Since I was young I really adore the beauty of CLEOPATRA and the mystery of the Mummy.
Now I have a chance to visit the country.
Besides of my own intension,
any suggestion for me that i don't have to miss in my trip in this historical land?
but you can access anything around Cairo. I would recommend you have the hotel arrange a driver for a pre-set price. They will try to take you to all the "fake museums" like one for papyrus, perfume, jewelry, etc., but these are nothing but stores trying to sell you stuff at inflated prices. The drivers get a fee for bringing people in and they don't care about wasting your time. If you don't want this to happen have the hotel arrange with the driver beforehand that you will pay a tip in order to be taken EXACTLY where you say. if they try to stop anyway once you are out (and they very well may), be insistent and threaten to call the hotel to send another car. That usually straightens them out.
I love Egyptian art and history; but I HATE the Egyptian hassle and hustlers.
As I said, if you stick with the famous tourist sites you will really enjoy and I am sure everything will be fine.
Are you going to Cairo? Anywhere else? What is your hotel budget like? Send me a private message. I'm not a travel agent(lol) but I have been fortunate to travel there quite a bit. I'll be glad to help anyway I can.
My family too is scheduled to visit Egypt by next month.. we are currently waiting for our visas to be approved. My question is, is it safe to bring the kids together with me and my Husband? we plan to stay for 1 week there. also please suggest a nice hotel we can stay?
in a vacation spot and before that the siege at Hatshepsuit's temple in 1997. Since then, though, the security presence at the archeological sites has been increased. I think if you stick with the main sites you will be fine, insha'Allah.
But yes, it is good advice to stick with a group and do not make a private arrangement with a "driver" you don't know as you will likely get ripped off or worse.
go see the Pyramids at Giza, but also go south of that slightly (by tour/car) to see the Stepped pyramid of king Djoser. Also, make sure to visit the museum in Cairo where you can see Tut's treasure and all of the amazing stuff in his tomb. Don't miss the mummy room where you can see Ramses the Great -- ca. 3200 years old.
You can also spend a day at the Citadel; visiting the Palace and the beautiful mosque of Muhammad Ali. Nearby is the Khan Khalili market/bazaar. Be careful there and guard your purse, as well as watch your route -- it's easy to get lost.
If you take a cruise up (down) the Nile you should try to spend a few days in Luxor. You can go directly across the Nile from Luxor to the Valley of the Kings and see Tut's tomb, as well as much larger more elaborate ones. Also Queen Hatshepsut's Mortuary temple is carved into the cliffs there.
Back on the Luxor side you also should visit the Luxor temple and the temple at Karnak (one of the largest religious sites in the world). There is a cool mummification museum in Luxor, as well and that will show you the tools and the process used.
Further to the South is Ramses the Great's Mortuary Temple at Abu Simbel, along with his favorite wife's temple. These are amazing because they were cut out of their original sites and moved to this new location when the Aswan damn was built in the 1960s.
To sense Cleopatra you have to visit Alexandria in the Nile Delta on the Mediterranean. That is where she ruled from but you will mostly see Greek and Roman art and architecture there. Of course, Cleopatra was from the Ptolemy line of pharaohs and they were actually Greek in origin, rather than Egyptian. Her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony cemented the Roman presence in Egypt.
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but you can access anything around Cairo. I would recommend you have the hotel arrange a driver for a pre-set price. They will try to take you to all the "fake museums" like one for papyrus, perfume, jewelry, etc., but these are nothing but stores trying to sell you stuff at inflated prices. The drivers get a fee for bringing people in and they don't care about wasting your time. If you don't want this to happen have the hotel arrange with the driver beforehand that you will pay a tip in order to be taken EXACTLY where you say. if they try to stop anyway once you are out (and they very well may), be insistent and threaten to call the hotel to send another car. That usually straightens them out.
I love Egyptian art and history; but I HATE the Egyptian hassle and hustlers.
Good luck!
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
its very helpful of you, actually i print out all the things you have said. Just to remember everything.
to see donkeys on the road driven by donkeys
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As I said, if you stick with the famous tourist sites you will really enjoy and I am sure everything will be fine.
Are you going to Cairo? Anywhere else? What is your hotel budget like? Send me a private message. I'm not a travel agent(lol) but I have been fortunate to travel there quite a bit. I'll be glad to help anyway I can.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
My family too is scheduled to visit Egypt by next month.. we are currently waiting for our visas to be approved. My question is, is it safe to bring the kids together with me and my Husband? we plan to stay for 1 week there. also please suggest a nice hotel we can stay?
Thanks
in a vacation spot and before that the siege at Hatshepsuit's temple in 1997. Since then, though, the security presence at the archeological sites has been increased. I think if you stick with the main sites you will be fine, insha'Allah.
But yes, it is good advice to stick with a group and do not make a private arrangement with a "driver" you don't know as you will likely get ripped off or worse.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
be aware, bombing in Egypt where tourists wonder is not unusual in the late years so watch out!
stick to groups and be obedient to thier instructions.
don't use curse words when you are around the pyramids coz you may activate on of the mummies lol
Enjoy your time, and let us know what you think upon your return.
Good luck!
Really good hotels are not easy to find in Egypt. But I have a few that I recommend in Luxor, Cairo and Alex.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
Thanks a lot. Plan to go there next year but don't know when
go see the Pyramids at Giza, but also go south of that slightly (by tour/car) to see the Stepped pyramid of king Djoser. Also, make sure to visit the museum in Cairo where you can see Tut's treasure and all of the amazing stuff in his tomb. Don't miss the mummy room where you can see Ramses the Great -- ca. 3200 years old.
You can also spend a day at the Citadel; visiting the Palace and the beautiful mosque of Muhammad Ali. Nearby is the Khan Khalili market/bazaar. Be careful there and guard your purse, as well as watch your route -- it's easy to get lost.
If you take a cruise up (down) the Nile you should try to spend a few days in Luxor. You can go directly across the Nile from Luxor to the Valley of the Kings and see Tut's tomb, as well as much larger more elaborate ones. Also Queen Hatshepsut's Mortuary temple is carved into the cliffs there.
Back on the Luxor side you also should visit the Luxor temple and the temple at Karnak (one of the largest religious sites in the world). There is a cool mummification museum in Luxor, as well and that will show you the tools and the process used.
Further to the South is Ramses the Great's Mortuary Temple at Abu Simbel, along with his favorite wife's temple. These are amazing because they were cut out of their original sites and moved to this new location when the Aswan damn was built in the 1960s.
To sense Cleopatra you have to visit Alexandria in the Nile Delta on the Mediterranean. That is where she ruled from but you will mostly see Greek and Roman art and architecture there. Of course, Cleopatra was from the Ptolemy line of pharaohs and they were actually Greek in origin, rather than Egyptian. Her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony cemented the Roman presence in Egypt.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
Pyramids of Giza of course. Dont 4get nile cruise.