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Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice

Everything You NEED to Know About Visiting the Pyramids & Sphinx

March 10, 2020 by Egypt Travel Blog

Filed Under: Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice, Giza, The Pyramids & Sphinx

How Long Should You Stay In Egypt?

January 15, 2020 by Egypt Travel Blog

Another topic that I’m often asked about is how long one should plan to stay in Egypt when you visit, and part of that depends on how you get there. If you’re tacking a visit to Egypt on to a trip to somewhere else in the region, you can get away with a shorter stay […]

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Getting from the Airport to Your Hotel in Cairo

January 11, 2020 by Egypt Travel Blog

Hopefully you’ve pre-arranged your transportation from the airport with your fabulous Western-run tour company and someone will be there at arrivals waiting to greet you and get you on your way. If you’re taking responsibility for your own transit from the airport to your hotel, then you’re going to have to gird your loins and […]

Filed Under: Cairo, Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice

What to See & Do in Luxor

November 9, 2019 by Egypt Travel Blog

Luxor is Egypt’s number two destination for visitors after the greater Cairo/Giza area further north. Luxor is the area I call the land of tombs and temples because, while there are certainly tombs and temples all over Egypt, Luxor is where the most magnificent ones are located. Most notably in Luxor we have the Valley […]

Filed Under: Cities & Regions, Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice, Luxor

Exploring Aswan and Abu Simbel

August 8, 2019 by Egypt Travel Blog

Southern Egypt, also known as Upper Egypt, is most famous for the scores of majestic ancient temples that still line the shores of the Nile River for hundreds of miles. Of all the towns and villages in this region, Aswan is the largest in the far south of Egypt and a favorite base from which […]

Filed Under: Abu Simbel, Aswan, Cities & Regions, Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice

Where to Go on Egypt’s Red Sea

July 9, 2019 by Egypt Travel Blog

The Red Sea is the long and relatively narrow body of water that lies between the northeast coast of Africa and the Arabian peninsula that is bordered by Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Djbouti, Eritrea, and Sudan. Despite some of those countries being red flags for war and conflict, the Red Sea is […]

Filed Under: Cities & Regions, Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice, The Red Sea

All About the Egyptian Museum

July 8, 2019 by Egypt Travel Blog

NOTE: This article is all about the Egyptian Museum located in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. For information about the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), you can find a summary in Fun Facts about the new Grand Egyptian Museum here on Egypt Travel Blog. For more extensive information on the GEM, check out www.GrandEgyptianMuseum.org. There […]

Filed Under: Cairo, Culture, Downtown Cairo Sites, Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice, Museums

Arriving in Egypt & Getting Through the Airport

February 12, 2018 by Egypt Travel Blog

We’ve covered quite exhaustively the best ways to get to Egypt in this previous blog post, so now let’s talk a little bit about what to expect on arrival at Cairo International Airport, or CAI as it’s known. First, you can get a tourist visa in advance if you want to, but it’s totally not […]

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Getting to Egypt

February 8, 2018 by Egypt Travel Blog

One of the biggest and most common logistical questions that future visitors to Egypt have is how to get there. For nearly all travelers, you’ll almost certainly fly into the country, although very few do cross the land border from Israel into Taba, Egypt. But compared to the total number of international visitors to Egypt, […]

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Why Egypt? And Why Now?

February 8, 2018 by Egypt Travel Blog

So why Egypt? Why Egypt for me, and why Egypt for so many people all over the world who want to travel there? Well, I’ll tell you that for me it was the sheer volume of sites to see and unique and distinct places to visit within this one country that drew me there originally. […]

Filed Under: Evergreen Egypt Travel Advice, News

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