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The Rough Guide to Egypt 6 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dan Richardson, Daniel Jacobs, Michael Kohn, Michael Ackroyd, Ros Ford
Publisher: Rough Guides
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.22
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 192778
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 888
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1843534630
Dewey Decimal Number: 916.20455
EAN: 9781843534631
ASIN: 1843534630
Publication Date: December 19, 2005
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Product Description
The Rough Guide to Egypt is the ultimate guide to this fascinating country. The guide opens with a 24-page, full-colour section introducing Egypts highlights, including in-depth accounts of all the top sites, from the pyramids at Giza to the incredible tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The main heart of the guide includes detailed, insider listings on where to find the tastiest food and the best places to stay, whether youre on a budget or travelling in style. There is plenty of practical advice on a host of outdoor pursuits, including diving in the Red Sea to camel-trekking in the Western desert. The guide also includes thorough and informed commentary on Egypts history and contemporary culture, as well as detailed maps and plans for every region.
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outstanding guide February 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was an indispensable guide when I traveled to Cairo last year. The author gives quite an honest look at what to love about Egypt and what to really keep your distance from (I'm looking at you, scamming touts, in front of the Egyptian Museum!). This guide really prepares you for the trip and helps you experience more than what the typical tourist sees. I also used this guide when i took the train into Alexandria-- again very helpful, especially with cafe and restaurant recommendations.
Egypt September 21, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent guide book with lots of good suggestions. Buy it before going to Egypt. This is a must have.
Egypt travel guide March 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Choc full of good and interesting information. Layouts of pyramids, temples, touring info, cautions, advice, etc. Very good and I will take the book to refer during my upcoming trip.
Excellent September 22, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
All rough guides that I have encountered are chock full of great information. The Egypt guide in particular is one of the best. The number of maps is fantastic and the quality of the information is comparable to what you usually have to visit the site to obtain.
Saves money big time July 6, 2006
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I went to Egypt in February 2006 with my wife and our two boys (5 and 2.5 years). Although we took a package tour to Hurghada, we actually overnighted there only three nights of the eleven we were in Egypt. The rest we spent moving around (Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, busses, train, cruise ship, jeep). For the whole trip we spent around 1000 USD plus the package. We could have easily spent twice as much (or, more precisely -- seen twice as little because the budget was limited) if not the hints in the book.
Thanks to this book we got a great offer for a two night last-minute Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor. By taxi (30 USD, 80 km round trip, an option that without the book would not be even considered) we visited pyramids of Giza and Dahshur. Dahshur (as described in the book) has the second largest pyramid in Egypt as well as the strangest-shaped one (The Bent Pyramid). We were there alone if not the half a dozen French travellers -- it is an experience much different from one you get at Giza where your awe about the greatness of the structures is mixed considerably with the awe about the number of people around.
The bargaining tips and information on ticket prices were so accurate in tiniest details! We started laughing when a typical merchant approached us in Luxor and asked for our help in writing a letter in English to "his friend from abroad" -- our book speciffically mentioned this trick used by shopkeepers to lure unsuspecting tourists!
Enough -- if you are going to Egypt and want to see the real thing, get this book!
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