Travelling to Egypt 2024

strawbeery90

Hello everyone,  I'd love some guidance on must-see spots and ways to experience the local culture in Egypt, Do you have any recommendations for places to visit around or other parts of the country? Local foods to try and local guides that could help me during my trip? Thanks in advance. 

Pollycat

Whereabouts in Egypt?
Red Sea?
Luxor area?
Cairo?

What do you mean by 'must-see spots'?
What are you interested in?

A friend of mine took her husband on a Nile cruise.
He saw the first temple then refused to get off the boat again as he'd 'already seen one pile of stones'.

kayleighali

Not sure if this is allowed, but when I went years ago we used a trip company called Falcon Adventure or Falcon Travel...definitely Falcon something. They were really good and I would really recommend them. They ran every possible type of trip you could imagine.


(I have no affiliation with this company, just genuinely a good review and I would recommend them)

DullGreyGuy

strawbeery90 said:

Hello everyone,  I'd love some guidance on must-see spots and ways to experience the local culture in Egypt, Do you have any recommendations for places to visit around or other parts of the country? Local foods to try and local guides that could help me during my trip? Thanks in advance. 

By "local culture" etc are you talking about modern Egypt or ancient Egypt? 

Indout96

It will depend where you are ?
If Sharm there is not really a lot to see unless you want to get on a flight to Cairo (if you leave the Sharm area you will need a visa which is $25 each or GBP equivalent) 
If Hurghada then you have Luxor and valley of the Kings which you can do on a 1 day trip (or longer and stay over in Luxor) but be warned that the trips normally leave around 4.30am and return around 11.00 pm so it is a long day.
Both resorts will have plenty of snorkelling / diving trips

Archergirl

Pollycat said:

Whereabouts in Egypt?
Red Sea?
Luxor area?
Cairo?

What do you mean by 'must-see spots'?
What are you interested in?

A friend of mine took her husband on a Nile cruise.
He saw the first temple then refused to get off the boat again as he'd 'already seen one pile of stones'.

On the last day of a Nile cruise the guide said 'today we see AFT' When asked what that was he said Another f******g Temple, it was so funny we all creased up. It was a wonder trip though

Pollycat

Archergirl said:

Pollycat said:

Whereabouts in Egypt?
Red Sea?
Luxor area?
Cairo?

What do you mean by 'must-see spots'?
What are you interested in?

A friend of mine took her husband on a Nile cruise.
He saw the first temple then refused to get off the boat again as he'd 'already seen one pile of stones'.

On the last day of a Nile cruise the guide said 'today we see AFT' When asked what that was he said Another f******g Temple, it was so funny we all creased up. It was a wonder trip though

We've done a Nile cruise twice and loved it both times.
Just goes to show that ruined temples aren't for everybody.
I understand that you can now do Luxor to Cairo cruises. We've visited several temples towards Cairo from Luxor and they were great (Dendera & Abydos).

The OP really needs to say what they are looking for.
It's a bit like saying 'I'm coming to the UK, do you have any places to visit'.

strawbeery90

Pollycat said:

Whereabouts in Egypt?
Red Sea?
Luxor area?
Cairo?

What do you mean by 'must-see spots'?
What are you interested in?

A friend of mine took her husband on a Nile cruise.
He saw the first temple then refused to get off the boat again as he'd 'already seen one pile of stones'.

We are planning on visiting Cairo and Luxor
must-see spots more on like a destination we won't miss  I am really interested in historical and culture of the places and also trying local foods!  Nile cruise is also a good idea! 

strawbeery90

Indout96 said:

It will depend where you are ?
If Sharm there is not really a lot to see unless you want to get on a flight to Cairo (if you leave the Sharm area you will need a visa which is $25 each or GBP equivalent) 
If Hurghada then you have Luxor and valley of the Kings which you can do on a 1 day trip (or longer and stay over in Luxor) but be warned that the trips normally leave around 4.30am and return around 11.00 pm so it is a long day.
Both resorts will have plenty of snorkelling / diving trips

Specifically we want to visit Cairo and Luxor... Oh, I would take note about the Sharm area... Thank you for all of these tips. How about foods that I could try? any reco? I would really appreciate it! 

strawbeery90

Pollycat said:

Archergirl said:

Pollycat said:

Whereabouts in Egypt?
Red Sea?
Luxor area?
Cairo?

What do you mean by 'must-see spots'?
What are you interested in?

A friend of mine took her husband on a Nile cruise.
He saw the first temple then refused to get off the boat again as he'd 'already seen one pile of stones'.

On the last day of a Nile cruise the guide said 'today we see AFT' When asked what that was he said Another f******g Temple, it was so funny we all creased up. It was a wonder trip though

We've done a Nile cruise twice and loved it both times.
Just goes to show that ruined temples aren't for everybody.
I understand that you can now do Luxor to Cairo cruises. We've visited several temples towards Cairo from Luxor and they were great (Dendera & Abydos).

The OP really needs to say what they are looking for.
It's a bit like saying 'I'm coming to the UK, do you have any places to visit'.

Most of your suggestion here in this thread  about Nile Cruise, I check for it https://www.egypttoursportal.com/egypt-nile-cruises/ is this the one I can book with? or Can I check where you book it?

Yes, I heard about the temples of Cairo and Luxor  from this blog https://gowithguide.com/blog/egypt-tourism-statistics-2023-all-you-need-to-know-5312 and I just can't wait to see all of these!!! 

strawbeery90

kayleighali said:

Not sure if this is allowed, but when I went years ago we used a trip company called Falcon Adventure or Falcon Travel...definitely Falcon something. They were really good and I would really recommend them. They ran every possible type of trip you could imagine.


(I have no affiliation with this company, just genuinely a good review and I would recommend them)

Whoa! That's so thoughtful of you. I would surely check out there website. Thank you for recommending this!