HI all,
Booked a last minute AI holiday to Harmony Makadi Bay going on 27th Sept.
Been to Egypt before, but that was from the UK and was some time ago.
I now live in Germany and booked this through my local TUI office.
1. Visas: Been told that the cost is 22 Euro. I have a British passport and my partner has a German ID (not passport) was told that this is ok by TUI. Do we get the visas from one of the little booths, and do we have to have the correct monies?
2. Whats there to do around Makadi Bay? Only going for a weeks R&R so not that botherd about trips so much. Probably just do one of the snorkeling trips if there is any?
3. Will I need Egyptian Pounds or do they except Euros for paying for anything we might buy?
If Egyptian Pounds, about how much would I need, baring in mind we are on a AI holiday, so hopefully the food and drink at the hotel will be ok?
Thanks in advance
Dave
I've never been to Sharm but we have to fly via Cairo when travelling to Egypt as we now live in Cyprus having moved here permanently from the UK in 2004.
With regards to your Visa I saw at the weekend that the Government were considering not selling the visas any longer on arrival into Egypt, which will be a real problem for us and we're planning a repeat visit next year to Luxor for another Nile cruise. Paperwork processing in Cyprus is not the simplest of matters
This is the link to the article published on 9th September: http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/other-top-stories/egypts-new-tourist-visa-policy-raises-concern.html
I got the link from a guy I follow on twitter who is based in Egypt but I've just gone back to see if he's posted any follow up and found this update: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/20907.aspx
Looks like there was a big public reaction and they've reversed their thought process
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