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what excursions do you recommend
My second question is: what excursions do you recommend and which ones you should not take. I am primarily interested in excursions: Cairo-Alexandria, Luxor-Aswan, Jerusalem (bus), motorcycle safari, 1001 nights and a trip to the island.
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Good afternoon! First of all, you must understand that it takes 10-11 hours to drive from Hurghada to Sharm. from Sharm to Taba to the border with Israel for another 3 hours. Therefore, from Hurghada, Israel (Jerusalem) is possible by bus only with a flight or ferry from Hurghada to Sharm and back. But then the price will be much higher. Yes, and it takes a lot of time, so it’s better to go there from Sharm and Taba. As for Cairo + Alexandria, it is the same to go from Hurghada as from Sharma. Luxor is close at hand. And in order to immediately visit Aswan, take a cruise on the Nile, then visit Luxor and Comombo and Edfu and Aswan. read my review on this site http://blogs.turpravda.com/konyks/23026.html
There are two types of motorcycle safari: daytime just to spoil and evening with a candlelit dinner, a visit to the Bedouins, a sunset in the mountains and the way back with headlights. Sea trips are also good, especially if the hotel does not have a reef. You can swim in El Gouna, it's beautiful there. Fishing on a yacht is an interesting excursion, especially with a company on a separate yacht.
The monasteries of Paul and Anthony, a very interesting and peaceful trip, but it is better to go individually.
There are two types of motorcycle safari: daytime just to spoil and evening with a candlelit dinner, a visit to the Bedouins, a sunset in the mountains and the way back with headlights. Sea trips are also good, especially if the hotel does not have a reef. You can swim in El Gouna, it's beautiful there. Fishing on a yacht is an interesting excursion, especially with a company on a separate yacht.
The monasteries of Paul and Anthony, a very interesting and peaceful trip, but it is better to go individually.
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answered 15 years ago
I forgot to write about diving, an unforgettable experience. Being at the bottom of the sea, surrounded by colorful fish, you can often see stingrays, octopuses or moray eels. And of course, underwater photos.
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answered 15 years ago
Cairo-Alexandria, Luxor-Aswan-class, the rest are just to kill time, more diving, or a siscope
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answered 15 years ago
I would not say that Luxor is within easy reach. It takes about 7 hours to travel by bus one way, take a seat in the second part of the bus from the side of the door, where the exit is second in the center, there is a wide distance and you can stretch your legs, which is very important after a whole day of excursions. And if the bus is not all packed with tourists, then you can even lie down at the end of the cabin in the same places. And stock up on water bottles. In our group, tourists from one hotel had no water at all in lunch packages (Intercontinental, for a moment), they bought from the driver 2 dollars each. about 25 ml. bottle.
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answered 15 years ago
About the islands. We went to Paradise Island, amazing. Water, white sand, palm umbrellas... Don't forget your mask! Fishing has now been cancelled. The guide said that since this year the government has introduced a ban on fishing to preserve the underwater world, which has become terribly impoverished over the past 10 years. Therefore, check with the guide the itinerary of the trip. Yes, again about water. Take a couple of bottles with you. My girlfriend and I automatically took 3 bottles. Lucky. Upon arrival on the island, disassembly began. In the hotels, the guides told the tourists not to take water, everything is on the island. Yes, I have. But only for a fee in the bar at some strangely high price. The people raged, but they were told "we don't know anything, if you want - buy it." And staying on the island in the midday heat.
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answered 15 years ago
There, where and the whole caravan of buses. While we gathered everyone at the hotels (bus "to the eyeballs"), we arrived at the collection point for buses, where we stood for 40 minutes. Waiting for the rest to catch up. Well, let's hit the road. Then our driver began to race with a couple of other extreme drivers and the bus almost soldered into some local gibberish in the oncoming lane, we fought to reduce the speed from 130 km. We arrived in Luxor at the beginning of the second. We went with Tez. Maybe we were just so lucky, but for now we returned to the hotel (23.30), we suffered. And how much did you get there?
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answered 15 years ago
2 Olya 777. And what kind of program is there? For some reason, our guide did not advise to go there.
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answered 15 years ago
Unclear. And our friend from the hotel did not advise us to go to Paradise Island, although I always wanted to go. So, UTOPIA ISLAND. There are only 3 stops: the first two you swim in the sea with a guide with masks, snorkels and fins (30-40 minutes). There are amazing colorful corals and amazing wildlife. The second one is especially amazing. I have only seen such beauty in pictures! The third stop is the island of Utopia, also known as Utobia and Tobia. You will swim near the island above the gorgeous thousand-year-old corals for about 30 minutes, then return to the island (the guide will tell you about the island, about the properties of its sand, about how it is flooded by a whole meter, or even more). What a clean and warm water there .. A good excursion! I advise!
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answered 15 years ago
Thank you! We had about the same. Paradise island: 2 stops for corals (the first one is near the dead, only the fish were lured to us). It turned out later that unscrupulous people came across to us, because the rest of the ships stopped in other normal places, and there were 3 ships with us. Then 4 hours on Paradise Island! Super! A friend was in Cuba, she said that it felt like she had returned there. Corals are awesome! Lunch is also in the restaurant. Homecoming. The second excursion Fishing + Paradise Island: diving stop, rest on the island, but not under palm umbrellas, but far away right on the sand for 1.5 hours, lunch on the boat, fishing on the way back.
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answered 15 years ago
What 7 hours to Luxor????? What's wrong? Maybe mixed up with Cairo? 4 hours, well, 5 on the strength! With all the trips to the hotels and a stop for tea / coffee.
In my opinion, Luxor is the best of the historical excursions.
I have never experienced such disappointment as from Cairo - a garbage city in the truest sense of the word. Yes, and the pyramids on "Discovery" are much more picturesque than live, there you still need to contrive with an angle in order to photograph them without city trash cans in the background. The only bright moment of the tour is the Cairo Museum, but they give it only an hour of time.
In my opinion, Luxor is the best of the historical excursions.
I have never experienced such disappointment as from Cairo - a garbage city in the truest sense of the word. Yes, and the pyramids on "Discovery" are much more picturesque than live, there you still need to contrive with an angle in order to photograph them without city trash cans in the background. The only bright moment of the tour is the Cairo Museum, but they give it only an hour of time.
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answered 15 years ago
That's 7 hours. That's how we got it. And we spent 4.5 on the way back. I didn't go to Cairo. I had enough road to Luxor. But the tour itself is class.
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answered 15 years ago
It is best to travel individually, in small groups, we reach Luxor in three hours. But even with a caravan, I will support Pachok no more than 5 ti. Here are those and Teztur. And they say that the drivers are good :-), calm. I have been cooperating with a local company for two years now, but no one went to Luxor for 7 hours. Ibrahim organizes everything well, and recently individual trips have been popular, much more interesting and worth the same as Teza's group trips.
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answered 15 years ago
No more than 3-4 hours drive to Luxor from Hurghada, and at Teztour it happens that they start collecting from Makadi and the first 7 hours they sit on the bus until everyone is collected.
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answered 15 years ago
we flew by plane to Cairo and Luxor, I hate buses ... We had diving at the hotel, we didn’t drag ourselves up the mountain, we didn’t fly to Jerusalem, otherwise instead of rest, continuous flights ...
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answered 15 years ago
2 konyks I envy kindly. The easier the road, the more pleasure from excursions.
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answered 15 years ago
I advise like most Luxor
very interesting educational tour
If you want extreme, then
quad bike ride in the desert - unforgettable
very interesting educational tour
If you want extreme, then
quad bike ride in the desert - unforgettable
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answered 15 years ago
I really liked Alexandria. We were last September on an excursion to Cairo-Alexandria. We spent the night at the Helnan-Palestine Hotel, which is located in Montaza Park. This is simply the most beautiful place in Egypt! You will not regret the excursion "Sahara-Park". I especially liked the ATV trip through the desert.
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answered 15 years ago
caravans (columns of buses) have already been canceled recently. so now tourists reach their destination faster. I advise you to go to Luxor, a really interesting, rich program. Cairo - only pyramids, well, someone likes a museum (but they only give time there for an hour and a half), there is nothing more to see in Cairo. For some, even disappointment happens, they say the pyramids were completely different ... but then they arrived and nothing special. to Paradise Island - if you like to swim with a mask, look at the fish, then you can go. Quad biking is held 3 times a day, at dawn, in the morning and at sunset. better to go at sunset.
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answered 15 years ago
And what, now everything is calm in the country, they are not afraid of attacks?
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answered 15 years ago