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Where are souvenirs cheapest in Hurghada — near hotels, fixed-price shops, or at the pyramids on excursions?

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TL;DR

Souvenirs in small shops near hotels on the Mamsha strip are 2-3 times cheaper than big stores like Sensow; on pyramid excursions, small trinkets like magnets and mini-pyramids are often cheaper than in Hurghada itself.

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Souvenirs can be bought at a regular Fix Price supermarket — it has almost the same range as souvenir shops and the old town, but noticeably cheaper (plus groceries and other goods there too).

Fix Price store

A bargaining trick works well: confidently telling the seller you saw the same souvenir cheaper elsewhere gets the price lowered — for example, one buyer got it down from $12 to $6 this way. Just asking for a discount without this claim works less well.

Bargaining tactic — claim you saw it cheaper

Across the road from the Magno store there's a spot selling cheap souvenirs — prices there seemed lower than around Hurghada in general.

Across from Magno store

On a pyramid excursion, small souvenirs like mini-pyramids and magnets turned out cheaper than in Hurghada — worth comparing prices at your hotel shops first, then at the pyramids.

Souvenirs at the pyramids

Inside a large shopping mall, on the 3rd (or 2nd) floor, there's a souvenir shop with fixed prices — look on the right side as you enter.

Fixed-price souvenir shop, 2nd-3rd floor

A small shop near the hotel on the Mamsha promenade turned out three times cheaper than the big Sensow store.

Mamsha promenade shop vs Sensow store

A fixed-price souvenir store only accepts payment in Egyptian pounds, not cards or dollars.

Fixed-price store — cash in EGP only

At a shop across from the hotel, the cashier correctly charged prices as marked on the packaging, no markup.

Shop across from the hotel

Comparing souvenir prices between a large store and a small shop near the hotel showed the small shop was three times cheaper — worth checking a few spots before buying.

Shop near hotel — 3x cheaper

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