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Eating, drinking and other practicalities
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Aside from
eating and drinking
in hotels, there is a wide range of restaurants, coffeshops and
fuul
and
taamiya
stalls to choose from. One of the best value seafood restaurants is the
Sinai Star
(tel 069/600-623) in the main shopping arcade, where a meal will cost you ?E15-20. Another, more expensive choice for seafood is
Safsafa
(tel 069/660-474) in Asia Mall. The cheapest snacks going are egg or
taamiya
sandwiches, sold in local restaurants and street stalls, and there are also a couple of pizza joints. The best-stocked
supermarket
in downtown Sharm is Sharm Express, located near the 24-hour
laundry
, Bergo's. However, the area's cheapest supermarket, which also offers the most choice, is Sheikh Abdullah's in Hal el-Nur. To the left of
Safety Land,
there is a street leading to a
bakery
. Beer is available from a shop beside the
Sinai Star
in the main arcade (24 cans of Stella costs ?E85). Other facilities are concentrated on the hilltop, where an arcade contains three
banks
(daily 8am-2pm & 6-8pm) that change travellers' cheques; a
post office
(daily except Fri 8am-3pm; you can also buy stamps in shops and post letters in hotels) and a
pharmacy
(daily 9am-3pm & 6-11pm). Further on and off to the left is a 24-hour
telephone
exchange that sells international phonecards for ?E20 (3min). The
police
and
tourist police
(both open 24hr) share a building in the municipal showpiece zone beyond the mosque. Other useful information
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