Country Info
- Cairo
- Capital
- Egyptian Pound (EGP)
- Currency
- 69,536,644
- Population
- EG
- Country Code
Egypt Slideshow
Top Hotels in Egypt
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Bonita Suez
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New Garden Palace Hotel Cairo
24 reviews -
Moevenpick Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El-Sheikh
276 reviews -
Pharaohs Palace Hostel Cairo
10 reviews
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Mediterranean Azur Hotel Alexandria
48 reviews -
Club Magic Life Sharm el Sheikh Imperial Sharm El-Sheikh
919 reviews
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Daniela Village Dahab
87 reviews
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Mecca Hotel Alexandria
7 reviews -
Cleopatra Tsokkos Hotel Sharm El-Sheikh
284 reviews
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Sea Garden Hotel Hurghada
54 reviews
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Daniela Village St. Katherine Saint Catherine
11 reviews
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Tropicana New Tiran Hotel Sharm El-Sheikh
21 reviews
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Dreams Beach Marsa Alam
363 reviews
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Royal Marshal Hotel Cairo
6 reviews
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Little Garden Hotel Luxor
42 reviews -
Tobya Boutique Hotel Taba
23 reviews
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Memnon Hotel Aswan
82 reviews
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Grand Viva Sharm Sharm El-Sheikh
367 reviews
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Ain Shams Obelisk Hostel Cairo
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Dahab Plaza Hotel
171 reviews
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Moon Valley Hurghada
16 reviews
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Nubian Oasis Hotel Luxor
15 reviews
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Sun Set Hotel Luxor
5 reviews
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Hotel Delta Alexandria
3 reviews
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Pension Vienna Cairo
5 reviews
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Moevenpick M/S Prince Abbas Cairo
12 reviews
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Royal House Hotel Luxor
27 reviews
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Paradise Inn Beach Resort Alexandria
22 reviews
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The Bedouin Moon Hotel Dahab
169 reviews
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El Tabia Hotel Hurghada
2 reviews
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Happy City Hotel Cairo
34 reviews
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Nakhil Inn & Nakhil Dream Nuweiba
117 reviews -
Horreya Hotel Cairo
1 review
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Cleopatra Hotel Aswan
26 reviews
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Tropitel Dahab Oasis
450 reviews
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Palermo Resort Hotel Sharm El-Sheikh
3 reviews
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Resta Club Resort Sharm El-Sheikh
223 reviews
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New Windsor Hotel Luxor
9 reviews
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Royal Garden Hotel Cairo
3 reviews
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Caesar's Palace Hotel Cairo
4 reviews
Egypt
Travel Blogs from Egypt
Dance, not walk, like an Egyptian!
This is a top pick! ... walked off. However, I couldn't help being angry. I really thought I had good control over being angry or impatient, but Egypt has tested all my emotions! We took a creaky old elevator to the 7th floor where we found the happy sign of ...
Dahab - loafer centrale
This is a top pick! Greetings again from sunny Egypt. After the 24 hour mission across the breadth of the country I'm ensconced in Dahab and as happy as Larry - possibly even happier - because this is one mellow place. It's approaching Spring here so the weather is ...
Does a felucca passenger shit in the woods?
This is a top pick! ... no mean feat in a country that contains what amounts to the world's biggest tombstones - the Pyramids. Ramses II managed to decorate Egypt with monumental tributes to his own glory, the way Trump has done with modern America. During it's famous rescue by ...
Luxor and the West Bank
This is a top pick! ... other highlights on offer, we managed to get around the imposing edifice of the Temple of Hapshupset (built by one of Egypt's greatest female pharaohs) and wander casually through several of the vividly decorated Tombs of the Nobles. The best of these ...
The Highs and Lows of the Sinai
This is a top pick! ... really, but more a little holiday, a break in the sun before heading back on the road. Dahab is the backpacker beach resort of Egypt, on the Sinai Peninsula, although to be frank, it's not quite as low-key as I had anticipated (or indeed, been told). ...
Luxor - the West Side story
This is a top pick! ... post all the photos I got from his tomb up here for the world to see. So that ends our archeological phase here in Egypt. However there's plenty more to do and see here including the Western Oases, the Mediterranean Coast and a proper look at the ...
In dahab at the moment which is egypt's ...
This is a top pick! In Dahab at the moment which is Egypt's equivalant to Bali..... Here is a run down of what my day consists of.. 9am - Get up 9:30 - Eat on the beach 10:30 - Swim for a while 12:00 - Play cards with some people 1:00pm - Eat 2:00 - Snorkell 4:00 - ...
Luxor
This is a top pick! We arrived safely in Luxor on the River Nile at about 4.30am yesterday morning. As always our journey evolved into an experience that neither of us shall forget in a while! Back in Dahab, we had a guy in one of the restaurants that we frequented arrange ...
Crossing Jordan
This is a top pick! ... alone. We are all heading in roughly the same direction so we begin travelling together. The contrast between Jordan and Egypt is noticeable straight away. The customs officer greets us with a smile and good English and explains the procedure for ...
Luxor
This is a top pick! ... governor of Luxor claims that the town is the world's largest open-air museum and he's probably right. Nowhere else in Egypt is there such a concentration of monuments from Pharaonic Egypt, as this was once Thebes, the capital of the New Kingdom - ...
Death Masks and Horse Breath (photo's only)
This is a top pick! Narelle has Horse fever! More to ...
Mallorca-BCN-CAI
This is a top pick! The one place on my itinerary that concerned me in the slightest was Egypt. I was determined to see the pyramids on this round the world trip even against everyone's warnings. But not stupid I have been keeping a very close watch on the civil unrest and ...
Sphynx and Pyramids
This is a top pick! Cairo, largest city in Africa and home of the infamous pyramids! We spent our time in Cairo visiting the Sphynx and Pyramids at Giza. As it turns out, as impressive as the outside is, there really isn't a heck of a lot to see on the inside. We ...
Stuck in Luxor! Aarggh!
This is a top pick! ... ; I hated feeling this way as I usually don’t judge a couple of bad experiences to be all the people of a country. But Egypt has tested all my patience and judge of character and I feel like I'm constantly being cheated. It is not a nice ...
Spectacular sights but too many touts!
This is a top pick! ... , where the men kept their distance and was always respectful. I was actually expecting this type of behavior more from India than Egypt. After staying longer in Dubai than we had planned, we actually didn’t want to leave but I knew that we ...
Thebes: Then and Now
This is a top pick! ... one whose hieroglyphic can be found within the sacred-lassoed cartouche--the signature-- of the pharoahs. Other hieroglyphics showed that Egypt paid attention to the animals of the land and waters. Gods with animal heads--jackals, ibis, and ...
The Nile valley
This is a top pick! ... donkeys 7km to the Valley of the Kings. At first we were a little uneasy riding them, but once we got used to it, we couldn't stop laughing...donkeys are awesome to ride! Egypt may be known for its camels, but donkeys are definitely where it's at! ...
How did they move the sight of Abu Simbel?
This is a top pick! Rich Text Area.We talked to the guy at the front desk about going to Abu Simbel. He told us that the only way to go there, was by police escort and this leaves at 4am, with over a 100 buses and cars in a caravan. Talk about feeling like sitting ...
trip to Aswan
This is a top pick! ... there was unrest during the period of Ptolemy IV and Ptolemy V Epiphanes. This is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak. It was believed that the temple was built on the site of the great battle between ...
The Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Tourists
This is a top pick! ... and limousines came around the corner, straight through the gates and up to the front door... and out jumps the President of Egypt. Day 2 - Today we were woken up early again for our big drive to St Catherine. Waking up early is something we were ...
Egypt!
This is a top pick! ... . I agree, that when I was in Turkey and had 250 to 300 million in my pocket it was probably a big deal, but in Egypt it's only a couple of hundred dollars. :^) We hope you enjoy the attached photos. We think this is better than making everyone attend ...
Egypt's underwater gardens
This is a top pick! These photos are taken at two shallow dive sites at the eastern end of Naama Bay called 'Near Gardens' and 'Middle Gardens'. There is also a 'Far Gardens' which is apparently more impressive in terms of coral formations, however it is a long swim due to ...
Swan songs and sherwarma....
This is a top pick! Quote of the Day: "A man travels the world in search of what he needs.... and returns home to find it." George Moore 1873-1958 Arrived in Cairo on our last 10 hour long bus trip, phew, returned to our watering hole and kebab shop, browsed the souqs, ...
Walk like an Egyptian
This is a top pick! I don't know if it was unconscious design, or just coincidence, but it was amusingly appropriate that "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles started playing on my iPod as the train from Alexandria approached the outskirts of Cairo. I had retreated to the ...
Aswan - raiding the Tombs of the Nobles
This is a top pick! ... be called that), we were also allowed into the double tomb of Mekhu and son Sabni. Mekhu was Chancellor of the King of Lower Egypt during the Old Kingdom (sometime around 2200 BC) and lost his life on an expedition into equatorial Africa. Sabni, his son, ...
In denial
This is a top pick! Oh. My. Gosh. I'm having the time of my life in Egypt. So after 4 truly amazing days in Cairo, I sadly departed as said in the previous entry. I arrived in Aswan around 12:30pm, probably the hottest time of the day. I am ...
Baksheesh, cockroaches, and ancient wonders
This is a top pick! ... cigarettes at the dock to get rid of him. The whole "baksheesh"/ripping off the tourist thing is practically an art form in Egypt. You expect it, and are even ok with it to a certain point, but occasionally you reach a saturation point. Mine came ...
it is offical i have not ever experienced ...
This is a top pick! ... a 3am wake up call - yes 3am. The idea behind this is that between Aswan and Abu Simbel it is not the safest parts of Egypt... only in the alast 9 months or so they have actually opened the roads... you used to have to fly in from Cairo or Luxor. So up ...
25 miles north of Sudan... Abu Simbel!
This is a top pick! Greek historian Herodotus once said that Egyptians "gather in the fruits of the earth with less labor than any other people." This of course applied to the aggricultural life, but I cannot help but wonder about the touts who are using their ...