Lonely Planet Country Guide Egypt - Joann Fletcher

I'm so pleased to find this on here waiting to be reviewed because I was so so pleased that I bought thisbook. I went to Egypt on holiday and thought it might be a good idea to try and do a circuit of the country in two weeks without using a tour or anything. While I had an amazing time, without this book I would pobably either still be there or I would have come back immediately. Egypt is most certainly not the easiest country to travel around on your own (although very rewarding) and so this book is a life saver. Out of the touristy areas there are places where you will need police escorts, where you are not welcome and will be sent back the way ...  Read the complete review

Lonely Planet or Rough Guide......? This was the choice I was faced with in the bookshop. There was very little to chose from with price and size and weight of book. Lets face it both publishers like to produce massive tomes! The Egypt guide is much like the rest of the Lonely Planet guides - 1 inch thick, containing a myriad of information about the country in general, the different areas in the country and with useful information such as phrases at the back. I went to Cairo and found that the information about the city was adequate but nothing that blew my socks off. For basic information such as restaurants and places to visit, the guide is fine. However if you really ...  Read the complete review

" …nowhere are there so many marvellous things nor in the world besides are there things of unspeakable greatness" ( Herodotus, Greek historian) Having spent several months during 1984 (how old??) wandering aimlessly around Egypt, with little more than enthusiasm, the clothes I stood in and a smile, we decided it was time to return with information at our fingertips and a slightly higher budget. So, the holiday was booked and I made it my mission to learn a little about the country I had previously spent some considerable time wandering. We had booked to go to the Red Sea Coast, and I wanted to know something about the area ...  Read the complete review