Shopping in Egypt - Bring home some souvenirs from Egypt.

When you go shopping in Egypt you will have to think of haggling.
Haggling is important if you don't want to overpay for the merchandise you are buying.
Depending on the merchandise you are aquiring you can get the price down to as much as 50-60 % of the original price.
Haggling can take some time and experince to master, so try to just look around the first couple of days and haggling for prices. After you have tested it you will proberbly find out how much you can get the price down with.
The store owners in most stores in Egypt will offer you Tea. This is most of the time not a salespinch but just something that egyptian people do.
So if you don't want the tea try to be polite when you turn down their offer. The same goes to buying their products.

What to shop in Egypt

What Egypt is most famous for merchandise wise that is.
Silver is something that is popular, Egypt is known for it's fine handemade silver ornaments.
The prices for silver ornaments is fair compared to other places in Europe.

Glas souvenirs is also something that Egypt is known for.
Perfumes. Just try to smell some of their perfumes and compare the prices for the perfumes that you buy at home. You will find out why it's soo popular to buy perfumes from Egypt. One thought before buying perfumes, is that perfume doesn't last that long when you store it in glascontainers.
Waterpipes is also a popular souvenir from Egypt.
When you buy a waterpipe and want to take it through customs, make sure that you have removed the metalparts in the waterpipe.
Otherwise the waterpipe wont go through the metal detector if you have it as a carryon luggage.
Last but not least.
Papyrus is also something that almost ALL tourists buy. Papyrus can be bought in multiple forms aswell as with different patterns.