Highlights & Tour Itinerary
Highlights
- Visit the Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx.
- See the treasures of the Egyptian Museum.
- See the Catacombs in Alexandria.
- Stroll the streets of Old Cairo.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Cairo Airport – Cairo Hotel
Welcome to Egypt! Our representative meets you at Cairo Airport before the passport control area to assist you. Cairo is a fascinating city and home to the mighty Nile, the longest and the most vital river in the world. Transfer to your hotel in Cairo (accommodation throughout the tour not included). Check in; remaining time of the day free.
Day 2: Giza Pyramids & Sphinx – Egyptian Museum – Cairo Hotel
Enjoy an amazing tour to the iconic Giza Pyramids. Khufu's pyramid is the northernmost and largest of the three. In classical antiquity it was considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and is the only one to have survived. Khephren's monument can be easily identified by the casing stones that still cling to its pointed top. The much smaller pyramid of Mycerinus had not been completed by the time of the king's death. The Great Sphinx is part of the funerary complex of Khephren. Its impressive leonine body with the royal head is sculpted in an outcrop of the native limestone. Part of the face, including the nose, has been deliberately damaged. Tour to the Valley Temple. Back in Cairo visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities near Tahrir Square, which its rich collection of objects from Ancient Egypt. A highlight are the precious treasures of Tutankhamon, most famous king of the Ancient Egypt. The museum includes a Mummy Chamber with extra cost. Return transfer to your hotel in Cairo.
Day 3: Cairo Hotel – Alexandria Tour – Cairo Hotel
07:00 pickup from your hotel lobby in Cairo or Giza. Drive 2.5 hours to Alexandria at the Mediterranean Sea, to the second largest city of Egypt. The city was founded by Alexander the Great. Visit to the Fortress of Qaitbay, built in the fifteenth century by Sultan Qaitbay on the ancient Alexandrian style. Continue with the impressive Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, an enormous complex of underground burial chambers, built by the Romans in the second century A.D. Your next stop will be Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new library of Alexandria, opened in October 2002. Its aim is to revive the legendary spirit of the ancient library built by the Greeks in around 300 BC and destroyed by an earthquake in 415 C.E, and to restore Alexandria to its former status as a center for learning and scholarship. Visit to the Pompey’s Pillar, actually a pink granite column with an ornamental capital, which was erected in honor of Diocletian in 302 AD. It marks the ancient site of the Serapeum, built by the Ptolemaic. Return transfer to your hotel in Cairo.
Day 4: Cairo Tour – Cairo Hotel
Transfer to visit Saladin Citadel, located on the spur of the Muqattam hills. It was the seat of government and home of almost all rulers of Egypt. Enjoy visiting the Mohamed Ali Mosque which was erected within the walls of Saladin's Citadel. The alabaster Mohammed Ali Mosque built in 1824 is one of Cairo's landmarks. Continue to Old Cairo which has the remains of old Babylon's fortress walls partially surrounding the Coptic Quarter with the Hanging Church, The Church of St Sergius and the Ben Izra Synagogue. Then, stroll in the narrow alleys of Cairo's most famous bazaar, Khan El Khalili, located in the old area of Al Qahira. Return transfer to your hotel in Cairo.
Day 5: Cairo Hotel – Cairo Airport
Depending on your departure time transfer to Cairo international airport to say farewell and board your flight.
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