How much does a taxi cost to the city center or Old Town, and is it better to book through the hotel, hail one on the street, or use InDrive?

For the return trip, a group of 7 took a minivan taxi for $10 total — bargaining with drivers is recommended.

A bargaining trick: telling drivers that you paid just $1 for a ride the day before helped lower the price (may also work in shops).

A hotel-arranged round-trip taxi with the driver waiting cost $25. Finding a taxi independently was estimated at about $10 each way.

Via InDrive, the ride into town cost $4, and the return trip cost only $2.

Booked a taxi via InDrive to Fix Price and a pharmacy for 150 EGP (about $3). For the return, the driver agreed to pick them up without the app by just arranging a time — they took his phone number for future use.

You don't have to stick to the official black-and-orange taxis — a street tout near the ATEN hotel (across from the old building) offered a ride. Starting price was $15, negotiated down to $4, paid in EGP at roughly $1 = 50 EGP.

A group of 3 adults and 2 children got to Old Town by flagging down a taxi on the road for $5, which was one of the cheapest fares mentioned.

Travelers reported that taxis waiting across the road from the hotel would take you to the center for $10, wait there, and bring you back.

InDrive was recommended as a cheaper alternative to hotel reception taxis. Travelers also managed to book the return ride in the app, and Senzo was noted as having Wi‑Fi if you need internet to order a car.

If you do not have a SIM card, one option is to arrange both directions with a street taxi and pay only after you return. Another reported workaround was booking through the hotel, which even provided a basic phone to call the driver for the return trip.

Booking through the hotel reception can work for larger groups: one reported fixed rate was $20 round trip for 8 people, and about $15 round trip for up to 5 people.

Some travelers specifically asked whether a particular driver could be trusted and whether others had already used him for trips such as duty free runs. In practice, people tend to look for drivers with proven rides on common tourist routes.

Not every driver will accept a low negotiated fare. In one case, the taxi driver refused the price and the travelers switched to InDrive instead, which is useful when bargaining fails.

Reported benchmark fares from previous trips were about $5 to Soho Mall and around $10 to Old Town. One driver also shared mobile internet and waited outside a shop while the passengers were inside.