Post Office: An-Nasr Way, 200m north of the bus station on the right. Open Sat.-Thurs. 8am-2pm. Has orange international phones.

Telephones: An-Nasr Way. A large building on the left just after the road turns at the police station (open 24 hrs.). A few shops in the tourist bazaar offer prompt connections abroad for a small surcharge. Fax in a hut directly across An-Nasr from the phone office (fax 44 38 45; open Sat.-Thurs. 8am-2pm and 8pm-10pm.) Telephone code: 065.

Airport: 15km south of town (tel. 44 28 31 or 44 37 94). Take a taxi (LE5-10). Served by EgyptAir (tel. 44 35 92/3), on Al-Bahr St., accessible by minibus. To and from Cairo (daily, US$90). ZAS Air (tel. 44 23 50, fax 44 70 19) across from the large mosque at die northern end of An-Nasr Way, 700m north of the bus station (open daily 8am-8pm).