "falouka" in the nile at night and enjoy the great weather

http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/Egypt...

and many other places you can hang around..

Sharm EL Sheikh & Hurgada:

it will be great holiday, its the city of peace and you will just love it! and enjoy diving, snorkling, parasailing or just lying on the sandy beaches!! and you can go for atrip to island or "Ras Muhammed" place, its great.

there is a lot of sovunirs to buy, local stuff, hand made in the market, and yes its cheap,

http://www.redseahotels.com/uploads/pics...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

El Gouna:

near Hurgada, it has a special atmosphere with the large artifecial lakes, hotels,villas and marina, each villa there have a sea view! fantastic !!

http://www.elgouna.com/Home.aspx?Section...

Luxor & Aswan:

where the history speaks! many tempels and moniments to watch in a great cities you will just fall in love with it! great nile view, great nile islands,and great shopping for cheap too!!

http://www.deltatoursegitto.com/images/h...

http://www.youregypt.co.uk/aswan_nile580...

North Coast, Marina:

where te meditrenian sea and beautiful beaches, and te weather is cooler than Sharm and Aswan.

Marina is one of many touristic villages along the noeth coast, you can jet ski and swim and hang around well, it has many hotels and private beaches.

http://www.alhnuf.com/up/m1/24402d3432.j...

http://www.gotomarina.com/F6.JPG

hope this berif helps you, and if you need anything else e mail me =)

@EDIT:

there is nile crusies companies that offers 2 hours trip includes dinner or lunch with an oriental shows like bellydancer and so

Golden Pharoe &Nile Pharoe: http://www.thepharaohs.com.eg/home.htm

138 El Nile St. Giza 002 02 357 01 000

and Nile Crystal cruise

In the beginning of the Maadi Road of Kornish El Nile

002 02 33190009

and Mariott Nile Maxim :

Cairo Marriott Hotel and Casino, Saray El Gezirah Street, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt [phone]

Nile peking:

Kornish El Nile St, Old-Cairo, After El Malek El Saleh Bridge 002 02 251 70 839

and this website has it all :)

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/...

hope i helped & enjoy your trip

Answer 4

its a great place (as long you are a tourist).. there are a lots of places to go, and new things to learn.. watch out for some store keepers who would rip you off, and don't hang out after 11pm.. either alone or with someone