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The Buses that service Siwa
are reliable and safe and take 9 hours from Alexandria
and 11 hours from Cairo. Some are brand new and very good and some are, well old but they still work and the air con normally works. The seats are reclining(ish) and
the same as any coach seat in the UK. You have enough
room to read a book or type away on your laptop (that's what I do) and you normally get one movie in
English and one in Arabic, the story lines in the Arabic films are
often easer to understand and very entertaining.
From Cairo to Siwa All buses from Cairo to Siwa now leave from Turgoman Station ( you might see it advertised as the Cairo Gateway station but nobody calls it this), its a 10 min cab ride from down town ( get a white cab and watch the meter) if you telephone or you hotel checks the times they will tell you there is one bus a day at around 7.00pm in the evening direct to Siwa. This is correct, but what they don't tell you is there is a direct bus to Marsa Matruh every hour. They start at 7.00am and leave every hour on the hour. The cost to Marsa Matruh is 50 EGP. you then change at Marsa Matruh for a direct bus to Siwa. It's very easy and you buy the ticket for the Siwa bus from teh driver before you get on.
The cost is around 50 EGP
per person from Alexandria and 65 EGP from Cairo.
There are several buses a day to Siwa from each city.The
buses from Cairo terminate at Marsa Matrouh but there
is a simple connection there to continue on to Siwa.
The time table does change so I do not want to put
the times here, but there is one around 7.00am, 10,00am,
2.00pm, 5.00pm and 10.00pm. We can confirm all of
this for you at the time of your traveling if you
choose to travel to Siwa using the bus. The over night
buses are popular with the locals and if you can sleep
on a bus this is a good option.
When we travel as a family,
we catch the train to Alexandria from Cairo and then catch the bus from
there to Siwa. The bus stops three times on the way
for tea and toilets. The toilet facilities are currently...
basic but a new half way house is being built on the
way to Siwa that will fix this problem. You will often
meet other travelers on the bus and talk the hours
away.
If you would like to come to
Siwa by bus when staying at the Siwa
Villa, please get in contact with us here at Somewhere
Different and we will arrange everything for you.
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