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Hello, what are the most popular Egyptian souvenirs? Thank you.
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Cartouches of gold or silver with the name in hieroglyphs.
Pareos for girls, t-shirts for boys, arafats. There is good cotton, you can safely take products from it. Most importantly bargain!
Pareos for girls, t-shirts for boys, arafats. There is good cotton, you can safely take products from it. Most importantly bargain!
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answered 16 years ago
My husband and I bought just wonderful $100 leather jackets and very nice $20 leather bags in Hurghada last year. Leather shop on the main street "Pharaoh", where you can bargain very well. They brought pens, key chains, jewelry as a gift to friends and colleagues, and it is better to buy them in large department stores, although the price there is fixed, but it is even less than in small shops and you don’t need to spend nerves on communicating with merchants. Even on an excursion to Luxor, they bought alabaster figurines from street vendors, here the price can be reduced five times. And from the exotic, on the same excursion, we bought yellow tea on the advice of a guide. It is an excellent mild sedative and hypnotic.
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answered 16 years ago
If you go to Luxor, do not buy souvenirs in the alabaster shop, it is expensive there, but we ordered cartouches directly on the bus from the guide on the way back, of good quality, we did not see such in stores in Hurghada.
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answered 16 years ago
In Egypt, you can buy a good and not expensive hookah. You just need to choose carefully - inspect the flask (so that there are no voids), take it with a leather hose, try it out, etc. There is a lot of information about this on the Internet.
Oh, and tunics! They are so tiny, so wonderful. It is very good to go on excursions in them - it is not hot, and they protect the skin from the sun.
They also buy papyrus, gold-silver, leather goods
Oh, and tunics! They are so tiny, so wonderful. It is very good to go on excursions in them - it is not hot, and they protect the skin from the sun.
They also buy papyrus, gold-silver, leather goods
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answered 16 years ago
in egypt you can buy perfumes... they are of high quality there..! but it's better to buy papyrus in the city center for you to do it so beautifully and write names in egyptian!!!!!! but the most important thing is rest!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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answered 16 years ago
As for the cartouches, we also ordered them on the bus. We were also told that they had real ones. Of course, I don’t know what the real ones look like, but these are also junk - they darkened immediately and it’s useless to do something with them, they immediately darken on the body. Just wasted money, now they're lying around.
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answered 16 years ago
Hookahs, various figurines (we took elephants), T-shirts, papyri, towels, hibiscus tea, arafatki.
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answered 16 years ago
statuette
plates
papyri (and what is the difference, in principle, a fake or the original will hang on the wall or will be presented to a friend;))
magnets
HOOKAH!
Arafatka
CARCADE - especially in Luxor, where it is grown
cartouche - ordered on the bus, cost $ 20 (silver with gold letters)
and also a jug with multi-colored sand - a camel is poured out there :)
plates
papyri (and what is the difference, in principle, a fake or the original will hang on the wall or will be presented to a friend;))
magnets
HOOKAH!
Arafatka
CARCADE - especially in Luxor, where it is grown
cartouche - ordered on the bus, cost $ 20 (silver with gold letters)
and also a jug with multi-colored sand - a camel is poured out there :)
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answered 16 years ago
All my relatives have cups I brought from beautiful Egyptian porcelain, and my mother also has a large teapot. The quality is excellent, beauty and mood lifts!!!
The whole refrigerator is in magnets, there is a large hookah, papyri.
We did not buy cartouches, but I have a gold Nifertiti pendant (ordered, like most of those who spoke above, on the bus). I have been wearing it for the fourth year without taking it off - nothing has been erased, has not darkened, has not turned yellow.
The whole refrigerator is in magnets, there is a large hookah, papyri.
We did not buy cartouches, but I have a gold Nifertiti pendant (ordered, like most of those who spoke above, on the bus). I have been wearing it for the fourth year without taking it off - nothing has been erased, has not darkened, has not turned yellow.
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answered 16 years ago
Narva - and you clean the cartouche with toothpaste - it will be like new :)
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answered 16 years ago
Thanks for the advice, but they still look not for the money that they spent.
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answered 16 years ago
the main thing is not to buy anything from guides, everything is much more expensive
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answered 16 years ago
All that you have listed is pop music :) Excuse me :) Although if it’s the first time in Egypt, yes, a hookah, papyrus, a figurine, an ottoman, oils, cotton textiles (cheap and very high quality) I always bring Luxor hibiscus from there (we don’t have such fruits (seasonally) mangoes, pomegranates, dates, strawberries, local sweets - my friends prefer this more than souvenirs. per kilogram. They also have very good LOCAL teas (precisely Egyptian production)
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answered 16 years ago
if we are talking specifically about souvenirs (for gifts for relatives and friends), then take papyri, cat. you will be offered merchants on excursions (Cairo, Luxor). They sell for 10 dollars 10pcs. Of course, it's from banana.leaves, but so what? Do we have others? I bought myself real and good. They look exactly the same. Only ten times more expensive. =(
You can also buy papyrus bookmarks for 1 or 2 dollars from these same merchants - this is a lifesaver in case of random (and not expensive) presents.;)
About all sorts of rubbish like magnets, mugs, key chains, etc. I don't write. You yourself know this.))
I advise shawls, tunics, T-shirts - very high quality! Arafatki have not gone out of fashion for 3 years already. Only there they are much cheaper.
Hookah.
We ordered coffee and hibiscus on the bus in Cairo. They say there is some special tea there. But I didn't take it.
CARTOUCHE. This is a moot point.
I took 2 pcs. Male and female. The one that is male is blackened silver. Been running great for over 2 years now.
A female silver + gold. Instantly darkened, turned green, covered with spots. Yesterday (!) Was another unsuccessful attempt to clean with toothpaste. Useless.
So take it, but only silver! No gold!!!
You can also buy papyrus bookmarks for 1 or 2 dollars from these same merchants - this is a lifesaver in case of random (and not expensive) presents.;)
About all sorts of rubbish like magnets, mugs, key chains, etc. I don't write. You yourself know this.))
I advise shawls, tunics, T-shirts - very high quality! Arafatki have not gone out of fashion for 3 years already. Only there they are much cheaper.
Hookah.
We ordered coffee and hibiscus on the bus in Cairo. They say there is some special tea there. But I didn't take it.
CARTOUCHE. This is a moot point.
I took 2 pcs. Male and female. The one that is male is blackened silver. Been running great for over 2 years now.
A female silver + gold. Instantly darkened, turned green, covered with spots. Yesterday (!) Was another unsuccessful attempt to clean with toothpaste. Useless.
So take it, but only silver! No gold!!!
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answered 15 years ago
be sure to bargain! Smile, act friendly and the price will drop for sure! I got over 50% off! )))
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Buy Physalis. It costs them 1kg = 1 dollar (again bargain). Very tasty!
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Buy Physalis. It costs them 1kg = 1 dollar (again bargain). Very tasty!
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answered 15 years ago
I only bring fruit, sometimes T-shirts.
Basically mango - the taste is completely different than what we sell.
Basically mango - the taste is completely different than what we sell.
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answered 15 years ago
By the way, at the expense of papyri, in Cairo, after bargaining, we bought 25 pieces for $ 5, and near the pyramids for $ 50 we bought a large figurine of the goddess of the rainbow, figurines of the pharaoh and his wife, 5 medium cats, 5 small ones, and in addition, the seller threw various little things - key chains , magnets, scarabs, pyramids and a disc with Egyptian landmarks.
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answered 15 years ago
T-shirts from 4-5 dollars depends on the quality and your ability to bargain, the rest was not asked - not interested.
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answered 15 years ago
On an excursion to Cairo, t-shirts from street vendors near the restaurant where they dined bought 3 pieces for $ 10, for $ 5 - an excellent leather belt, a set of three small silver pendants - $ 10.
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answered 15 years ago
They already wrote about the skin in the Pharaoh store at the Sheraton. There is also a Moscow shop near the mosque (minaret). They will put a jacket or coat on you there, or they will sew you and bring you to the hotel the next day. There are also bags of $ 20 without bargaining.
Don't buy belts on the street.
She brought cats, leather camels and even a rug 1.5 by 2 from pieces of cow skin.
Good textiles: towels. terry sheets, T-shirts, etc. in the Karkusha store.
Souvenirs in the Ramstore store opposite the Sindbad hotel, there are fixed prices and no one bothers.
Don't buy belts on the street.
She brought cats, leather camels and even a rug 1.5 by 2 from pieces of cow skin.
Good textiles: towels. terry sheets, T-shirts, etc. in the Karkusha store.
Souvenirs in the Ramstore store opposite the Sindbad hotel, there are fixed prices and no one bothers.
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answered 15 years ago
there is nothing to buy in "Moscow" and "Pharaoh". All models of bags, jackets, etc. outdated scary. Better like modern shopping malls. For example Esplanade next to Royal Palace and Marlin Inn (on the tourist promenade). Everything is modern there - a large selection of bags and clothes are not bad. Prices are also very attractive
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answered 15 years ago