The Rough Guide to Egypt, 4th Edition

by Richardson, Dan

• ISBN13: 9781858285221
• ISBN10: 1858285224
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-04
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
PART ONE BASICS	1	(66)
Getting there from Britain & Ireland	3	(5)
Getting there from the US & Canada	8	(5)
Getting there from Australia & New Zealand	13	(3)
Getting there from Israel and Jordan	16	(2)
Visas and red tape	18	(2)
Costs and money	20	(5)
Health and insurance	25	(5)
Information and maps	30	(3)
Attitudes and behaviour	33	(1)
Travellers with disabilities	34	(2)
Security, police and consulates	36	(2)
Getting around	38	(7)
Accommodation	45	(3)
Eating and drinking	48	(2)
Glossary of Egyptian Food	50	(3)
Communications: post, phones and media	53	(4)
Public holidays and moulids	57	(3)
Monuments and sights	60	(1)
Working and studying in Egypt	61	(2)
Directory	63	(1)
Useful things to bring	64	(1)
Metric weights and measures	65	(2)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	67	(578)
Cairo and the Pyramids	69--249	(250)
Arrival	73	(3)
Information	76	(1)
City transport	77	(7)
Accommodation	84	(7)
Central Cairo	91	(21)
Islamic Cairo	112	(37)
Old Cairo, Roda Island & the southern suburbs	149	(16)
Gezira & the West Bank	165	(9)
The northern suburbs	174	(7)
The Pyramids	181	(24)
Consumers' Cairo	205	(37)
Excursions from Cairo	242	(2)
Travel Details	244	(6)
The Nile Valley	250	(159)
Approaches to the Nile Valley	253	(3)
Middle Egypt	256	(1)
Beni Suef	256	(2)
Minya	258	(3)
Mallawi	261	(2)
The rock tombs of Beni Hassan	263	(3)
Tuna al-Gabel & Hermopolis	266	(1)
Tell el-Amarna	267	(9)
Assyut & around	276	(4)
Sohag	280	(4)
Upper Egypt	284	(1)
Abydos	284	(8)
Qena & Dendara	292	(6)
Luxor	298	(19)
Karnak	317	(10)
The Theban Necropolis	327	(8)
Valley of the Kings	335	(16)
Tombs of the Nobles	351	(7)
Valley of the Queens	358	(5)
Esna & around	363	(2)
Edfu	365	(5)
Kom Ombo	370	(5)
Aswan & around	375	(17)
Felucca trips & cruises	392	(2)
The Aswan Dams	394	(3)
Philae	397	(5)
Kalabsha Temple	402	(1)
Abu Simbel	403	(6)
The Western Desert Oases	409	(69)
Wadi Natrun	411	(1)
Desert driving	412	(6)
The Fayoum	418	(13)
The Great Desert Circuit	431	(2)
Bahariya Oasis	433	(6)
Farafra Oasis	439	(5)
Dakhla Oasis	444	(8)
Kharga Oasis	452	(9)
Siwa Oasis	461	(13)
The Great Sand Sea	474	(4)
Alexandria and the Mediterranean Coast	478	(42)
Approaches & arrival	482	(1)
Information	483	(1)
City transport	483	(2)
Accommodation	485	(2)
The city	487	(9)
Cleopatra's palace	496	(3)
Corniche beaches	499	(2)
Eating & drinking	501	(2)
Nightlife & entertainment	503	(1)
Listings	504	(2)
Moving on from Alex	506	(1)
The Mediterranean Coast	506	(4)
El-Alamein	510	(3)
Mersa Matrouh	513	(5)
Moving on to Siwa or Libya	518	(4)
Rosetta & Damanhur	522
The Delta	520	(13)
Tanta	524	(2)
Zagazig & the ruins of Bubastis	526	(2)
Tanis, Avaris & the ``Land of Goshen''	528	(2)
Mit Damsis & El-Mansura	530	(1)
The Monastery of St Damyanah	531	(1)
Damietta	531	(1)
Delta Beach Resorts	532	(1)
The Canal Zone	533	(19)
Suez and Port Tewfiq	535	(5)
Ismailiya	540	(6)
Port Said	546	(6)
Sinai	552	(59)
Visiting Sinai--practicalities	557	(2)
The Gulf Coasts	559	(1)
Diving & snorkelling	560	(5)
Sarabit el-Khadim & the Turquoise Mines	565	(1)
El-Tor	565	(1)
Ras Mohammed	566	(2)
Sharm el-Sheikh, Na'ama Bay & Shark Bay	568	(13)
The Tiran Strait & Nabeq	581	(1)
Dahab & Asilah	582	(6)
Nuweiba & Tarabeen	588	(5)
Resorts between Nuweiba & Taba	593	(3)
The interior--safaris & treks	596	(2)
St Catherine's Monastery & Mount Sinai	598	(4)
The High Mountain Region & Feiran Oasis	602	(3)
The Wilderness of Wanderings	605	(1)
Northern Sinai	605	(2)
El-Arish	607	(3)
Crossing the border into Israel	610	(3)
The Red Sea Monasteries	613
The Red Sea Coast & Eastern Desert	611	(34)
Hurghada	617	(17)
The Red Sea Mountains	634	(3)
Port Safaga	637	(2)
El-Quseir	639	(2)
Mersa Allam	641	(1)
Berenice to the Sudanese border	642	(3)
PART THREE CONTEXTS	645	(43)
The historical framework	647	(15)
Islam	662	(4)
Monumental chronology	666	(5)
Music	671	(3)
Books	674	(9)
Language	683	(3)
Glossary of Egyptian terms	686	(2)
Index	688