I agree with above. You could fly from Hurghada with Egyptair quite cheaply and it is only about 50 mins.
You could spend the day seeing the sights like the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza then make your way to the museum in Cairo which is a must. Have dinner on the Nile and stay overnight. The next day can then be spent shopping.
Khan El Khalili is Egypts most famous bazaar see Egypt: Cairo: Market - Khan el-Khalili and the prices are a fraction of what they are in resort especially if you are looking for things like nic nacs, pictures and rugs for your apartment. Fake designer clothes, handbags etc are also very cheap in Cairo.

There is also the City Star Mall CITYSTARS | Promotions where you will find everything you need. If you are looking for furniture you will find it so much cheaper in Cairo and they will deliver quite cheaply as well.

Hi Everyone

Thanks for shopping tips ..done all the sites about 3 years ago, the bazzars sound interesting though...could be well worth a trip, we didnt go to far into Cairo last visit we didnt have time..but will have a good mooch next time i go.

The shop near Dahar sounds ok will check that out, i went to a supermarket Mr Madgi's i believe.

Kazzer



Anyone know how much is it to fly there ?

checked the prices the other day was £77 return as a UK citizen sure you can it cheaper if you are flexible with dates and maybe if have residency. Egyptair now have a website so can check prices

The prices are normally cheaper by picking Egypt as the country as you enter the website. You dont have to be a resident to get these prices on their website. We have done this loads of times and had no problems. Just print off E Ticket and hand at check in. If you pay by cc make sure that the person whose cc it is, is in the travelling party and takes the cc with them as per terms and conditions of the website. However we have never been asked to see the cc on check in.
The fare is normally cheaper if you depart after 9am from Hurgh eg 5th June depart 9.35 Hurgh and depart Cairo 20.30 is £30.62 return ( £33 if depart 23.30pm ) but if you depart at 07.50am the price is £60.24 which is nearly double!!
Pick UK as the country as you enter the site and the same flight is £77.70!!
See EgyptAir

Alison this is brilliant advice! I was a bit dubious at first and was expecting the screen to switch to Arabic! But it works exactly as you say - thankyou.

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This is true. I was trying to book a flight from Hurghada to Sharm and back for me and the girlfriend as we're going there for a couple of days to celebrate her birthday.

Selecting Egypt as country of residence, the price for the pair of us return was only LE881 - that's only GBP20 per person each way.

However, the experience was marred by the fact that both people flying - for some reason - need to show a Visa or Mastercard as ID when they pick up the tickets. The girlfriend doesn't have a Visa or Mastercard so I couldn't complete the online booking form.

The email to their customer support people bounced back as spam so it looks like I am going to have to spend the rest of the day on the phone trying to sort this one out now.

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Hi Peter - your welcome.

I have NEVER been asked to show the cc on check in. I last booked online and flew Nov / Dec last year.

When they ask you for ID on the website just enter your passport number or the same cc number that you are booking with.

We all flew as well to Cairo in June and done the same and my son was 18 and didnt have a cc so I just entered his passport number.

There are no tickets to pick up - they will email you the E Ticket which is your paperwork to show at check in.

You can check in about 30mins before but we dont like to chance it and get to the airport at least 45 mins before.

When I flew from Luxor to Sharm in Dec we had to fly via Cairo and missed our connecting flight but they transferred us onto the next flight at no extra charge.

You get a free soft drink on the flight and it is so quick before you know it the plane is descending to land. The planes are very modern and comfortable.

For internal Sharm flights we flew from the new terninal which is really nice.

Hi Propertastic - see here EgyptAir » Contact Us » World Wide Offices
for their UK office tel numbers in London and Heathrow.

Hi Alison,

Many thanks for that. I sorted it out now - I just needed to input the same credit card for both of us.

So I am looking forward to seeing what the opposite side of the Red Sea looks like (although I have promised the girlfriend that I won't write any more books while we are supposed to be on holiday!)

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hi Nick,
so happy that you sved your situation but you know next time just tell me I have a friend working in Egypt air office he can do his best for me to have cheapest flights
in Sharm you will enjoy but big difference between sharm & hurghada as no socila life not real life city only Naama bay and old market area other are hotels and dessert, just hotels covers all beachs and big distance between each area which means you can\t walk only taxi which charge you from 25 L.E to 50 L.E the colors of taxi there is blue and white
you will enjoy the mountains and sea