Lonely Planet Egypt: Detailed Itineraries | Travel Like a Local | Insider Tips | Covers Cairo and Around, Luxor, Alexandria, Red Sea Coast, Sinai, and more

I love LP books because they always give you a snapshot of costs, generally stable businesses that aren’t likely to disappear anytime soon, and info about transportation from place to place which can be challenging, no matter how good the system is. In this edition, there are no hotels listed, no phone numbers, no descriptions of travel hubs and costs. There is one page about accommodations in the entire book and it gives very broad averages and a plea not to use AirBnB or unregulated hotels. You’re better off buying an older version or the Cairo to Istanbul book from over a decade ago.

As usual for a book in this series, very good and high quality information.

Very informative. Felt as if I was wandering in Egypt.

It had up to date information from a recent update, which was a positive. I like that most of the regions in Egypt are covered within. Highly positive spin on Egypt. Too little information on the negatives and how to minimise them as a non-arabic non-muslim. Some information on health issues, but superficial. The information isn't detailed and often refers you for example to websites. The maps are more artistic, rather the informative. Better than nothing for planning purposes, but seek advice from other sources on for example vaccinations, food hygiene, Egyptian water parasites, scammers and so forth.

Good guide