The Rough Guide to Egypt

by Rough Guides, Daniel Jacobs, Dan Richardson

The Rough Guide to Egypt is the ultimate guide to this fascinating country. The guide opens with a 24-page, full-colour section introducing Egypt’s highlights, including in-depth accounts of all the top sites, from the pyramids at Giza to the incredible tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The main heart of the guide includes detailed, insider listings on where to find the tastiest food and the best places to stay, whether you’re on a budget or travelling in style. There is plenty of practical advice on a host of outdoor pursuits, including diving in the Red Sea to camel-trekking in the Western desert. The guide also includes thorough and informed commentary on Egypt’s history and contemporary culture, as well as detailed maps and plans for every region.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Africa

864 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 2010

About the author

Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips. Since November 2017, Rough Guides has been owned by APA Publications UK Ltd, the parent company of Insight Guides.
With the company's personalised trip service encompassing over eighty destinations, and 200 guidebooks covering 180 destinations, Rough Guides is a multi-faceted travel platform, with global sales of 100 million guidebooks since their inception.

Reviews

[Daniel Rocha · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's really good. But contains lots of data that is not for every traveller and it's mixed up with the essential data, that makes really difficult to find the most important things.
Also, the Kindle version does not separate any subejct so you have to skip pages one by one like crazy.
I recommend Frommer's Guide

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an indispensable guide when I traveled to Cairo last year. The author gives quite an honest look at what to love about Egypt and what to really keep your distance from (I'm looking at you, scamming touts, in front of the Egyptian Museum!). This guide really prepares you for the trip and helps you experience more than what the typical tourist sees. I also used this guide when i took the train into Alexandria-- again very helpful, especially with cafe and restaurant recommendations.

[Maya Morikawa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good enough

Having just finished a one month trip of Egypt,this provided almost all the information I needed but slightly outdated.Prices were well off,but I never rely too much on them.Many transport things are now better and a small explanation of basic gods would be nice.

[Evette Yu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rough Guide is my favorite travel book!

[Krooker]

library

[Colin Twemlow · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent.