CAI is not a nice airport. Relatively disorganized, substandard lounges, security which does not make you feel safe.
Transit, especially with a terminal change can be very time consuming, but it is doable.
Personally I would do an overnight in one of the hotels close to the airport (Heliopolis area). They all provide some kind of transportation (some are free, some charge). Getting a visa is easy, just line up at the bank first to pay the fee, then go to an immigration counter.
Yo can find relatively inexpensive flights to CAI from Europe. Aegean from MUC occasionaly is below 150 Euro, from others below 200.
Last edited by Unterwegs; Dec 9, 2016 at 1:31 am