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Shopping in Egypt

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Shopping in Egypt – carry home some souvenirs from Egypt.
When you go shopping in Egypt you will have to think of haggling.
Haggling is relevant if you don’t want to overpay for the merchandise you are buying.
Basing on the merchandise you are getting you can get the price down to as much as 50-60 % of the original price.
Haggling can take a lot of time and experince to master, so try to just search around the first couple of days and haggling for prices. Following the testing you will probably find out how much you probably can get the price down with.
The store owners in most stores in Egypt will provide you Tea. This is every time not a salespinch but just something that Egyptian people do.
In case you don’t want the tea, try to be courteous when you decline their offer. The same applies to buying their products.

What to shop in Egypt
What Egypt is most famed for merchandise wise that is.
Silver is something that is popular, Egypt is known for its fine handmade silver ornaments.
The prices for silver ornaments is fair compared to other places in Europe.

Glas souvenirs is also something that Egypt is recognized for.
Perfumes. Just attempt to smell some of their perfumes and compare the prices for the perfumes that you buy at home. You will get to know why it’s so popular to buy perfumes from Egypt. One thought prior to buying perfumes, is that perfume doesn’t last that long when you store it in glascontainers.
Waterpipes is also an admired souvenir from Egypt.
When you buy a waterpipe and want to take it through customs, make ensure that you have detached the metalparts in the waterpipe.
Otherwise the waterpipe won’t go through the metal detector if you have it as a carryon luggage.
Finally.
Papyrus is also a souvenir that almost ALL tourists buy. Papyrus can be bought in multiple forms in addition to different patterns.







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