Abdeen Trip Overview
If you have medium or long transit in Cairo you need to enjoy private guided trip to the best attractions of Egypt visit Giza pyramids where your local Qualified Egyptologist guide will give you historical about ancient Egypt explore the famous pyramids then go to the grand mosque of Egypt located at the citadel known as the alabaster mosque of Muhammad Ali then end your day with a visit to Old Cairo where you see some of the earliest christian churches at Middle east from 300 AD. This tour includes private transfers by air conditioned vehicle, expert tour guide, snacks bag and bottled water.
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Abdeen, Egypt
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Layover Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Abdeen, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
If you have medium or long transit in Cairo you need to enjoy private guided trip to the best attractions of Egypt visit Giza pyramids where your local Qualified Egyptologist guide will give you historical about ancient Egypt explore the famous pyramids then go to the grand mosque of Egypt located at the citadel known as the alabaster mosque of Muhammad Ali then end your day with a visit to Old Cairo where you see some of the earliest christian churches at Middle east from 300 AD. This tour includes private transfers by air conditioned vehicle, expert tour guide, snacks bag and bottled water.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Starts At 8:00 am Pickup from your hotel in Cairo by our expert tour guide then you will be transferred to Giza City by Private A/C Vehicle to Start your day Tour Visiting Giza Pyramids where you see the Great Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is the Valley Temple where the dead body was mummified it`s also the same place where you can get a close-up look at the Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Great Sphinx, Al-Haram, Giza Egypt
then The Sphinx – The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), Giza Egypt
The only completely preserved portrait of the king is a three-inch high ivory figurine found in a temple ruin of a later period at Abydos in 1903. All other reliefs and statues were found in fragments, and many buildings of Khufu are lost. Everything known about Khufu comes from inscriptions in his necropolis at Giza and later documents. For example, Khufu is the main character noted in the Westcar Papyrus from the 13th dynasty.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Khafre’s Pyramid, Al Haram, Giza Egypt
Khafre’s pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, the Sphinx temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple and the king’s pyramid. The valley temple yielded several statues of Khafre. Several were found in a well in the floor of the temple by Mariette in 1860. Others were found during successive excavations by Sieglin (1909–10), Junker, Reisner,
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Menkaure Pyramid, Al Ahram, Giza 11511 Egypt
Menkaure’s pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple, and the king’s pyramid. The valley temple once contained several statues of Menkaure. During the 5th Dynasty, a smaller ante-temple was added on to the valley temple. The mortuary temple also yielded several statues of Menkaure.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Old Egypt For Fine Art, El Moez Ledin Allah El Fatemy st. Azhar, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Then visiting the Old Cairo that known as Christian Coptic Cairo which is Among the most important locations visited by the Holy Family where the spiritual impact of their presence is most felt still; though their stay was brief, for the Governor of what was then Fustat enraged by the tumbling down of idols at Jesus’ approach sought to kill the Child. But they took shelter from his wrath in a cave above which, in later years, the Church of Abu Serga (St Sergious) was built. This and the whole area of the Fort of Babylon is a destination of pilgrimage not only for the Egyptians but for Christians from around the world. An air of piety and devotion pervades the whole district there. Also There you will be able to visit and Enter the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the hanging church, and the old Jewish synagogue – Ben Ezra Synagogue.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cairo Citadel, Salah Salem St, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Then visit The Citadel Of Saladin where you visit Mohamed Ali Mosque that knows as The Alabaster Mosque
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
End your day tour by a visit to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques etc. At the end of the day, we will transfer you back to your hotel.
Duration: 30 minutes
