20 Things You Need To Know Before Traveling To Egypt

One of the most exciting things about travel lies in getting out of our comfort zone, breaking free from our daily routine, and forgetting about everything back home to get a real feel of the country we are visiting, yet many people fall into the trap of thinking that all destinations are more or less the same, thinking that it’s certainly easy to navigate from one city to the next, to communicate at train stations, that almost everything can be planned on the spot, that this city is walking friendly, that this ferry or flight route operates all year long, etc.

While truth is every country even city, somehow has its own set of rules, and the way things work, so for instance when you are in Paris it’s VERY easy to be spontaneous; hop on the next metro, walk to the next park or bistro, book a daytrip to Versailles, but when you are in Los Angeles almost nothing is within walking distance, metro lines do not cover the entire city which would force you to use taxis/ride-sharing services, relying on a bus to get to another city might be tricky.

As we frequently get questions regarding travel into Egypt, and are keen on sorting out fact from fiction, we have gathered answers to these questions along with important things that we believe every traveler to Egypt must know to avoid, or at least decrease their culture shock.