Egypt Travel Answers

Oh another question is it easy to get to the Egyptian Museum? again dont know what hotel i am in :( but the underground will be save as i red it is almost impossible to cross the street or again better to take a taxi? Can also book a afternoon tour at the travel hostess. But think it will be better and faster to do it on my own??? Thanks again Diana

I was in Cairo on my own a few years back and booked a day trip to Memphis, Saqqara, etc through my hotel. Reasonable cost, good guide, small group, no fuss and a very enjoyable day. The Archaeological museum is very easy to find, right next to the Nile Hilton. Be sure to visit the Coptic Museum too, very interesting and usually very quiet.

Thanks for the answer I booked a grouptour and have only 1 day on my own. the other 2 are for the pyramides and the spinx then lunch after lunch the possiblility to book a tour to the museum but think i will have more time on my own. the second day will be going to alexandria Have you seen that woman can travel alone? or just book only tours? thanks again Diana

No need to book a tour for the Egyptian museum - much better to explore through there at your own pace and make your own discoveries. You could easily spend all your spare time in there. Similarly, you can certainly get around other places on your own. If you do, I would suggest you get up really early one day so that you get a chance to see the city and villages getting ready for the day as you drive out - all the carts coming in to market, children going to school, etc.

Crossing the roads is central Cairo is an experience not to be forgotten, but it can be done. Just shadow a local. There isn't a tram museum (no trams in Cairo, altho there are trams in Alex) but there is a railway museum. I've written about it on my Cairo page: worth a visit if you like that sort of thing.

I more and more think i will need to get back to Cairo. got 3 days there think i will try to do the museum on 1 afternoon. i know i will not see all. then the other day a tour to memphis saqqara and dashur is Dashur worth to visite it? I am affraid i will not see much of the town. Any idea were to find opening times?

There's a great deal to see at Sacquara: so much so that it's now officially split into two sites withseperate entrances, ticketing &c. Thereisn't so much at Daishur: basically just three pyramids separated by lots of desert. But bent pyramid is definately worth a visit, and you'll need to make sure you actually get to get close rather than being parked up up the red pyramid and told to look at it in the middle didtance, which is what I saw being inflicted on a couple of coach parties. Poor dears had come all the way from Japan and all the got to do was photograph it from a distance with the light shining into their lenses. Organised tours can be a real rip-off.