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Lonely Planet Egypt (Lonely Planet Egypt) Paperback – January 1, 2002

by Andrew Humphreys (Author), Siona Jenkins (Author), Lonely Planet (Author)
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Whether you want to cruise down the Nile, explore ancient sites or soak up the sun in Sinai, this guide is the perfect companion for exploring Egypt – a land that has tempted travellers for centuries.

  • 104 detailed maps, including a full-colour country map
  • special section on Pharaonic Egypt, including a who's who of gods & goddesses and a user's guide to reading hieroglyphs
  • the lowdown on camel trekking in Sinai, desert safaris and felucca trips
  • up-to-date advice on where to stay and eat on any budget
  • hot tips on where to dive and snorkel in the Red Sea

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  1. Print length
    544 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Lonely Planet Publications
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    7.28 x 0.98 x 5.12 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1864502983
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1864502985
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lonely Planet Publications; 6th edition (January 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1864502983
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1864502985
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.28 x 0.98 x 5.12 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 72 ratings

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    Anthony Sattin is an author, journalist and broadcaster. A graduate of the University of East Anglia Creative Writing Masters programme, he began his career writing and reviewing fiction before turning to narrative non-fiction. His highly acclaimed books of history and travel include Young Lawrence, A Winter on the Nile, The Pharaoh's Shadow, The Gates of Africa and Lifting the Veil. His latest latest book, Nomads, The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World, is a work of history that looks at the shifting relations between nomadic and settled people over the past 12,000 years, since the time when we all lived on the move. A contributing editor to Condé Nast Traveller, editorial advisor on Geographical Magazine and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he lives between London and the Middle East.

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Philip L. Luzader
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2015
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A must have book if you ever think of visiting Egypt. I took this book with when I went there.......come in handy !!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful.
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015
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A great quick guide to Egypt. Sits right at my hand alwasy with my Turkish phrasebook and my English-Arabic-English phrasebook. Invaluable.
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George Zhao
4.0 out of 5 stars oldie but goodie?
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2008
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couldn't get the newest edition before i left for egypt. some of the prices in here might be off. general sites and advice - excellent! added advice: any sites in luxor, go either really early or really late. ignore the people. for kahn el-kahlili in cairo, to get rid of peddlers, just keep walking. they won't follow you past the area in front of their store because it's the next store's territory.
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NAM
3.0 out of 5 stars Useful but use with caution
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2003
This is a very useful companian as it is easy to read and in a format which is fairly ready to use as a quick reference. Prior to going to egypt it enthused and motivated me even more as it really conveyed the message that this is a truly amazing country to visit. It also provides some useful key tips, such as suggested itineraries and how to avoid AEO (Ancient Egypt Overload - getting fed up of seeing temple after temple...). It also seems to be a popular choice amongst other travellers, so to use this guide will provide some common ground when you meet people.
The book's greatest shortcoming, however, is that the costs of hotels, goods and services are way off. Either the prices they quote are impossibly too low (especially their price they quote about a round trip down to Abu Simbel from Cairo, two days and nights on a felucca and luxor if you go through Amigo travel agents - a simple calculation proves that just the train ticket and the cheap hotels would be more expensive than the price the Lonely Planet claims) or too high (I managed to make some purchases for about half the prices quoted in the book). In addition, its descriptions of the quality of hotels are as accurate as one person's one-off experience.
That said, it prepares and guides you very well for an adventure of a lifetime...
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Karen F. Rogal
5.0 out of 5 stars great guide
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2013
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I always travel with the Lonely Planet guides. They provide help to the seasoned traveler-the ones that go it alone.
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Yanqing Ling
1.0 out of 5 stars delivery
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2009
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it is a great product. but actually the vendor is not responsive. I wrongly clicked the one-click button for ordering the product and I emailed the vendor right away through the communication system here. But no reponse and the product is still shipped to me and I have to take it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great dealer! Will purchase from them again
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2014
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Great dealer! Will purchase from them again.
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J. Sykes
5.0 out of 5 stars Egypt (Country Guide)
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2010
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Excellent guide book and must have when you plan to go visit Egypt. Highly recommended!
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RR Waller
5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful guide, secondly only to the Egyptian guides.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2011
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I love Egypt - the heat, people, history, culture, heat, Nile, temples, heat ... Did I mention the heat? Temperatures between 35 and 45 degrees Celsius are not for everyone, particularly if it's a Nile cruise with all the walking around temples but, approached sensibly with the appropriate precautions, it is enjoyable, particularly as there is no humidity. (A lot of this information is in the guide (Pp 17-18, 504-5).

With a Lonely Planet guide, I always have the impression of walking in someone's footsteps, someone had been there before me asking the questions I want to ask, going to places I want to go to, looking for the services I want, telling me about places I did not know about, suggesting ideas I would never have considered with a helpful section on the language. What more could one ask of a guide - being one step ahead? With so much to see, a number of different guides are probably required, e.g. temples, tombs, Valley of the Kings, Cairo museum, etc but, for a general guide, the LPG is excellent.

Ours is now slightly tattered and worn, so useful is the information within its pages, although a few illustrated by colour pictures would have been welcome. It has helpful contents and index sections and finding details is relatively simple, although in places the text is a little small.

For a paperback, it is well produced - sewn sections glued together firmly by copious amounts of glue; this may seem too much detail but for a book that is going to get a lot of use and bending back, it is essential to know, particularly in the Egyptian heat which could dry out the glue. After a few holidays there, ours is still in one piece.

From early dawn to late dusk, it is impossible to ignore the place of Islam in Egypt as the calls to prayer ring out through amplification from the mosques' minarets, some much more harmonious than others. It is important to be respectful as one can encounter dutiful prayers anywhere, e.g. in the car park behind the toilets at dawn on improvised cardboard prayer mats, at the back of Nile cruisers, on rooftops and so on.

The LPG is an excellent companion, highly recommended as is Egypt. (The political situation will settle down and, when it does, I have the telephone number of a very friendly felucca skipper in Luxor on my mobile. I intend to use it and the LPG.)
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コジマ
5.0 out of 5 stars 持っていて良かった
Reviewed in Japan on August 21, 2005
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本書を持ってシナイ半島へダイビング旅行をしました。ダイビングに関する情報も詳細に説明されていて、良いホテルとダイビングサービスに出会えました。本書のおかげで、限られた旅の時間を有効に利用することができました。また、客観的に書かれた記事は、読者に判断の幅を持たせてくれます。
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Timmy
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for our holidays
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2011
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Have used this book for 2009 holiday and 2010 holiday to Sharm, Dahab, Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Hurghada. Book was essential in preparing both trips and when actually there. It is now a little worse for wear from over use!

Info basically correct, snorkelling areas in Sinai useful. Maps in all above areas fine, plus great part of Cairo Museum which helped us make the most of the place without a guide which would have been too much info for us. Maps and descriptions-walkthroughs of temples in Luxor,Karnak,Giza,Aswan islands,Valley of Kings, and places between Aswan and Luxor all up to the job.

Will use in future to complete our exploration of Valley of Kings, as much to see!

Probably best Lonely Planet I have ever used (have used 15 plus)
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人生はラララ!
5.0 out of 5 stars 実際の旅行者からの情報がメイン、安宿、地料理
Reviewed in Japan on June 28, 2004
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　ロンリープラネットは、実際の旅行者からのホテルやレストラン、バー、娯楽情報を集めて、そして現地滞在の数人のeditorがその情報を検証して掲載されている。
　そのためツアーではない世界中の個人旅行者にとって、最も信頼できるバイブルとなっている（日本の某有名ガイドブックなどは掲載店から掲載料を取っているため「ぼったくり」や料金違いが多いとされている）。実際にロンプラに掲載されているホテルは、きれいではないけど屋上からエジプトの人々の生活が眺められる部屋があったり、レストランは地元住人のたまり場のようだったり、なかなかさまざまな経験ができる。もちろんロンプラに随って旅をすると宿などは外国人旅行者が溜まっていることが多くなってしまうけど。
　ただし、観光地の写真はほとんどないため、事前にどこに行くかとかはその国の現地の人が書いたウンチク本とかを読んでからのほうがいいかもしれません。
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Lucy N.
4.0 out of 5 stars Adequate
Reviewed in Canada on February 13, 2010
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I lived in Alexandria for 3 months, and while the majority of this book focuses on Cairo, it was very useful. Cairo is massive and definitely needs to take up a large potion, and I have no problems with that. I liked the small portion on getting to Jordan by ferry as well. I found this book to be a very honest depiction of Egypt, from how locals act towards you, to the prices for things. The Alexandria section lead my friends and I to a few bars, and also gave us some information on poorly marked tourist sites (welcome to Egypt!). It has an AWESOME section on the Egyptian museum, which is probably one of the best and worst museums in the world, nearly impossible to navigate and find what you want to see, but this book as very helpful when it comes to that.

The maps were sometimes questionable, but I always found my way. The one thing I had trouble with was going to the visa office to get an extension... LP wasn't exactly clear on how to do it, but it seems like neither are the people who work there, so go figure.

There is also an awesome section on the red sea and diving, but I never got around to doing any of that.

Would 100% recommend this book, and also traveling to Egypt.
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