Giza Pyramids Ticket office — Attraction in Giza

ULTIME GUIDE TO THE PYRAMIDS

Buy the tickets online. You will save queues, problems and scammers. The official website is EgyMonuments. Go as early as you can, it makes a world of difference, less people, less scammers, you have the place for yourself. The complex opens at 7:00 but you can check the official times on the same web where you buy the tickets. Go by Uber, which is very cheap, and get your driver to get as close as possible to the gate. Ignore absolutely everyone who approaches you, they are all trying to scam you in some minor or bigger way. Look at photos and make sure you know which one is the gate, is extremely poorly indicated. It looks like some barracks. You will know is the place because it has metal detectors. There the will scan you ticket from your phone. You are in. Say no to the camels if you don’t want. All discounts are lies. Say no to all the photo offerings, they will charge you. Toilets are free even if they say otherwise. Follow the path, first the sphinx, then the pyramids. Anyone talking to you will demand money. They may tell you interesting facts, show you less known spots or downright take you to places forbidden to the public. But all for a price which they will reveal right at the end. Remember, everyone talking to you will want money in exchange. Some may ask you for you tickets, it’s another scam, since you have them on your phone, they won’t even bother, they say “no need, I trust you”. The only other moment you need to show your tickets is when entering the pyramids, they will scan them again. I recommend leaving from behind, where all the bus tours come from, you can find the other entrance in google maps. In that one there’s no one bothering you, there’s a police station and it’s very quiet. There you can take another uber to your next destination.

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I had a very unpleasant experience during my visit, where it felt like I was being scammed and manipulated at every turn. At one point, a staff member tried to convince me to buy tickets from him, being overly friendly and even attempting to pass my tickets through the barriers without my consent. I had to literally force him to return my tickets. It was all part of their tactics to pressure me into doing things I didn’t want to do.

The situation escalated when I got into a confrontation with a staff member wearing a lanyard. He kept insisting that I take a horse and carriage ride, directing me on where to go, even though I repeatedly told him I didn’t need any assistance or a guide. When I attempted to negotiate directly with the horse keeper, the man with the lanyard became aggressive and abusive, forcing me into a confrontation. It got so intense that the horse keeper had to intervene, assuring me that he would take my family and me to the pyramids.

However, that was just the beginning of the problem. As we made our way up the incline to the pyramids, we quickly realized how badly the horses were being treated. They struggled terribly, and at one point, our horse stopped, and the carriage almost flipped backward. Fearing for our safety, we chose to jump off. The mistreatment of the horses was apparent, and it was heartbreaking to witness. Despite this, the harassment from staff and vendors didn’t stop.

The only positive thing about the trip was, of course, seeing the amazing pyramids. They are a true marvel, and the sight of them made the experience somewhat worthwhile, despite everything else.

After this experience, I will never again consider such a tour without using a reputable tour company or guide. It was a truly regrettable and distressing experience that I wouldn’t...

Undoubtedly a must see, but run with so many scams. Scams are quite plane to see often, but not sure why the police are allowed to do them as well as those who sell the tickets and those that run the metal detectors.

My very young sister who is barely 14 was forced to produce an ID card proving she was in school. They also give discounts to those in university, but must see ID and even though I showed mine they denied me because they said I look too old.

The man running the ticket check tried to force me to rebuy my (very expensive) foreigner ticket because my Egyptian native fiance accidentally scanned my foreign ticket.

The lady running the metal detector literally took my camera and insisted the lens was too large (it's 70-200mm, many phones have 30x zoom which is much further). But this was simply an invented tax/harassment because I insisted on not paying and eventually was let in.

Then we got to the outside edge of the sand, a fair distance from the pyramids but many tourists were there as well and a police person harassed my fiance and I because we weren't supposed to be out this far. Again some unwritten rule, but when we insisted we weren't going further he just stood there until I got angry and he realized no tip was coming. Then he left us there to harass others.

Everyone knows tourism hasn't been the same since 2011, so they bleed the foreigners that do come so badly.

The pyramids are fantastic, but the people in charge are abusive. We had a tour guide for my dad's family and this alone protected them for their trip, but that is not a cheap thing either. It seems if you want to enjoy the pyramids on the budget, you have to pack an attitude which darkens...