http://www.odyssei.com Egypt, - lately on the site en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:36:29 +0100 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:36:29 +0100 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24635.html Required travel documents for Egypt: passport [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24635.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24274.html Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24274.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/23951.html Area code to Egypt: +20 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/23951.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/22708.html Weather: Mostly hot and dry. Moderate temperatures on the coast but very hot further inland during the summer. Winter nights can be cold. Over 90% of the country is desert. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/22708.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/17371.html Egypt is a surprisingly good place to buy gold. You must know that any item is sold by the gram and not by the piece. Ask the price of the gram of the day always before buying. Try some shops first and then judge by yourself the current rate. Never buy in [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/17371.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11195.html MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club and Visa are accepted. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services which may be available. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11195.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11194.html Available at banks and official bureaux de change. There are five national banks and 78 branches of foreign banks. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11194.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11193.html Egyptian Pound (EŁ) = 100 piastres. Notes are in denominations of EŁ100, 50, 20, 10, 5,1, 0.5 and 0.25. Coins are in denominations of 50, 25, 20, 10 and 5 piastres. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11193.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11192.html 10 to 12 per cent is added to hotel and restaurant bills but an extra tip of 5 per cent is normal. Taxi drivers generally expect 10 per cent. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11192.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11191.html Tourists will have to pay a fee to take photographs inside pyramids, tombs and museums. [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/11191.html