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Cairo. What's better?
We are going to Egypt in March. We want to finally visit Cairo, see the pyramids, the national museum. We eat from Tezturov, there are many excursions to Cairo, but only two were interested: this is special Cairo and Cairo. The program is the same, but no one can properly explain their difference. As I understand it, just in a simple excursion (Cairo), they don’t carry around the shops as much as in Special Cairo. Who can tell, and if possible tell how such long excursions go, how they are transferred, what kind of food. What's better?
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I don't know for sure, but I can guess. Tez tour thus fights with street agencies. The fact is that "Special Cairo" is done once a week and, due to the full bus, MOT reaches its level of profitability. And the price for a special is close to the level of simple agencies, well, maybe 20 percent higher. Also, for those leaving for Egypt for a week, the opportunity to ride in Special Cairo will be provided only once. That's all.
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answered 15 years ago
The distance is long, the move is difficult in any case. In any case, they will be dragged around shops with oily stench, papyrus "factories" and other things. All excursion buses from Hurghada arrive in Cairo at about the same time, the crowd in the Cairo Museum is like in the subway at rush hour. Time for this wonderful museum is catastrophically short!
There are two ways to get more satisfaction from this excursion:
1. buy a two-day excursion, after all, not such a gallop
2. travel independently by regular bus
There are two ways to get more satisfaction from this excursion:
1. buy a two-day excursion, after all, not such a gallop
2. travel independently by regular bus
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answered 15 years ago
Once again, hello to everyone, I would like to share information that I know firsthand. I can explain the difference between Spec. Cairo and Cairo. Spec. Cairo is cheaper than $ 60, Cairo-85 $. , as in Cairo, only there is no boat ride on the Nile - you have lunch there, but in Special Cairo you are brought to a restaurant and you eat just as well there. You will be brought to a perfume factory with oils - this is something. Stock up money. Oils from this factory and a private shop cannot be compared. I had a rest in January 2010, in Hurghada, a hotel for 1001 nights, I liked everything very much. , because it is not in their interests to take cheaper excursions.
They said that there could be a bus of worse quality, without air conditioning, a high probability of a breakdown on the road - all this is nonsense, the buses are excellent, well, what is the probability that there will be no climate at 30 degrees? Yes, they themselves will die from the heat there. We left the hotel at 1.30 am and were in Cairo at 9 am, we also returned at night. I advise excursions on a submarine, safari, paradise island, special cairo, diving (15 min. dives, very few
They said that there could be a bus of worse quality, without air conditioning, a high probability of a breakdown on the road - all this is nonsense, the buses are excellent, well, what is the probability that there will be no climate at 30 degrees? Yes, they themselves will die from the heat there. We left the hotel at 1.30 am and were in Cairo at 9 am, we also returned at night. I advise excursions on a submarine, safari, paradise island, special cairo, diving (15 min. dives, very few
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answered 15 years ago
Thank you very much for the stories and advice, now I will definitely go to Cairo.
tasja-sja, but how much oils, and what is their use in everyday life?
tasja-sja, but how much oils, and what is their use in everyday life?
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answered 15 years ago
I take myself moisturizing oils (usually a mixture of oils based on sandalwood) - in winter it is better than any moisturizing hand cream. Great for massage after bath. Menthol (brings to life under reduced pressure), eucalyptus (for colds, especially for children) - drop into a cup of boiling water and breathe - a sweet thing.
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answered 15 years ago
We went to Cairo for 80 dollars. The museum, the pyramids, the papyrus factory and the oil shop, everything was there. But riding on the Nile, no. Probably TezTour muddied. The oils are very good and durable. There are medicinal ones - eucalyptus, rose, etc. But mostly - imitating well-known aromas. I bought a set of 5 bottles of 30 ml for $ 50. You can assemble the set at your discretion. I recommend the Secret of the Desert, Queen Hashepsut, Lotus. Now I smell and remember Egypt. The hotel store also had good oils. I use instead of perfume.
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answered 15 years ago
Anetka-gan, where did you take the tour, from which city? I haven't heard of these prices.
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answered 15 years ago
I also didn’t hear about Cairo for $ 20, although everything can be, they offer a lot of tours on the beach, but I know there was such a case when I went there, but there’s no way back, the “cheap” tour operator ran away, they had to get to the hotel on their own, more it turned out more expensive. You could try it on a closer excursion, well, I wouldn’t advise girls without guys either. cheaper than in stores for crazy money, for example, Queen Cleopatra oil is our Chanel. I also took it in a hotel store, they also have an awesome smell, but from practice it turned out that they are less resistant than from the factory, so decide for yourself ...
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answered 15 years ago
You can take a regular bus to Cairo for 20 bucks round-trip. And, in my opinion, it is much more convenient than with an organized tour. You yourself determine the time spent in the museum, in Giza. Don't waste time shopping. The bus is comfortable.
Girls! I want to talk about oils separately. No matter how you breed, they still don't smell "like Chanel", they smell like a cheap analogue. Please do not wear them at work or on public transport, especially in summer.
Girls! I want to talk about oils separately. No matter how you breed, they still don't smell "like Chanel", they smell like a cheap analogue. Please do not wear them at work or on public transport, especially in summer.
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answered 15 years ago
Naturally, no imitations can be compared with analogues. Therefore, I buy Chanel in duty free. And I take oils with an oriental aroma. In any case, those that I took do not resemble anything. And they must be used very carefully. They are thermonuclear. True, I did not dilute them with anything.
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answered 15 years ago
Forgot to add. The accompanying guide repeated five times that the oil shops where he brought us are state-owned with fixed prices, so bargaining is not appropriate. Complete bullshit. .We for the first time were seduced as suckers. Trade anywhere, anytime.
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answered 15 years ago
mells, maybe it's not about specials. Cairo, but about super Cairo, this is a standard program + even the mosque of Muhammad Ali, and in any program it doesn’t matter if you buy from the thesis or they take you to the shops from Vasya, it’s another matter if you don’t want to go there, don’t go. Further, you have already been written above that the best way is on your own on a regular bus and you will have a super-duper special cairo such as you yourself want and according to such a program as you want !! Or for 2 days, because there is something to see in brown.
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answered 15 years ago
If the purpose of the trip to Cairo is to see, then you can also take a trip. And if you want to hear something else realties, then just organized. If you come across an interesting guide, then you will learn so many interesting things! A couple of times I started free swimming in Egypt and Turkey. Then she spat. You will save nothing at all, as it turns out, but you will catch a lot of smuts. Then I tried to find information about the places where I was on the Internet and put the picture in my head. In general, I swore. Just do not think that I represent the interests of some tour operator. I just want to save at least someone from the bumps that he stuffed himself out of ignorance and inexperience.
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answered 15 years ago
Well, no, if you are used to relying on yourself, then everything must be done by yourself. And so the lottery, a good guide will come across, or not. This requires a special warehouse of character: a healthy adventurism (to do it unusually, but as prepared as possible), not to be afraid of difficulties and endure them with humor (unless, of course, difficulties are encountered, they will not arise with good preparation), to be able to find contact with people (contact, not "Give me, here's the money for you. You won't believe what people who are well-disposed towards you are capable of).
And reports written after independent travels are much more interesting and useful.
And reports written after independent travels are much more interesting and useful.
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answered 15 years ago