Is coffee included for free at Hurghada all-inclusive hotels, and how much does coffee cost on excursions (e.g. at the Cairo Citadel)?
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Good ground coffee can be bought at Mango Market — for example arabica with or without cardamom; it can be brewed directly in a cup like instant coffee.
Mango Market, arabica coffee with cardamom
At the Palma hotel, bean coffee from the lobby coffee machine cost around $2 but the taste was disappointing. Travelers ended up buying their own ground coffee and brewing it in the room.
Palma hotel, coffee ~$2
One traveler jokes that hotels used to serve instant coffee sachets — now at least there are bean coffee machines, so it's an improvement even if not perfect.
According to video reviews, Turkish coffee at the hotel lobby bar is free and included in the all-inclusive package.
Turkish coffee at lobby bar — free
On a Cairo excursion at the Citadel, Starbucks coffee costs around $15 a cup — the price shocked many tourists.
Starbucks at the Citadel, ~$15
The view from the Citadel terrace is genuinely beautiful, but Starbucks coffee there is pricey — many call it overpriced for the location.
First impressions from the Citadel excursion also centered on frustration over Starbucks coffee prices there.