Pyramids in Giza Visit of pyramids
It is possible to reach pyramids directly from Cairo according to the odinnadtsatikilometrovy Shary al-Akhram (Piramid Avenue), constructed hedivy Ismail for Napoleon's III spouse, the empress Evgenia. Pass there rather simply, however, because of saturated movement a trip can to seem to the long. Taxi drivers quite often demand more than 20 pounds though cost of 15 pounds for a trip one way from the small town is completely acceptable. The most cheap method - to sit down on the bus No. 355 or 357 (2 pounds) or the ordinary city bus No. 900 (25 piastres). Buses leave from the back party of the station Ramses or from Medan Tahrir. It is possible to reach also on the minibus No. 183 from Medan Atab (75 piastres) or on a share taxi from Ramses or Abdel Mu - to it Riyad (75 piastres, drivers who can bring you to pyramids, shout «Al-Akhram, Al-Akhram!» ). From Medan Ramses also reaches the bus No. 30 practically to pyramids. If you wish to visit in one day of a pyramid of Giza and besides to get to Sakkara, it is simplest to go on the organised excursion trip.
Opposite to Mena House hotel the tourist office (time in day 8:00-17:00, 02/383-8823) is placed. Get on the district of pyramids you can during certain time (once a day: in the winter 8:00-16:00, in the summer 8:00-17:00); in the ticket price (40 pounds, students of 20 pounds) enter visit of the district, the Sphinx and Hefren's temple in the plain, but, to tell the truth, tickets are checked not so diligent. Separate tickets are necessary for receiving for this purpose to enter into Stately pyramid of Cheops (100 pounds), the Museum of the solar boat (35 pounds), Hefren's pyramid (20 pounds) and Mikerin's pyramid (during the current time - it is closed). If you are going to have a look at these sights separately and during other time, it can cost dearer (everything is in dependence from your ability to bargain!). Beware of the swindlers who are giving out for controllers, and «special guides» who say to you something it seems:« Pyramid of Cheops very old»! Ignore them or, as required, threaten to call tourist police. Also do not pay attention to barkers with camels and horses who will assure you that their stables "state". This sort of difficulties shortly should be gone at realisation «The project of preservation of a plateau Giza» within which creation of a cinema hall of Imax is planned, the cultural centres, also is planned to make available bigger number of objects. At all this plateau it will be cut off from Nazlat al-Samman village that will release tourists from barkers and swindlers.
Count on that you will carry out here half-day therefore it is most ideal to arrive early in the afternoon before coming of a heat and at first before there will arrive bulk wishing to visit a pyramid (tourist buses start to arrive from 10:30). Or you can arrive by the end of the 2nd half of day - by 17:00 the most part of tourist groups already leave, and a new stream wishing to have a look local night representation "Light and shade" have not arrived yet. Every evening here three hour shows, accompanied by enough silly melodramatic comments in various languages are carried out.
To find out the schedule which changes every season, call by phone 02/385-2880 or 386-34-69, or read Egypt Today magazine, or come on сайтwww. sound-light. egypt. com илиwww. egyptsandl. com. The place price - 60 pounds and 35 more pounds for the chamber. The Arab option costs 11 pounds though foreigners are not authorised to take on it tickets. Hundred parts of Egyptians are charmed by representation gratuitously about enough profitable places, for example, behind a Muslim cemetery, trying not to occupy places on a terrace turned to the Sphinx (as access of wheelchairs here is probable). Grasp a sweater, as a night cold - even in the summer!
Behind places for the audience there is a number of the stables offering rent of horses and camels which usually are not better in any way, than what are offered by barkers round pyramids from a Bedu tribe нагама.
Usually they demand 50 pounds for a small trip on a camel. Those invited, which offer trips for 10 pounds at an o'clock, it is necessary to be careful - they are accustomed to get tourists deeply to the desert, and then to declare that 10 pounds were only for the road here, and the turnaround road will cost 50 pounds in hour. As the territory is quite small and it can be bypassed on foot, riding quicker a separate attraction, instead of possibility to save up time, vpribavka to everything disputes with these people can spoil your travel. But if you wish to sweep on a horse or a camel, we want to suggest to contact to you the known operator, for example AA or KG.
At the time of Bedeker neotklonimy пт for guests was to climb up the Stately pyramid, at all this two bedouins held the tourist by hands, and the 3rd pushed from below. To climb up pyramids at present it is forbidden and, by all means, it is very unsafe, though tests are undertaken till this moment. To come in pyramids it is absolutely harmless, but to the people having claustrophobia or asthma, it is necessary to forget about it. To pass all three internal mines of the Stately pyramid rather hard - all next day at you feet will ache.
