Budget Guide to Egypt : Israel, Egypt Travel Planner
Kerem haTeimanimKerem haTeimanim (the Yemenite Quarter), between Shuk haCarmel and the beach, houses many moderately priced Yemenite and Middle Eastern restaurants between its small red-roofed houses and narrow streets. Maganda, 26 Rabbi Meir St. (tel. 517 9990 or 66 18 95), Shaul's Inn, 11 Eliashiv St. (follow the signs) (tel. 517...
Food
Food There's lots of it, tasty and cheap. In Hadar, both HaNevi'im and HaHalutz St. are lined with falafel and sandwich stands, some open on Saturday. On HaNevi'im St., vendors hawk steamy ears of com (tiros), and restaurants offer an eclectic mix of cuisines, including Moroccan, Italian, and Romanian. The main...
Between Alexandria & Marsa Matrouh
Between Alexandria & Marsa Matrouh Four hundred km of the Egyptian coast are dominated by sea and sand. A detailed, scholarly map of Egypt will tell you that seven or eight towns line the coast between Sidi Abd ar-Rahman and Marsa Matrouh. What they don't tell you is that the ratio...
Practical Information and Accommodations
Practical Information and Accommodations The bus station in the center of town is near the police station, where you can register your passport from 9am-2:3Opm. A 10-minute walk down the road toward the beach leads to the Nuweiba Holiday Village Hotel (tel. 76 88 32, fax 16 27 01), home...
Rashid (Rosetta)
Rashid (Rosetta) About an hour and 15 minutes east of Abu Qir (lhr. east of Alexandria) stretches the northern edge of the Nile Delta. Immediately past the barrages the river divides in half, flowing into the Mediterranean at the two ports of Rashid (Rosetta) in the west and Dumyat (Damietta) in...
Christianity : Introduction To The Region
Christianity : Introduction To The Region Christianity began in Palestine with the followers of one man: Jesus. The Jesus of his tory and critical interpretation of the Gospels differs from the Jesus Christ of faith and literal interpretation. The most significant sources on the life of Jesus are the Gospels. Scholars agree...
The Negev
The Negev David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion's dream of a transformed Negev has come partially true; in between stretches of land visited only by buses and Bedouin, witness solar-powered highway lights, roadside payphones, and improbable stretches of green culled out of the desert by innovative kibbutz agriculture. Come to the Negev to see ancient...
Orientation and Practical Information
Orientation and Practical Information Coming from Beer Sheva,there are three turnoffs to the left right after the Halukim junction. The first is the main gate to Kibbutz Sdeh Boker, and the second leads to Ben Gurion's Hut. The fcrucial step for travelers is the third turnoff to the Ben-Gurion Institute...
Accommodations and Food
Accommodations and Food Siwa can't claim to offer a wide variety of accommodations, but you can find decent lodging. Most travelers prefer the new Cleopatra Hotel, south of the town square on the main road past the Shali fortress. Cleopatra has the most comfortable rooms within a radius of 290km....
Accommodations & Camping
Accommodations & Camping Travelers on every sort of budget have many choices in Luxor, hi the slower months, those who come by train will disembark into a crowd of card...
Food
Food Surprise-Hurghada's seaside location makes it a prime seafood spot. Shrimp, calamari, fish, and even lobster are readily available. In general, Hurghada's menus offer more than their counterparts in Upper Egypt, with slightly higher prices. Even so, for the cost of a burger, fries, and a Coke, you can do quite...
Practical Information
Practical Information Forty km east of Jerusalem, Jericho lies on the road to Amman at the junction of the highway to the Galilee. The King Hussein/Allenby Bridge, located 10km east of Jericho, has served as the only route across the Jordan River since the King Abdallah Bridge to the south...
Kharga
Kharga Egypt's most convincing attempt at a desert boomtown is the city of Kharga, the most accessible and developed of all the oases. Since the New Valley Project. Khar-ga's population has approached six digits. Model villages have sprung up all over the oasis to house the peasants who work the fledgling...
International Telephones
International Telephones: At HaPalyam, HaNevi'im, Shikmona, Yafo, Sha'ar Palmer, and Wedgewood post office branches, or get a phone card at any post office and call direct from pay phones. Telephone code: 04. ...
Bob Mariey Palace : Accommodations & Camping
Bob Mariey Palace, down Muhammad Farid St. Look for sign near Nour Home. Wend your way through alleys into the tidy sitting room decked out in red, gold, and green. Owner Clay/Marley, a former belly dancer on the Egyptian national team, may treat you in good English to stories of...