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1 - Visa. If I'm not going to leave Sharm, I don't need a visa, right? I just say shinai only at the airport and that's it? How do they react to this phrase at the airport (do they want to sell everyone a visa)
2 - I'm going to the Nabq district. Internet writes 30 km to naama bay, 37 to the old town. So what would not be divorced, how much for such a distance really pay for a taxi
3 - I heard a lot about pharmaceuticals in Egypt, without which you can’t go home, what you definitely need to buy and why
4 - They write to take seeds, chocolate, vodka with them. What for? what do you change them for, just presenting or with benefit?
Thank you all in advance
2 - I'm going to the Nabq district. Internet writes 30 km to naama bay, 37 to the old town. So what would not be divorced, how much for such a distance really pay for a taxi
3 - I heard a lot about pharmaceuticals in Egypt, without which you can’t go home, what you definitely need to buy and why
4 - They write to take seeds, chocolate, vodka with them. What for? what do you change them for, just presenting or with benefit?
Thank you all in advance
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1. A visa is not needed if the duration of the stay is not more than 15 days. Sinay only needs to be written on the reverse side of the migration card, there are a lot of photos on the Internet - look. Of course they want to sell, but the face is a "brick" and again repeat Sinay only.
2.3 - I will not say.
4. Do not suffer nonsense, do not carry anything, just leave a tip. Money is always and everywhere more welcome than anything else.
2.3 - I will not say.
4. Do not suffer nonsense, do not carry anything, just leave a tip. Money is always and everywhere more welcome than anything else.
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answered 6 years ago
1) A visa is not needed - almost everyone refuses a visa when passing control and says: "Only Sinai". Yes, at the airport, say Only Sinai and that's it. They react normally - they are already used to it.
2) If you are on a very budgetary vacation, you can use a minibus instead of a taxi. In general, a taxi is inexpensive, but they take a lot from tourists, so if you don’t know how to bargain, then take a minibus, it costs a penny. Many hotels have excursions to the old city that cost 5-10 dollars or for free.
3) Yes. Medicines help better. Tested on yourself - even Panadol is better than ours. Therefore, if you need to buy something at the pharmacy, the guide at the hotel will tell you about the rest. Oils and teas, etc.
4) They drink vodka themselves, I haven’t heard of seeds)) chocolate - for presents, just for the local population))
2) If you are on a very budgetary vacation, you can use a minibus instead of a taxi. In general, a taxi is inexpensive, but they take a lot from tourists, so if you don’t know how to bargain, then take a minibus, it costs a penny. Many hotels have excursions to the old city that cost 5-10 dollars or for free.
3) Yes. Medicines help better. Tested on yourself - even Panadol is better than ours. Therefore, if you need to buy something at the pharmacy, the guide at the hotel will tell you about the rest. Oils and teas, etc.
4) They drink vodka themselves, I haven’t heard of seeds)) chocolate - for presents, just for the local population))
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answered 6 years ago
If in the Nabq area, then keep in mind that the current and winds are stronger there than in the bays of Naama, Sharks and the Old City (Hadaby). When do you think to go?
Only Sinai write on the migration card when you fill it out and you must provide it when you enter Egypt for FREE. Do not be fooled when they tell you that they will fill you for money. There you only need to write off in Latin letters from your passport and your voucher. Nothing complicated!
I constantly travel to Egypt and do without their pharmaceuticals, however, once for my wife's birthday, she was presented with a tiny bottle of some fragrant oil.
Seeds and chocolate are brought for a present. Considering that Egyptian alcohol is not of high quality, I take a bottle of good whiskey or vodka in my suitcase from Ukraine, a couple of bottles of good wine in my luggage for my wife, I pack it well so that it doesn’t break at airports.
Only Sinai write on the migration card when you fill it out and you must provide it when you enter Egypt for FREE. Do not be fooled when they tell you that they will fill you for money. There you only need to write off in Latin letters from your passport and your voucher. Nothing complicated!
I constantly travel to Egypt and do without their pharmaceuticals, however, once for my wife's birthday, she was presented with a tiny bottle of some fragrant oil.
Seeds and chocolate are brought for a present. Considering that Egyptian alcohol is not of high quality, I take a bottle of good whiskey or vodka in my suitcase from Ukraine, a couple of bottles of good wine in my luggage for my wife, I pack it well so that it doesn’t break at airports.
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answered 6 years ago
Everything was correctly described, according to point 4: - shock. bars with you on the plane to use with coffee-tea, we take seeds-nuts-chips and Co. to eat beer on the beach (they have problems with birsnacks). in a dyutic (within two days, after arrival you can buy a dyutifri in a city store) is more expensive and the choice is not very good. As a present, you can treat them with a bar of chocolate or a pack of parliament, but they like bucks more. The same thing with the exchange, I never understood this, from the memories - a friend from our company ran for a long time and tediously with a hortyz dance around the merchants, as a result, he traded for some kind of magnets, which were equivalently cheaper to buy for money by bargaining.
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answered 6 years ago
1. A visa is not needed, write "Sinai only" on the card.
2. From Nabq to the old city, a taxi cost 15 dollars in both directions.
3. When I was there, they bought a very cheap ointment for herpes. Visit only network pharmacies such as "Pharmacy". In hotel pharmacies, everything is exorbitant.
4. Tipping in dollars is the best present.
2. From Nabq to the old city, a taxi cost 15 dollars in both directions.
3. When I was there, they bought a very cheap ointment for herpes. Visit only network pharmacies such as "Pharmacy". In hotel pharmacies, everything is exorbitant.
4. Tipping in dollars is the best present.
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2. Last year we were in Nabq, almost in the last hotel and went a hundred times to Corfur in Naama Bay for $ 3 by taxi, or even there by minibus ($ 1 for two) and back by taxi for $ 3, there a bunch of willing, bargain.
3. In pharmacies, everything is of high quality, I bought it for myself and my child for coughing, this year my husband bought a very good ointment for hemorrhoids, probably fewer fakes. And by the way, I also like the shampoo. I had to buy it, because the hotel was bullshit, I bought the usual Pantin Pro Vee, I felt a noticeable difference compared to ours.
1 and 4 - everything is correctly written, they are more happy with money
3. In pharmacies, everything is of high quality, I bought it for myself and my child for coughing, this year my husband bought a very good ointment for hemorrhoids, probably fewer fakes. And by the way, I also like the shampoo. I had to buy it, because the hotel was bullshit, I bought the usual Pantin Pro Vee, I felt a noticeable difference compared to ours.
1 and 4 - everything is correctly written, they are more happy with money
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answered 6 years ago
I liked the oils in Egypt, sorry, I took only one bottle, jojoba, for a sample, so to speak, something around $ 1.5. Very good for the skin. So sorry I didn't get them!
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answered 6 years ago
About pharmaceuticals. Those who know sometimes stock up half a suitcase. Medicines are cheaper and of better quality. however, this applies only to some pharmacies where there is a cash register. In pharmacies at hotels and nearby, the price difference is 10 times (verified). I advise you to pay attention to the network of pharmacies El Ezabi (EL-Ezaby Pharmacy). There are near Naama Bay (Marriot Hotel), on Il Mercato Street and in Nabq. I don’t know the pharmacy in Nabq myself, since I haven’t been to this area.
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answered 6 years ago
1. About the visa. Fill out the migration card yourself (issued upon arrival at a special counter by representatives of the travel agency), give the card along with the passport at passport control, the card is taken away, the passport is given with a stamp. Orally, no one asks anything, I have not seen the last couple of years of "vaporizing" visas. Take a pen (preferably a couple) with you to fill out these cards.
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answered 6 years ago
1. answered earlier
2. Why do you need a taxi? there is nothing to do in the Old Town - everything is like everywhere else. prices are almost the same. The saddest thing is that there is nothing to buy - everything is sold the same as 7 years ago. In general, junk.
3. drugs - YES, YES, YES. I buy everything I need abroad in Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, the quality is completely different! You will treat a simple runny nose with our medicine for 5 days, they are the same nazol - drip 1-2 times !!! Our Maalox and their Maalox are heaven and earth! besides they are cheaper. This year I spent "already" 15 USD for the course of treatment of an ulcer! - Our course costs 1500-1700 UAH. Treatment results are correspondingly different in favor of their medications. In the pharmacy, they bought medicine for treatment in my presence ...... there 60 USD. we have 300! Tarilis in the pharmacy elezaby pharmacy (at the hotel Novotel) - low prices. is on Facebook. there is a website. If I had known about the site, I would have bought a full suitcase. When buying, take it with the longest shelf life for a couple of years, enough - when else you get ...
2. Why do you need a taxi? there is nothing to do in the Old Town - everything is like everywhere else. prices are almost the same. The saddest thing is that there is nothing to buy - everything is sold the same as 7 years ago. In general, junk.
3. drugs - YES, YES, YES. I buy everything I need abroad in Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, the quality is completely different! You will treat a simple runny nose with our medicine for 5 days, they are the same nazol - drip 1-2 times !!! Our Maalox and their Maalox are heaven and earth! besides they are cheaper. This year I spent "already" 15 USD for the course of treatment of an ulcer! - Our course costs 1500-1700 UAH. Treatment results are correspondingly different in favor of their medications. In the pharmacy, they bought medicine for treatment in my presence ...... there 60 USD. we have 300! Tarilis in the pharmacy elezaby pharmacy (at the hotel Novotel) - low prices. is on Facebook. there is a website. If I had known about the site, I would have bought a full suitcase. When buying, take it with the longest shelf life for a couple of years, enough - when else you get ...
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answered 6 years ago
4. Chocolates, etc. are taken for tips. Giving a tip with seeds - do not respect yourself. Basically, we are talking about cleaning the room, tips are usually 1 c.u. or at the rate. Banknotes are taken better everywhere and for everything. I never tip for cleaning the first room - I'm waiting for the cleaner's initiative. He showed himself minimally at least with flowers - he received 1.u., for tomorrow there is already a figurine from a towel, another 1.u. - another figurine, etc. With friends in the same hotel - come on / don't come on - nothing changes ... so I'm not ahead of events. Prove yourself - thank you.
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answered 6 years ago
More about shopping: You can go shopping to the George Clooney store, viber +201090161408, almost the lowest prices, send a minibus to your hotel, they will take you there and back for free, they write a lot about him. The password is potato.
zi useful purchases: Vatika cosmetics. cream for joints with colonquit, oils...
zi useful purchases: Vatika cosmetics. cream for joints with colonquit, oils...
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answered 6 years ago
Vatika cosmetics, oils are everywhere, you should not go anywhere else.
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answered 6 years ago
I have been to Nabka three times. No more there. Tired of the wind, the waves, the red flag until noon. Very nice bay Shark. Near Soho Square. It's better there than in Nabq
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answered 6 years ago
Addition. With regards to vodka in Egypt. I just can’t understand why go to Egypt to drink there, her dear. Take a break from it for a couple of weeks, enjoy the sea, sun, fruits. Believe me, it is much better to perceive the sea on a sober head. Good luck
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answered 6 years ago
Medicines are of very high quality, state price in the pharmacy "Doctor Reda" in the Old Town.
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About the presentations. There is no dispute that money is the best gift. However, sometimes presents in the form of chocolates, etc. really help to negotiate a discount in monetary terms when buying excursions, the same oils, who understands, etc. So not everything is so clear.
By the way, in addition to our chocolate, even ordinary barberries go with a bang.
It is really better to leave a tip for cleaning the room with money. Well, not seeds!
We usually take all medicines with us.
By the way, in addition to our chocolate, even ordinary barberries go with a bang.
It is really better to leave a tip for cleaning the room with money. Well, not seeds!
We usually take all medicines with us.
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answered 6 years ago
1. A visa is not needed if you are not going anywhere except Sharm (Cairo, Luxor, etc.).
Write SINAI ONLY on the immigration card and that's it.
2. From Nabq to the Old City, I took a taxi for $ 4, then my husband and daughter and I began to ride local minibuses for ridiculous money (from Naama Bay to the Old City, 2.5 pounds per person)
3. I have already answered about medicines. I prefer to buy everything I need in pharmacies in Egypt. They have different drug names. You need to know the main active ingredient in English and show it to the pharmacist. He will choose the best and, oddly enough, the cheapest from the directory. You will pay exactly what is written on the package. And even cash, even a card. I always take checks (there were questions at the airport). I recommend Vatika Black Seed shampoo and balm, I buy Miswak toothpaste in boxes. Even the daughter drags this pasta to her place in the USA. I take all body and face care products in Egypt. The pharmacy will tell you what to take. Pay attention to handmade creams based on exclusively natural ingredients. By the way, just now I took a drug bought in Egypt to one of the leading beauty institutes to obtain permission for use.
Write SINAI ONLY on the immigration card and that's it.
2. From Nabq to the Old City, I took a taxi for $ 4, then my husband and daughter and I began to ride local minibuses for ridiculous money (from Naama Bay to the Old City, 2.5 pounds per person)
3. I have already answered about medicines. I prefer to buy everything I need in pharmacies in Egypt. They have different drug names. You need to know the main active ingredient in English and show it to the pharmacist. He will choose the best and, oddly enough, the cheapest from the directory. You will pay exactly what is written on the package. And even cash, even a card. I always take checks (there were questions at the airport). I recommend Vatika Black Seed shampoo and balm, I buy Miswak toothpaste in boxes. Even the daughter drags this pasta to her place in the USA. I take all body and face care products in Egypt. The pharmacy will tell you what to take. Pay attention to handmade creams based on exclusively natural ingredients. By the way, just now I took a drug bought in Egypt to one of the leading beauty institutes to obtain permission for use.
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answered 6 years ago
4. You can simply treat chocolate, it is customary to give tips in money. Vodka, seeds - nobody needs them.
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answered 6 years ago
There have already been so many questions about the need for a visa for Sharma on this forum and this topic has already been chewed to the smallest detail that I am sincerely surprised at people who do not want to use the search and post the same thing about the same thing for the thousand and first time.
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answered 6 years ago
But the card is still a migration card, because immigration is a completely different process. As they say in Odessa, two big differences.
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As for the visa, I'll just add. Today we returned from Sharm, at the meeting from the travel agencies a new mulka: they fill out the migration card in advance with your data and demand 5 bucks (Anex). other types in a queue. And nothing, they stood, took blank forms, put Sinai onli and passed. Still walking frame (Egyptian) and defines people inexperienced and traveling for the first time. They also get a blank form, skipping the line in Sinai only. For 20 bucks.
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Weird. Created a fetish. Cards are stacked without even looking at them. Does anyone really need it? How is the data verified? If I write a birthday from a lantern?
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3. We also constantly brought medicines home from Egypt in large quantities - we stocked up for a couple of years in advance from greed. They bought mainly for colds, coughs, snot, for myself and the small one, for poisoning, sunburn, migraine. Ointments for joint pain - I don’t remember what else. Neighbors bought vitamins. And one forum member provided invaluable help - she threw off the names of analogues of our drugs in Egypt, for all occasions. For which many thanks to her. In the state drugstore prices match up to a pound - we shopped in El Ezabi. By the way, it is not a fact that if you give the name of the active substance or an approximate description, you will be given something that is not expensive. The last time they gave us something expensive, and some with a short expiration date, but not critical. And even though in a year and a half the prices for the same drugs have grown exactly one and a half times, they are still cheaper than ours. In the supermarket we bought masks and hair oils - Vatica's firms and I don't remember which ones - there are a lot of them. With black cumin and written - not for export. I would like to buy black cumin oil and camel milk next time and something like that - natural, effective and inexpensive.
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answered 6 years ago