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| Egypt - Visa Information |
Visa
If you're visiting Egypt, your passport must be valid for at least 6 months. You can get tourist visas from the Egyptian consulate that's nearest to your home. The cost of a visa depends on the type of passport that you hold. It often takes a couple of days to get a visa.
Transportation in Egypt
Car Rental
 You'll find most of the big international car rental companies in Cairo and Alexandria. Local car rental companies further afield do better deals sometimes, so take time to shop around. It's an extremely good idea to pay for proper car insurance, to protect yourself from other drivers.
Taxis
All of the major cities have plenty of taxis to drive you around town. There are a few simple rules you should follow, to ensure that your journey runs smoothly :
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Make sure you know where you're going.
- Don't accept a stop if your driver proposes one.
- Negotiate the price of the journey from A to Z before you set off.
- Before you leave your hotel, ask the receptionist how much the journey should cost.
- The taxis that wait outside hotels charge almost double, so It often pays to walk to the next block.
Trains
The train is one of the best ways to travel between major Egyptian cities. There are three types of trains available: the ordinary, the express and the turbo. The express and the turbo are more expensive but they will get you to your destination rapidly. It's also worth investing in a 1st class ticket to travel in air-conditioned carriages. The turbo train takes under two hours to go from Cairo to Alexandria.
The Underground
Cairo's brand-new Metro system runs over several kilometres. It has two lines, a new line currently under construction and three more in the pipeline. Clean and comfortable, it's the best way to mingle in Cairo's hustle and bustle. The front carriage is always strictly for 'women only' so pay attention.
Buses
Most of Egypt's major cities have their own bus system and there's an extensive network of buses running between each city too. Smoking is still authorized on all buses but you're not allowed to open the windows as it interferes with the air-conditioning. In general, it's more expensive to take a bus than a train and buses stop more frequently. So, for a long journey we advise you to go by rail.
Where to go for therapy :
 Socrates himself was singing the praises of Egypt's healing therapies and spas some thousands of years ago. While Aswan was renowned for its rheumatic remedies, ancient tourists swarmed to Safaga to cure certain skin diseases such as psoriasis.
Whether you want to bathe in sand or salt-rich seas, soak yourself in hot springs or wrap yourself in curative clay, Egypt has centuries of experience in catering for its therapy keen tourists.
Aswan :
Good for traditional Nubian therapies and environmental therapies including sand bathing and massages.
New Valley :
With an abundance of bubbling hot springs, the hot water wells of the New Valley are naturally heated between 35-45 degrees all year round. You can also opt for sand bathing or sample various traditional medicinal herbs.
Red Sea :
The whole Red Sea coast including Marsa Alam and Safaga offers a practically perfect climate for healing in rich mineral waters, with up to 35% more salt than the average sea.
 Oyoun Mossa
and Hammam Pharaon :
As well as having the most sulphuric waters in the world, both Oyoun Mossa and Hammam Pharaon boast a warm, dry climate that's perfect for recuperating. Their success rate for curing all kinds of aches and pains is astonishingly high.
Old Helwan :
With its hot sulphuric springs containing natural clay with therapeutical properties, Old Helwan is famous for curing numerous bone, skin, kidney and respiratory diseases as well as other problems. The Helwan springs have been renowned for their healing powers for thousands of years.
Other noteworthy sites :
The Siwa Oasis, Hamamat Cleopatra, Gabal Takrour, Helwan, Hurghada and Fayoum Oasis are also famous for their climatic therapies.
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