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Egypt [Paperback]

Michael Haag (Author)
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Series: Egypt | Publication Date: March 1998
A pocket-sized travel guide to Egypt, for both independent and package travellers. It includes a gazetteer of places to see, with opening times, addresses and telephone numbers; walks and motor tours; details of sport and entertainment; and practical travel and business information.
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"Cadogan's speciality is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the earth's most traveled spots."
--The New York Daily News (US)

"In a class of its own."
--The Daily Telegraph (UK)

"The Cadogan Guide to Egypt is excellent."
--Wales on Sunday (UK)



'In a class of its own' --Daily Telegraph

"Cadogan's speciality is uncovering delightful secrets in some of the earth's most traveled spots."
--The New York Daily News (US)

"In a class of its own."
--The Daily Telegraph (UK)

"The Cadogan Guide to Egypt is excellent."
--Wales on Sunday (UK)

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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One of the most alluring and compelling countries in the world, Egypt has fascinated, charmed and infuriated generations of travelers, from Herodotus to Mark Anthony to Napoleon. Cadogan's eloquent and fully updated guide to the country, by the eminent writer and chronicler of Egypt, Michael Haag, will give you the best possible grounding. A witty and erudite look at Cairo – ancient, medieval and modern – inspires a journey south along the Nile, to the extraordinary temples of Luxor and Karnak, and the breathtaking Valley of the Kings. Gently drift your way there on a felucca, or cruise further, across Lake Nasser, to visit the mighty colossi of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Explore the oasis of the vast Western Desert; watch the sun rise over a biblical landscape from Mount Sinai; or visit historic Alexandria, site of Cleopatra and Anthony's palaces, and the ancient wonder, the Pharos lighthouse.
Inside you will find: practical travel advice; over 240 hand-picked places to stay; over 150 restaurants, bars & cafes; color maps of Egypt and Cairo city center; 47 maps & site plans; full coverage of the new, state-of-the-art library at Alexandria; completely revised chapter on Nubia, including full details of cruise itineraries on Lake Nasser.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 518 pages
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr; 2nd edition (March 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1860110339
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860110337
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,926,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Michael Haag
Michael Haag, who lives in London, is a biographer and historian. He has written widely on the Egyptian, Classical and Medieval worlds; and on the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He has also broadcast for the BBC.
For more information visit his website at: www.michaelhaag.com
And his blog at: http://michaelhaag.blogspot.com
 

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous practical, historical and cultural guide, November 27, 1999
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This review is from: Egypt (Paperback)
The only way to really know the value of a guide book is to use it, and that is what I most thoroughly did during my five weeks of travel through Egypt. A marvellous book! A comprehensive, assured and thoroughly readable historical and cultural account of five thousand years of civilization, as well as being entirely practical for the traveler in every respect, so that whether concerning accommodations or ways of moving about the country or where to eat or to shop, I came to trust Mr Haag entirely. A trip to Egypt is the journey of a lifetime and you owe it to yourself to have with you this incomparable companion.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best guide to Egypt ever!, January 6, 2000
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This review is from: Egypt (Paperback)
Not since the famous Baedeker guide of 1929 has someone written such a comprehensive and lucid book about Egypt. Michael Haag writes with reassuring authority -- clearly he knows and loves the country well -- and with an eye for revealing detail and with a narrative ability that makes this book as enjoyable to read and as unputdownable as a good novel. This is the book to take with you to Egypt, and to read before you go and after you have returned. You could have no better companion.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A substantive compendium of practical travel advice, February 4, 2005
This review is from: Egypt, 3rd (Country & Regional Guides - Cadogan) (Paperback)
Michael Haag's Egypt is a substantive compendium of practical travel advice noting more than 240 hand-picked places for the traveler to stay, as well as over 150 quality tested restaurants, bars and cafes. Enhanced with color maps of Egypt and the city center of Cairo, 47 additional maps and site plans, full coverage of the new, state-of-the-art library at Alexandria, and a completely revised chapter on Nubia (including full details of cruise itineraries on Lake Nasser), and with a thoroughly "reader friendly" and eloquent text, Egypt is the complete, comprehensive, dependable, portable, indispensable travel guide recommended to tourists, businessmen, students, and anyone else planning a trip to the fabled lands, cities, and monuments of Egypt.
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eastern harbour, first pylon, tourist police, second pylon, birth house, pyramid texts, flying cat, upper terrace, quartier grec, inner oases, transverse chamber, sunk relief, tourist bazaar, floral capitals, sarcophagus chamber, sacred boat, cavetto cornice, service taxis, mortuary temple
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Upper Egypt, Red Sea, Mersa Matruh, Abu Simbel, Mohammed Ali, Bab Zuwayla, Midan Ramses, Valley of the Kings, Sharia Horreya, Egyptian Museum, Old Kingdom, Lake Nasser, Middle Kingdom, Sharia Talaat Harb, High Dam, New Kingdom, Misr Travel, Suez Canal, Temple of Luxor, Midan Saad Zaghloul, Port Said, Medinet Habu, Sharia Muizz, Old Cairo, Western Desert
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