Cairo Trip Overview
Cairo Layover tour from Cairo airport and enjoy a Visit to Sakkara step pyramid the first pyramid was built in the history, Dahshure where the first true pyramid was built and the great Giza Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Visit the legendry Sphinx and the Valley Temple, The ancient capital Memphis, and Bazaar.
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Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Bus Services
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Cairo Layover tour from Cairo airport and enjoy a Visit to Sakkara step pyramid the first pyramid was built in the history, Dahshure where the first true pyramid was built and the great Giza Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Visit the legendry Sphinx and the Valley Temple, The ancient capital Memphis, and Bazaar.
At 7.00 am your tour guide will pick you up from Cairo airport, he will wait you outside the arrival hall holding a sign in your name to start your tour to Sakkara, the City of the dead with the famous step Pyramid of Djosser the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser.
Continue your tour to visit Dahshure where the first true pyramid was built by king Senefru the founder of the Fourth dynasty and you will visit the bent pyramid and the red pyramid.
Then to Memphis; which was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom and is considered to be a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years the first capital of Egypt and see the Statue of Ramses II.
After that enjoy an excursion to The great Pyramids of Giza, you will star your tour there in the front of the pyramid of the king Cheops which is One of the seven wonders of the ancient world still remain awesome, then you see the pyramid of the king Chephren and the pyramid of the king Mykerinus. then from the best place at the Giza plateau you will see a panoramic view to all the three pyramids together. After that you will move to see the great Giza Sphinx which is lies At the foot of the Pyramids, the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, which dates from the time of Chephren it was discovered in 1912.
Continue your Cairo Layover Tours by a Visit to Old Bazaar of Khan Khalili where it`s a market place for the foreigners coming from many different places to sell their own products on it during Islamic empires time here in Egypt, but right now it become a touristic place which has a lot of shops selling the Egyptian souvenirs and also has a lot of coffee shops where you can take a rest on it after that lovely tour. At the end of your tour you will be escorted back to Cairo airport.
