Lonely Planet Cairo

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Don't Leave Home Without It
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Good to have, but not as your only guide
Nothing more than a chapter from Lonely Planet Egypt
This is the best travel guide I have ever used.

Lonely Planet Cairo
Andrew Humphreys
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1864501154

Book Description

From awe-inspiring pyramids and exquisite Islamic monuments to bustling bazaars and beguiling belly dancers, this lively guide will show you the heart and soul of Cairo. <ul>

27 maps, including 9 full-colour, large-scale maps </li>

special features on the Egyptian Museum and the Khan al-Khalili souq </li>

where to smoke the smoothest sheesha, eat the spiciest fuul and see the best belly-dance shows </li>

expanded coverage of dining, shopping and entertainment from an author who has lived, worked and played in Cairo </li>

new chapter dedicated to the Pyramids, covering Giza, Abu Sir, Saqqara and Dahshur </li></ul>

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Don't Leave Home Without It.......2001-05-03

We had five travel books going into a one week trip to Cairo last month. After one day we realized the quality of this guide and tossed the others back in the bag. We stayed in the heart of Islamic Cairo, so the detailed information on that part of the city was especially helpful. There are even several walking paths that the author maps out to help you make the most out of your sight seeing. Other guides might have a lot of colorful pictures, but the quality of information is not even comparable. Several pages started falling out of the guide by the end of our trip because of overuse!

p.s. I think we had the 2nd edition.

Great guide.......2001-01-05

This guide is excellent. I lived in Cairo for a year and this book gives you a lot of "inside" information for anyone who wants to thoroughly explore the city.

Good to have, but not as your only guide.......2000-05-10

During our recent trip to Egypt, we found this guide to be extremely helpful. Its information on lodgings, restaurants, and sights is unmatched by other guides. We found it had slightly more information than Lonely Planet Egypt, but we could easily have gotten by with the latter. It *is* nice to have the smaller volume to carry around in Cario, though.

If you get only one guide, make it the Lonely Planet Egypt (unless your plans only include Cairo). If you are spending significant time in Cairo, it's probably worth springing for the smaller volume, too.

Nothing more than a chapter from Lonely Planet Egypt.......2000-02-24

Just returned from Egypt. Took the Lonely Planet Egypt and Cairo. Every word in this book is in the Egypt text, which is far more thorough and informative. Don't waste your money on this older book when the newest Egypt has all of this plus the rest of country updated.

This is the best travel guide I have ever used........1999-09-10

This guide is the most accurate and well-written travel book that I have ever purchased. I took it everywhere. It honestly told me what to expect - good and bad. I am certain that my positive travelling experience would have been different without it. Please buy this book over its rivals it is indispensible!

Lonely Planet Istanbul to Cairo on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guides)

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Travelling from Istanbul to Cairo

Lonely Planet Istanbul to Cairo on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guides)
Andrew Humphreys , and Jeff Williams
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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ASIN: 0864427492

Book Description

Istanbul to Cairo is a classic overland route offering an extraordinary range of travel experiences in six of the Middle East's most fascinating countries. With over 75 maps this brand new budget-travellers' guide covers all the essentials and more.

Coverage: Egypt, Israel & the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey. <ul>

wander through some of the 400 rooms of the harem in Istanbul's Topkapi Palace </li>

explore the fine Roman-era ruins and palm-fringed oasis at Palmyra </li>

retrace the steps of Lawrence of Arabia among the rockscapes of Wadi Rum </li>

dance the night away in Beirut, home to the Middle East's best nightclubs </li>

bob about like a cork on the Dead Sea </li>

be awestruck by the Pyramids of Giza or the Great Temple of Karnak </li></ul>

Customer Reviews:

Great Guide..........2002-01-01

This is a great and detailed guide to the classic land route, covers the area and the trip in outstanding detail, but at the same time does not try to force you to stay on a certain itenerary. Highly reccomended.

Very good, if..........2001-08-27

This book outlines an excellent journey from Istanbul to Cairo, with all the detail and information we expect from Lonely Planet. The only problem emerges if you want to take a different route than the one they've outlined. They make hardly any allowance for this possibility, and this is the book's fatal flaw. Use it as a suggestion book, as a guide; but consider buying a guide to the Middle East instead, and thus providing yourself with much more information on the places between Istanbul and Cairo, places you may want to visit even though they're "off the beaten track." For instance, with more information I chose to go South through Jordan, ferry to Egypt, and then go back North into Israel, ending in Jerusalem. This made sites such as Petra in Jordan and St. Anthony's Monastery in Egypt fit nicely on the itinerary, and for me ending in Jerusalem provided a more fitting climax. No one trip can fit everyone. Whatever your desires, consider a guidebook that presents more options. Make sure you include Istanbul, Ephesus, Damascus, Baalbek, Beirut, Petra, Jerusalem, Cairo. Strongly consider Nazareth, Haifa, Luxor, and Mt. Sinai. Have fun!

Very good, if..........2001-08-27

For instance, with more information I chose to go south through Jordan, ferry to Egypt, and then go back north into Israel, ending in Jerusalem. This made sites such as Petra in Jordan and St. Anthony's Monastery in Egypt fit nicely on the itinerary, and for me ending in Jerusalem provided a more fitting climax. No one trip can fit everyone. Whatever your desires, consider a guidebook that presents more options.

----UPDATE: I didn't take that trip actually; but I think the principle is still valid! Design your own trip! Lonely Planet's general guide to the Middle East is not bad.

not bad.......2001-04-12

I used this book for Israel and Jordan. I liked the layout and found it useful. The entries for each country are basically abbreviated versions of Lonely Planet's single-country books. Instead of giving it five starts, I'm giving it only four because I usually found the city maps to be deplorable. These maps are more like sketches than real maps. The main problem is that all the city streets are not on the maps, and the steets that are there often don't have their names. This makes it impossible to orient oneself when lost, and it is very difficult to find something marked on a steet that has no name on the map and located amidst other streets that aren't on the map. I realized I was not alone in this appraisal when I went to the tourist information office in Eilat, Israel. I asked where a bicycle shop was and asked the man to show me where it was on Lonely Planet's map. He glanced at the map and had obviously seen it before because he gave a disgusted grunt and brushed the book aside saying, "That's not a map," and proceeded to give me verbal directions.

Travelling from Istanbul to Cairo.......2001-03-27

I have backpacked in this area extensively. Most of the guides I have used in the past weren't really that useful. I was therefore really surprised by this guide. I found it useful in Turkey, Jordan and Eygpt - detailing all the major sites (relatively in depth for a guide this length) and finding cheap guesthouses. It wasn't, however, very helpful in getting around - for example - the "travel agencies" recommended in Istanbul beyond being run by westerners for backpackers were much more expensive than any of the other local agencies. However, as I've never lived in any of those countries I can't really give a proper opinion beyond saying I personally found the guide helpful. On Israel it's a different matter - and I can only say well done to the writers - I didn't know you could find such cheap guesthouses in Israel, and I've travelled around the country quite a bit. I still use this guide when I travel here which says alot - especially seeing as I only bought the guide for its coverage of the neighbouring countries. All in all I recommend this guide and the route it contains.

Lonely Planet Cairo City Map (Maps & Atlases)

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Lonely Planet Cairo City Map (Maps & Atlases)
Lonely Planet Publications
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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Binding: Map

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ASIN: 1864502576

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