The Organizing Committee has prepared travel and accommodation information for the workshop attendees. We will be happy to assist when possible. For further information, please contact: Omneya.Samy@bibalex.org and ameel@yale.edu .

Hotel
Visas
Airports
Ground Transportation
Per Diem Rates

HOTEL

A number of rooms will be booked for workshop participants for the period 12/01/2007 - 12/08/2007 at the Sofitel Cecil Hotel:

Sofitel Cecil Hotel
16, Saad Zagloul Square 1726
Alexandria, Egypt

Le Metropole - Alexandria, Egypt
52 Saad Zaghloul St.
Alexandria, EG
We will assist in making the reservations. If you have different travel dates, please send your arrival and departure flight information to Omneya.Samy@bibalex.org and ameel@yale.edu .

VISAS

Please contact the Egyptian embassy or consulate in your country to obtain your entry visa.

GERMANY
Egyptian Embassy
Stauffenbergstr. 6/7
10785 Berlin
Tel.: 030/477 54740 – 030/479 01880
Fax : 030/477 4000

UK
Egyptian Embassy
26 South Street
London W1Y 6DD
Tel: (171) 499-2401

Egyptian Consulate -- London
2 Lowndes Street
London SW1
Tel: (171) 235-9777

USA
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
3521 International CTM.W.
Washington DC, 20008
Tel: (202) 895-5400
Fax: (202) 224-4319/5131
Ambassador's Residence
2301 Massachussettes St.
NW Washington DC, 20008

Egyptian Consulate -- New York
1110 2nd Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Tel: (212) 759-7120/1/2

Egyptian Consulate -- Chicago
30 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Egyptian Consulate -- Houston
2000 West Loop South
Houston, Texas 77027
Tel: (713) 961-4915/6, 961-4407

Egyptian Consulate -- San Francisco
3001 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, California 94115
Tel: (415) 346-9700/2

Alexandria (El-Nozha) Airport -- about 4 miles from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Borg El-Arab Airport -- 45+ miles.

Cairo Airport -- about 115 miles.

GROUND TRANSPORTAION

For ground transportation assistance, please send your flight information to and from the arrival airport. Workshop attendees will pay their transportation based on prior notification of fees requested. Attendees should be prepared to pay for ground transportation in cash.

Please contact: Omneya.Samy@bibalex.org .

PER DIEM RATES
For those needing to complete funding reports, you can find recent here per diem rates for Egypt as set by the U.S. State Department.