Map of transportation and transmission of tourists
Road to Egypt - Goa
Egypt's major airports
Egypt in 6 major airports:
Cairo International Airport (two showrooms arrival)
Alexandria: Nozha Airport
Luxor, Upper Egypt
Aswan, Upper Egypt
Hurghada, Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai
Cairo Airport
Is the busiest airport in Egypt and can be reached direct flights from most major airports in Africa, Asia, America, North, and the cities of European, it's the best way to enter Egypt and enjoy seeing the scenery amazing to Cairo, the Nile and the pyramids of Giza from the plane.
From the airport:
Cairo can be used limousine, taxi, bus, the cost of using a taxi back to the distance Ststqlha and the number of passengers and baggage and also negotiation skills.
If you use a taxi, the cost of the trip ranges from 40 to 45 pounds (per trip rather than per capita) as it also depends on the bargaining skills.
And available buses and mini-buses from the airport where visitors less to Tahrir Square, engineers and pyramids, Giza, but I prefer the lack of independence of government buses are often crowded too much.
Road to Egypt - by sea
Egypt's main ports
Alexandria, the Mediterranean
Port Said, Mediterranean
Damietta, Mediterranean
Suez, the Gulf of Suez
Nuweiba, Gulf of Aqaba
Hurghada, Red Sea
Safaga, Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea
You may find some ships linking Alexandria and some European ports such as Istanbul (Turkey), Etbirius (Greece), Venice (Italy), on the Adriatic international lines, it is best to scan it with your travel agent or delegate the following:
Adriatic lines, Castro & Co. 0.12 Talaat Harb Street. Phone: 5743213, 5743144 (passenger and freight) Egyptian Maritime 0.26 Sheriff Street. Phone: 5776709, 5759085, 5759166.
Touring in Egypt - Cairo
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Subway
Metro ticket starts at a minimum of 75 piastres (about $ 0.15) as the price of the independence of the metro to nine stations, there are now two lines of subway in Cairo, the first of the lawn and even Helwan in 32 stations, and the second from Shubra through editing to Giza, opens Metro doors usually in the sixth am and closes at midnight.
Buses
Going almost buses in most areas of Cairo, and even though the bus independence is not suitable for tourists, but some prefer independence to seek fun and excitement, is the independence of the bus, which is characterized by either white black and red or white and blue is not suitable for tourists because the bus usually do not stop at all stations except for the rise of passenger or another descent. Otherwise, the young riders find jumping out of the bus when it was traveling best, which requires high skills and fitness is not too bad, especially since the bus drivers in the habit marching at high speeds, making it difficult to catch them Alyalsaúh.
There are some important guidelines for tourists:
Bus No. 400 from the airport to the editor.
Bus No. 900 and 913 of the liberation of the pyramid and the Mena House.
Bus No. 174 from the editorial to the castle and the Mosque of Ibn Tulun.
There are air-conditioned buses which is best suited for the use of tourists:
No. 355 from Cairo Airport to Al-Ahram
And No. 357 from the field of the martyr Abdel Moneim Riad to Heliopolis.
Mini and Almkrobasat
Mini-buses are a public service owned by the government and its lines and stations, and tickets are known. Minibuses are the private sector and the service stations do not have known a little bit higher and the prices of the mini-buses of the public sector and that was the easiest and quickest.
Taxis
Since most visitors and foreign residents prefer to use taxis in the internal movement, it's better for them to be prior knowledge systems taxis in Egypt. For example, prefers not to take taxis from hotels are often much more expensive than taxis that roam the streets of Cairo in the Bible, while the cost tourist fifty pounds for the independence of the ordinary taxi to the airport hotel taxi cost one hundred pounds.
The cost of using the taxi does not necessarily depend on the distance always intervene time and the number of passengers and luggage, and the traffic situation in this calculation.
Limousine
Limousines are considered somewhat of a luxury for other means of transition. But it is not much more expensive, limousine Egypt, for example, cost 55 pounds for the half-day .searat Limousine good cars and their drivers are always speaks English.
Curfew in Egypt - outside Cairo
Cairo despite the charm and beauty, but the visitor will find himself compelled to get out sooner or later to enjoy the charm of other cities, and after all the noise of Cairo in search of tranquility in rural Egypt, and here are some ways to move to the outside of Cairo.
Buses
It is a wonderful alternative for some trains and other means of transport, which are often more expensive. Trains:
The other, a quick and cheap way to get out of Egypt but nonetheless limited in the north and south of Egypt, along the Nile River, Port Said, Alexandria, the canal, Luxor, Aswan and some small stations among major stations.
Must reserve chairs and first-class cabins in advance of the main station in Ramses Square.
Aircraft
It is, of course, the fastest to get to your destination, a monopoly on the only domestic airline which EgyptAir, which can be contacted on 3900999 or 3,902,444.
Prices of airline tickets from Cairo to the Egyptian tourist cities.
Namely:
Cairo - Aswan: US $ 335 for foreigners and 335 pounds for the resident.
Cairo - Hurghada: $ 263 for foreigners and 279 pounds for the resident.
Cairo - Luxor: US $ 243 for foreigners and 259 pounds for the resident.
Cairo - Sharm El Sheikh: $ 277 for foreigners and 287 pounds for the resident.
Affiliate companies tourism buses (Super Jet)
It is a very convenient way, but relatively more expensive, for example, a trip to the pyramids cost 40 to $ 50. He can be contacted companies to see the tourist attractions Albrmdj available.
Taxi and Limousine
It is the perfect service for those who want the comfort and privacy. You must know the visitor destination and make sure that the driver knows, too, and this service is not necessarily the most expensive.
Car Rental
Must for tourists that has an international driver's license at the age of 25 years, at least in order to lease a car in Cairo, the availability of the passport must be prepaid.
The price of a private car rental in Egypt depends on the type and model of the car in addition to the duration of use.
Terms entering Egypt
There are two ways to get an entry permit to Egypt first is that you get this statement from the Egyptian diplomatic consulates abroad, or get this statement when you arrive at an airport or Egyptian ports.
This authorization is valid for only three months if your passport is still valid as you can get a multiplier permit term, this permits the disposal of anyone except diplomats They are given a maximum of only thirty-day permit, either if you want to stay for a longer period of work or living in Egypt then you have to get an extension to this statement from within the country and not necessarily from the outside.
Conveyers for passports listed below do not ask them entry permit when coming to Egypt and these nationalities are Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates. And also diplomatic passports campaign from Argentina, Bosnia, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Singapore, Slovakia, Turkey does not ask them entry permits. Arrivals to the Sinai and Taba to visit Gulf of Aqaba or St. Catherine may not ask them entry permits granted while the establishment for a period of fourteen days of wandering in the area permit.
Must be registered visitors statements in police stations in less than 48 hours from entering the country, and this application is canceled for US and British nationalities and most of the European countries, so would prefer a review of such a law with hotels and tourism companies to determine the applicability of the laws according to the nationality of the visitor.
Extension of entry permits and pay fees by a visitor in the old classical building named (Liberation compound) and is located in the southern part of Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The complex of works 8:00 am to 3:30 pm except on Fridays, the official holiday. Entry permit form of the compound will cost about 15 pounds, most ordinary forms costs about 30 pounds, but the forms, which cost 60 pounds is the entry forms to extend the residence permit in Egypt.
Cash transactions
Egyptian pound is the official currency in the country, and contains the Egyptian pound 100 penny, as there are currencies from category 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 100 pounds, and there are 5, 10, 25, 50 penny and coins 5, 10, 25 piasters.
Egyptian ports provide either air or marine numerous facilities to change the currency in addition to the provision of ATM machines, and the visitor can change money in any place in Egypt, very easily, even in border areas such as Sinai.
There are also some international banks in the Sinai, such as Thomas Cook Bank in Sharm el-Sheikh, as most of the Sinai hotels Home offers currency exchange service and are often more expensive than original price, as easily accept checks of foreigners in most Egyptian cities, as well as Visa and accepts checks, American Express in a manner wide.
Useful credit cards for easy handling with ATM banks and ease the withdrawal of cash, but not all places in Egypt accept the deal with a credit card as a method of payment methods and some of them would rather be a payment in cash, credit cards are used heavily in the major hotels and resorts In the book diving and tourism programs flights used more in the payment of exorbitant bills such as hotel bills and rental diving and training courses for diving tools
