Practical Information

The town is centered on Al-Geish Street, the thoroughfare running east-west from the bus station to the seashore. The tourist police office is in the station (open daily 3-6pm). Service taxis gather across the street from the buses. The train station is about 4km farther west at the end of Al-Geish. The Bank of Alexandria, near the bus station, exchanges currency daily 8:30am-2pm and 6-9pm (5-8pm in summer). The National Bank of Egypt is south of Al-Geish St. on a side street between the Bel Air and Misr Palace hotels. The post office is on Hoda Sharawi St., parallel to Al-Geish and one block north (open Sat.-Thurs. 8am-3pm). The telecommunications office is about three blocks south of Al-Geish on the same side street as the National Bank (open 8am-midnight).

Buses shuttle from Suez to Cairo (every ^hr. 6am-5pm, thereafter every hr. until 8pm; LE4.5O, LE5 with A/O, to Ismailiya (every 15min. 6am-6pm; LE3), and through Cairo to Alexandria (9 and 1 lam; 5hr., LEI 1-12). Five per day run to Hurghada over the Red Sea Highway (last bus 6pm; 6hr., LE12-15). Tickets to Hurghada and Alexandria should be reserved a couple of days in advance. Service taxis travel these routes (except for Alexandria) at similar prices. These cities are also accessible by train (50pt) but the coaches are hot and uncomfortable.

Suez is the main launching ground for forays into the Sinai. Buses run daily to Sharm ash-Sheikh (11am, 12:30pm, 3pm; LE12), St. Catherine’s (1:30pm; LE14), Dahab (12:30pm; LE14), Nuweiba (noon and 3pm; LE17), and Taba (3pm; LE17).