What it Costs?
By US, UK or Western European standards, Egypt is a cheap country in which to travel. But like everything in life, it can be as expensive as you make it, and is influenced heavily by where you stay, where you eat, how much travelling you do, and what you see. For example it is cheaper to spend a day on the beach than it is to travel around the city visiting monuments. Likewise if you book your excursions from a 5 star hotel you’ll pay considerably more than if you arrange them yourself.
As a rule of thumb, things are cheaper if you travel in pairs (i.e. you have someone to share the costs of rooms & food with). If you are travelling solo you can expect to pay about 35% more.
To help you budget for your trip, we have put to together pricing guidelines below: Please be advised that these are very general.
Rock Bottom – 10-15€ per person per day Staying hostels, eating from supermarkets, minimal sightseeing and independently arranging optional excursions yourself, public transport.
Budget – 20-30€ per person per day Staying in budget accommodation, eating lunch & dinner in supermarkets or local restaurants, independently organised sightseeing, public transport
Middle of the Road – 40-50€ per person per day Staying 2/3* hotels, eating in mix of local restaurants and tourist restaurants. Mix of public transport and organised packages / private hire vehicles
Comfort - €70-90 per person per day Staying in 4* Hotels, eating at high end restaurants, organised excursions
Luxury - c€150 per person per dayStaying in 5* Hotels, high end restaurants, private excursion
For a full breakdown of price guidelines see below:
ACCOMMODATION
Shared room in a hostel or budget hotel: 3 – 12€ per person per night
Private room in a hostel or budget hotel: 6 – 18€ per person per night
2-3 Star: 15-50€ per room per night
4 Star: 60-120€ per room per night
5 Star: 100 €+ per room per night
Here you can search for budget accommodation in Egypt, or look here for higher end hotels in Egypt.
FOOD
| Approximate Price in € | |||
| Supermarket | Local Restaurant | Tourist Restaurants | |
| water 1L | 0.30 | 0.40 | 1.40 |
| Soft Drinks | 0.30 | 0.40 | 1.40 |
| Beer | 1.40 | 1.40 | 2.20 |
| Lunch | 1.40 | 3.50 | 6.60 |
| Dinner | - | 3.50 | 6.60 |
| 3 Course Dinner | - | - | 10.00 |
| Bottle of Wine | 4.00 | 8.00 | 14.00 |
MUSEUM / SIGHTSEEING ENTRY FEE
Museum and sightseeing entrance fees start at 0.15€ for a dusty museum in Alexandria, to 9€ for the a mainstream sight such as the Egyptian museum.
Full day sightseeing package in Luxor or Aswan: 20€
Full day desert, hiking or jeep safari: €30
TRANSPORT
Overnight sleeper train ticket one way 35€ or return 50€
Overnight bus ticket: 10€
Metro Ticket: 0.15€
