How much duty free can yo bring back?

[XHoneyBeeX]

Hi how much duty free can you bring back? I read some where you had to buy it within a certain time scale??

Also where would be the best place to but Achol and purfume from?
Thanks

[Sekhmet]

DUTY FREE ALOWANCE & DUTY FREE SHOP:- The current allowance (July '08) when returning to the UK is:
Tobacco: 200 cigarettes; or 100 cigarillos; or 50 cigars; or 250 gms of tobacco.
Alcoholic Drinks: 2 litres of still table wine.
1 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume or 2 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine or other liqueurs.
Perfume: 60cc/ml of perfume and 250cc/ml of toilet water.
Other Goods: Gifts and souvenirs to the value of �145.
The duty free shops in Na'ama & Old Sharm are quite basic, I'm told (not been, personally). Directions for the one in Na'ama are as follows: Find the street with the Camel Bar on it - everyone knows it, it's called His Maj the King of Bahrain St. Have the Camel Bar on your left & walk up the road. When you get to the T junction (you will have just come up the "stem", you'll be staring at the side wall of Jolie Ville Resort & Casino & their Italian restaurant, Zigolini's is upper level, with a jeweller, bank & perfume shop underneath. Turn left & keep looking left; past Romeo jewellers & a little further on, still on the left, is the Duty Free. It's barely 2mins from when you stand staring at Jolie Ville. You must take your passport & you have to go within 48hrs of arriving in Sharm.
LEGAL DRINKING AGE IS:- 21 (one poster did find a site that said 18 for beer & 21 for all other drinks but the link no longer works, so I can neither confirm nor deny this.)
Watch out re: perfumes; in resort some are fakes so if we buy, we usually buy from the airport on the way home.
I don't drink, so can't help re: alcohol : )

[XHoneyBeeX]

Hi thanks for that, We dont smoke, or drink much but would like to bring some bottles back! I love my smellys! Thanks for the advice!