Full name: Arab Republic of Egypt Capital: Cairo Languages: Arabic, English and European languages widely spoken in all tourist areas. Currency: Egyptian pound (LE), $1 = LE 5.80; 1 = LE 7.04 Time zone: UTC/GMT +2 Country telephone code: 2 Visas: You can buy a 30-day tourist visa at the border for $15. Egypt tourism: www.touregypt.net Bus schedules: www.touregypt.net/buses Train schedules: www.touregypt.net/trains Cairo Phone prefix: (02) Cairo Intl. Airport, tel: 291-4255/66/77; Terminal I, tel: 244-1460; Terminal II, Tel: 245-9332 Pyramids Sound and Light Show, tel: 385-2880/7320 or 386-4469, www.sound-light.egypt.com Alexandria Phone prefix: (03) Borg El-Arab Airport, tel: 459-1485/6/7 Nozha Airport, tel: 420-2021/1036 Aswan Phone prefix: (097) Aswan Airport, tel: 248-0320/33 Philae Sound and Light Show, tel: 232-4693, www.sound-light.egypt.com Abu Simbel Sound and Light Show, tel: 240-0325/6, www.sound-light.egypt.com El Gouna Phone prefix: (065) El Gouna Airport, tel: 304-5331, 305-2401/2 Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic, El Gouna Hospital, tel: 358-0011/8 www.elgouna.com Hurghada Phone prefix: (065) Hurghada Airport, tel: 344-2831 Naval Hyperbaric Medical Center, tel: 344-9150, e-mail: info@nhmc.net Luxor Phone prefix: (095) Luxor Airport, tel: 237-4655 Karnak Sound And Light Show, tel: 237-2241, www.sound-light.egypt.com Marsa Alam Phone prefix: (019) Marsa Alam Hyperbaric Chamber, Ecolodge Marsa Shagra, tel: 510-0262 Port Said Phone prefix: (066) www.touregypt.net/portsaidtop.htm www.port-said.com (Arabic only) Sharm El-Sheikh Phone prefix: (069) Sharm El-Sheikh Airport, tel: 360-1140/1/2/3/4 Sharm El-Sheikh Hyperbaric Medical Center, tel: 366-0922/3, e-mail: hyper_med_center@sinainet.com.eg TABA Phone Prefix: (062)
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