- The official language is the Arab though we will not have problems us English reports if we know. In many trades also they will understand us in Spanish.

 - Normally it's better to travel with a package of trip that offers you one of many agencies that they dedicate to Egypt since they will give you many resolved things.

 - The passport is indispensable with at least 6 months of validity. The visa of entry you can do it directly in the airport.

 - In spite of the conflicts in East and the terrorist attacks, Egypt is a very sure country for the tourist. The ready police special attention in the safety of the tourists since it's one of his principal sources of income.

 - The current is alternate, of 220 V and 110 V as it modern that is the installation, though in the hotels always they are in the habit of being of 220 V. The plugs are of the European type.

 - When you visit some mosque you have to take off the shoes for what is suitable to take socks. Also it's suitable, if there go women, who go with long trousers and a handkerchief to cover the head, but they will put theirs tricks to enter.

 - The official currency of Egypt is the Egyptian pound. If you want to change pounds, it's possible to do in shops, banks, foreign exchange offices, hotels, is very simple for the tourist.

 - It's important that always you guard the security when you change currency, because if it exceeds you and you them want to change again into Euros you pediran the security and the passport.

 - Nevertheless, the Euros are accepted as currency of payment in almost the whole country. For it it's important that you take coins and small bills (5 and 10 Euros) to pay small purchases and to give gratuities, something very typical in Egypt.

 - A good site to go shopping is Khan in Khalili, there you will be able to find of everything (papyruses, perfumes, gifts, crafts, recollections, etc.).

 - In Egypt it's habitual that the whole world asks you constant for a gratuity for doing any thing, taking a taxi, asking for a address, going out in a photo. It is not necessary to give them flattery since they will become weighed up to obtaining his gratuity.

 - Other one of the habitual practices is the bargaining, on the markets always it's necessary to haggle because they increase consciously the price of his products knowing that the tourist was haggling, it's mas enclosedly if you do not do it they will feel offended for not haggling.

 - Another slightly advisable thing is to buy in the sites where there take you the guides provided that they go to commission and they were taking you to the places that they are interested in it. To realize purchases is better to go for freely.

 - No vaccine is needed to enter to the country but if it's advisable to be vaccinated against the tetanus.

 - The water of Egypt contains microorganisms that us can cause diarrhea, provided that we are not accustomed to it. It's very important never not to drink water of the faucet, to take fruits or neither vegetables of street markets, nor refreshing drinks with ices, even avoid to drink water on having had a shower.

 - Take tablets for the diarrhea as well as some special repellent one of mosquitos for tropical countries and the habitual medicines that we take to any trip.

 - In the daytime, especially in summer, it's advisable to take summer clothes and not this of more a cap, sunglasses and comfortable slippers for the excursions. In spring and winter, the temperatures are more agreeable being a good date to do the trip.

 - By night it's in the habit of refreshing enough, for what it becomes necessary to take some jersey or jacket that shelters something more.

 - In the Cairo and the south zone of the country the days are warm enough and the cold nights with many dampness.

 - In the north zone it's a Mediterranean climate with softer temperatures.

 - The best way of transport to move inside the cities is the taxi. It's very easy to find one, though it's advisable that you do the search instead of across an intermediary since always it will want his gratuity.

 - Providing that you mount in taxi you have to negotiate the price in advance, and indicate that the gratuity is included, to mark a destination and all that you offer him in order that then there are no unnecessary problems.

 - If you are scrupulous, before contracting a taxi look at his interior since the habitual thing is that they are careless enough.

 - And finally, as for his way of driving, it's not that we are accustomed to seeing in Spain. His way of driving would be considered to be a minimum of rash, though they are accustomed to driving this way and there are no in the habit of being problems. It's one more experience of the trip.

 - In all the tourist zones there is coverage for mobiles. The principal operators of mobile telephony are Vodafone and Mobinil. The prices to call Spain are of approximately 2 €/min, but for major safety it consults before with your operator of mobile telephony and that they you inform about everything.

Copyright © 2011-2012 - www.viajesaegiptobaratos.com - Todos los derechos reservados ( All rights reserved )