Lonely Planet Egypt: Perfect for exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled (Travel Guide) Paperback – 10 Nov. 2023

LP guides are always first class. Used this in a whirlwind tour of the key historical sites if Egypt, ranging from Cairo, through Aswan and on to Abu Simbel. The book highlights all the key sites and features for those short of time, and gives good pointers to anyone who wants to explore deeper.

Disappointed beyond words. And with 1 star, I feel it is too generous.Everything that made LP great for travelling is gone.Gone the maps, gone the choice of address, gone the informations. The section about the Valley of Kings is just a laugh. Glad I was with my friends who had Le Routard with them as they were telling us all about everything.I used to leave my LP behind for fellow travellers to have a guide but I'm glad I got the kindle edition as I could not inflict this one on the next traveller...

Been buying these books for over 25 years, so thought it time to update my 2006 Egypt Guide.Reason not happy, is all the maps that had hotels,bars,food, etc has gone, even the rough price guides, and transport,metro, bus costs. Area maps,gone. The PQ codes just link to official sites, which is okIts become a more colorful smaller book as well, even the info is split over pages in between. Not sure who re designed this. Would send back but started folding a few corners before I realized. Suggest you look elsewhere, or buy the just received older edition with all the info, just add x3 on Egyptian Pound ref 2025. IE Cairo Museum is EP450, Valley of Kings 450 EP the new GEM is 1200 EP £20 but well worth it. Uber to most places is 90p in Cairo

I have owned many LP books since the 1980s, I guess this is my first new one in 10 years, quite shocking to me how the content has changed, it is now very corporate. They try to steer clear of politics and history (although of course they have a nod towards wokeness in the "Storybook" section which seems to have replaced them). Perhaps they think the old section of "Facts about the country" seemed a bit neo-colonialist, having westerners state facts about another country and passing judgements. Its still useful but not very distinctive any more. Also, for a book about Egypt, which has many dangers from terrorism to shark attacks, being killed in your hotel room by bed bug spray (actually happened when I was there last time) or the diveboat you are living on going on fire, there is very little emphasis on this. Also basically nothing about Muslim Brotherhood, President Sisi and contemporary society. I also disliked the rather obvious "advertorial" they now include promoting businesses like Food Tours, etc.

I have travelled to over 60 countries and in most cases bought the lonely planet as a guide. The standard format has text on getting there and away, where to stay, where to eat and drink, info regarding local and between cities transport, and guided tours. This one has magazine-like photos of the antiquities and little to no info regarding the reason why you may want to buy a guide. I don't know why it is made so poorly for Egypt. We ended up leaving it behind, all others we kept as a reference to the places we have been

I've travelled jn around 100 countries and used a variety of guiebooks - LP, Bradt, Footprint, Rough Guide, etc. Lonely planet has always been consistently pretty good - clearly laid out, well structured lists of places to visit, places to eat and stay, and always some good ideas for of the beaten track to consider, etc.I get the need to refresh, but it's way missed the mark with this new layout and the writing is full of so many words but so little useful information.I'm currently 2 weeks in to a one month trip in Egypt and this guide book is very frustrating to use. In places there is some useful info, but it is so hard to sift through. And it seems to have lost sight of serving budget travellers - their very very limited recommendation for hotels include the Oberoi and Movenpick etc??!!For now I am switching away from Lonely Planet books. Maybe the new style will serve other people well, but I'm not convinced it serves the traditional audiences (I.e. me) or new audiences it wants to capture.

I’ve been a big fan of Lonely Planet for a long time and have used these books to plan my trip, manage logistics and explore beyond the beaten path. The newer versions fall short of everything a guide book should be. It doesn’t contain any information on travel logistics, where to stay (even best neighbourhoods) or the history of the place. Instead it’s glossy photos with no actual tangible advice. Rather than being designed for the backpacker, it’s for people on packaged tours or worse yet people who don’t ever leave their own home. Don’t buy this version but buy the older one which even with out of date info will be much more useful.

I have been relying on Lonely Planet guides for almost 3 decades of travelling around the world. This last version unfortunately is completely unusable.- Maps have been replaced by some artistic rendering where one can't even make out the streets.- There is hardly any information about travel between places.- For any detailed information on e.g. museums it refers to a QR code that takes you to visit the official government's website.- No information on restaurants, hotels or anything elseThe only thing it contains is information about attractions, which is written by unqualified authors and can be found in any other guide. Absolutely would NOT recommend.