Email, Internet, Telephones and Post

• Internet access is available in all the main tourist destinations in hotels and internet cafes. Hotels are generally more expensive than cafes.
• Egypt has two mobile phone networks, Mobinil and Vodafone Egypt who have roaming agreements with most international networks.
• If your phone is unlocked you can buy a sim card for one of the local operators. You can buy sim cards everywhere and are a good deal if you will be making a lot of calls.
• The dialing code for Egypt is +20
• Blue mailboxes are for overseas airmail, red ones for domestic post. Stamps can be purchased at post offices, hotel shops and postcard stands.
• Post office hours are generally daily 8am–6pm except for Fridays when they are closed.

Accommodation

• If you need a hotel try Agoda reservations. They guarantee that they have the lowest prices
• Best  price hotels in Sharm El Sheik
• Best price hotels in Hurghada
• Best price hotels in Cairo
• For cheap hostel accommodation try Hostel World

Electricity

• The current in Egypt is 220V, 50Hz. North American travellers with appliances designed for 110V should bring a converter. Most sockets are round-pronged plugs.

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