New Year 2009 in Cairo

Alitalia flight Rome-Cairo, with award tickets. At Cairo airport you get the visa, about 25 euros per person, then you change euros into Egyptian pounds, or Egyptian lira, they're called both ways. For 9 days for 2 people we changed 250 euros and that was enough, I'd say they're sufficient, then we spent another 300 euros as extras at the hotel, mostly on dinners and lunches. By taxi to the centre, to Zamalek. Beware: taxi is a manner of speaking, the cars on the road are cars that were used in Italy about 20 years ago, Fiat 124, 127, 130, smog in the city at frightening levels. Marriott hotel, beautiful and expensive. Places you absolutely must see: the Citadel, the Egyptian Museum, the Khan el-Khalili market, the Coptic Cairo area, the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, the Al-Azhar park.