Some useful travel tips

Written: 1 february 2007
Travel time: 1 — 8 january 2007
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 9.0
We rested for one week but the impressions left the sea. We bought a ticket through Tez Tour, a wonderful tour operator, everything was organized at a high level, transfer, accommodation, provision and assistance of a representative of the tour operator. First advice: when buying a tour, try to take it first hand, and not from small intermediary firms, because then there are problems with the settlement.
The second tip: without English there is nowhere, buy at least a phrase book and be assertive, modest and correct tourists are deceived at every turn, we contemplated this regularly!
The third tip: make friends with the representative of the tour operator, he is a wonderful boy named Samekh, he will give you a lot of good advice, and buy excursions from him too (but bargain).

Fourth advice: I think that it will not be superfluous if I sort you out in prices. If you want to buy a cartouche - a national Egyptian decoration (very cute), buy it in Luxor, the tour will include a visit to the factory. silver from $10 to $30, gold $35-90. Bargain everywhere and always, because they deliberately inflate prices in order to enjoy the bidding. Papyrus is better to buy in old Hurghada.
If you go to Cairo, do not buy any gold or silver, and even more so the aroma of oil, buy everything in old Hurghada, in the old one, in the new one - more expensive.
It is better to go to Hurghada from lunch to evening, a taxi from the hotel costs 40 pounds there and back, you can take the hotel bus but 2 hours is not enough. On Friday it is better not to go half the shops are closed.
What to buy? Cheap weights, textiles and leather. and of course gold and silver! Silver is about 10 pounds per gram, and gold is from $15 to $20 per gram.
That's probably all the advice!
I wish you a pleasant holiday!
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