1st day Arrival to Cairo airport, our representative will
assist you through passport control formalities, luggage
identification & portage will greet you. From
the airport you will be transferred by a private A/C
car to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.
2nd day Breakfast.
Start your full day visiting The Great pyramids
- Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions.
Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a
close-up look at the sphinx - a huge funeral complex
guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of
king Chephren. Then visit the Step pyramid in Sakkara
(Visit Sakkara & Memphis), See the earliest
monumental stone tractor in Egypt, a stepped pyramid
built for King Zoser (c. 2650 BC). Then visit the
cemetery for Memphis, used continuously for
3,000 years. See the earliest monumental stone tractor
in Egypt, a stepped pyramid built for King Zoser (c.
2650 BC).
(Optional) Dinner Cruise including transportation,
dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show, Horse show.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
3rd day
Breakfast.
Start your full day visiting the Egyptian museum
of antiquities. On display is a rare collection of
5000 years of art the largest most precious collection
of Egyptian art in the world. Over 250,000 genuine
artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated
to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold,
and jewelry, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over
3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s
when his tomb was excavated. Then visit the renowned
Saladin Citadel that was built by Saladin in
the 12th Century and was the seat of power for the
following 700 years. On the premises is the Alabaster
Mosque of Mohammed Ali, one of the landmarks in
Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any part of the
city. The Mohammed Ali mosque was built in Turkish
style, very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey.
Then start your visit to Khan El Khalili Bazaars.
Shops in this district are legendary for fine brassware,
copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques
and more! At the end of the day we will transfer you
back to your hotel.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
(Optional) Sound & Light laser show.
4th day
Breakfast. Free Day.
(Optional) Start your full day tour to Alexandria
(Full day Greco-Roman Museum, the Roman Theater
& the Catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa with Lunch):
Transportation Cairo-Alexandria-Cairo (by air conditioned
bus) includes a visit to Greco-Roman Museum
(Filled by collection, which covers the period from
the 3rd Century BC to the 7th century AD. Like Mummies,
Hellenistic statues, bust of Roman Emperors, Tanagra
figurines & early Christian antiquities). Followed
by a visit to The Roman Theater (A theater
with marble seats up to 800 spectators, Galleries,
Section of mosaic flooring & a pleasure garden
surrounded by Roman Villas & baths). Followed
by lunch. Then a visit to The Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa
(Tombs on three levels, also contains the Tri-cilium
where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast
the dead, a center with relieves of bearded serpents,
Inside are 2nd Century AD statues of Sobec & Anubis
wearing Roman Armor). Then visit The Montazah Garden
and Alexandria Library. The tour includes lunch.
Back to Cairo by air conditioned bus.
Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
5th day
Breakfast at the hotel
our representative will transfer you to the airport
and assist you at the airport through final departure
formalities.
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