Why choose this Cairo tour?
Discover the best places in Cairo and Alexandria. Cairo has many historical places you can’t miss, such as the pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo and Islamic Cairo. Also visit the lovely city of Alexandria, located north of Cairo.
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt Itinerary Breakdown
Discover the best places in Cairo and Alexandria. Cairo has many historical places you can’t miss, such as the pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo and Islamic Cairo. Also visit the lovely city of Alexandria, located north of Cairo.
Itinerary
Day 1: Pyramids of Giza Sakkara
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza, and then you will start visiting Giza plateau where you will see the Pyramids of Cheops “Khufu”, the only remaining of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Memphis and Sakkara, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Then proceed to the Sakkara area where you will visit the step pyramid, the first pyramid ever built in Egypt.
continue to Memphis, Egypt’s ancient capital and administrative center until around 2,200 BC. View the UNESCO-listed sculptures and ruins in its outdoor museum, and behold the star turn: a spectacularly large, fallen statue of Ramses II.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Egyptian Museum, Coptic and Islamic Cairo and Bazzar
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Our representative will pick you up from your hotel to start your tour visiting the Egyptian Museum. The museum has thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts. The cream of the crops is the collection of the boy-king Tut Ankh Amon.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Islamic Cairo, Midan Silah ad-Din, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Then you will move to visit Salah El-Dien Citadel “the Castle of Salah El-Dien” and The alabaster mosque is the most beautiful mosque in Egypt and it was built by Mohamed Ali.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Coptic Cairo, Cairo Egypt
you will visit old Cairo (Coptic Cairo) where you will visit the Hanging Church (Suspended Church). Then move on to the church of St Sergius and Bacchus where you will see the crypt where Merry, Jesus, and Josef the carpenter were hiding during their visit to the region. Then move on to Ben Ezra synagogue that is believed that it is the place where the Pharaoh’s daughter found Moses in the reeds at the Nile River.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
The last visit it will be to Khan El Khalili Bazaar, the oldest and the biggest bazaar in the Middle East. The bazaar is known for trading gold, fine silver, perfumes, copper, brassware, leather, antiques and much more.
At the end of the tour, you will be back to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Alexandria
Stop At: Alexandria, Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate
You will be driven back via an air-conditioned modern vehicle to Alexandria. Upon arrival at Alexandria, you will visit the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, dug in three levels under the ground. The catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa are not only tombs for housing the dead bodies but also it has many artistic features that combine the ancient Egyptian and ancient Roman art.
Then move on to visit Alexandria library “Bibliotheca Alexandrina” to see it from the inside. Then continue your tour to visit Qaitbay citadel that was built at the same spot where the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria stood. At the end of the day tour, you will be transferred back to the cruise ship for your final departure
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
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