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Originally Posted by DixieGal
Do you guys go to Egypt with tour groups or with only your spouse?
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Go on your own but join local guided day tours once you're in the area. Or find a tour group that gives you some flexibility in your daily planning for longer tours.
A lot of people don't want to be recognized as 'tourists.' These same people usually miss most of the 'good' places, and the places that they do get to usually take them twice as long and cost twice as much as if they had joined a tour group in the first place. No matter what, if you're visiting a new place to see and learn and experience, you're a tourist. Join a tour group and leave the driving, parking, directions, planning, and hassle to those who know the area. You can always do your own thing if the group doesn't give you what you want.
I hear a lot of folks saying "I don't want to go to touristy areas,' or 'that's a tourist attraction. Let's not go.'
There is usually a good reason that an area becomes a tourist attraction. Residential housing projects, counsel flats, waste treatment plants, and tire manufacturing plants generally aren't good tourist attractions. The local tour guides know this. They will take you to the temples, museums, local markets, historic sites, etc. MUCH nicer than spending time trying to find your way on your own during your first visit. After you know your way around an area, THEN go off exploring on your own. You might want to go back and revisit some of the places you saw on the tour but didn't have as much time there as you might like.
Stitchawl