Cairo Trip Overview
You will enjoy three days tour package with a private tour guide and a private car. Explore the must visit sites including The Great Pyramids in Giza, Sphinx, The Egyptian Museum, Castle, Alexandria Day Trip
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
You will enjoy three days tour package with a private tour guide and a private car. Explore the must visit sites including The Great Pyramids in Giza, Sphinx, The Egyptian Museum, Castle, Alexandria Day Trip
Itinerary
Day 1: Giza Pyramids, Memphis and Saqqara Day Trip
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Start your tour to The Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus, then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, which dates back to the time of Chephren, visit the Valley Temple of the pyramids & many outstanding photo stops.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara Egypt
Move to visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser in Sakkara home of Egypt’s oldest pyramid, It was built in the 3rd Dynasty for King Djoser. Then Proceed to Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt, Watch the great Statue of Ramses II and the alabaster Sphinx of Memphis.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Memphis and Sakkara, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Memphis was the Capital of Egypt during the Old kingdom, today its like an open-air museum with some artifacts that excavated at the same area, one of the masterpieces there is the colossal statue of Ramses the second.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Egyptian Museum, Citadel & Mohamed Ali Mosque
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Start your tour visiting The Egyptian Museum which has more than 250,000 pieces display a rare collection of Egyptian art Over 5,000 years, as well as Tutankhamen room which has treasure, jewelry and golds which was enclosed in his tomb over 3500 years before it was discovered in 1920 when his tomb was excavated.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Al Abageyah Qism El-Khalifa, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Move to visit the Citadel of Salah El Din which was constructed by Salah El Din on the Moqattam hills in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders. After that visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque which was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came specially from Istanbul and built this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Over 45 years.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Alexandria Day Tour From Cairo
Stop At: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, El Shatby, Alexandria 30100 Egypt
Start the tour with the library of Alexandria; the biggest library in the world now with 8 million books. Visit open court where you can see the statue of Alexander the Great and the statue of Ptolemy the first, which was found underwater nearby. Our guide will explain the design of the library from outside, you will have a chance for some photo stops.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient Roman Amphitheater, Ismail Mahana Road Kom El Dekka Gharb, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
Visit the Roman Amphitheater of Alexandria with the display of the sunken monuments of Alexandria which were discovered under the East harbor of Alexandria.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, 19 Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria Egypt
Visit the church of St. Mark the oldest church in Africa, after which you will visit the old downtown of Alexandria where you can walk through the old city-center of Alexandria. Look at the traditional markets; where everything and anything is sold including traditional Egyptian sweets and treats. The architecture locally has baroque style designs and Italian and French style properties.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, Anfushi Old Alexandria, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
Mosque of Abu al-AThe car will then take you to visit the prettiest and biggest mosque in the city: the Abbo Elabbas Mosque, and the strangest sight outside it: an old funfair where children play on very antique funfair rides and eat candy floss.bbas al-Mursi
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Montazah Gardens, Montaza Palace Al Mandarah Bahri, Qism El-Montaza, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
The car will then take you to the gardens of Montaza. On the way you can quickly have a optional 2 minute stop by the King of Mango and drink at Alexandrian drive thru freshly squeezed juices plus have a photo stop at the memorial of the Unknown Soldier of Alexandria.
The beautiful coastline and all the views of the city are en route to Montaza Palace and gardens which is approx. 25 km away, including the old harbor of Alexandria where we found 7000 monuments underwater.
Once in Montaza Gardens, commonly known as the Love Garden (all romantic couples and families go there) you will visit the royal gardens of King Farouk (the last king in the history of Egypt) and see the royal palaces of Haramlek and Salamlek as well as walk along the famous Montaza bridge and reach the Tea Palace island and see the royal beaches of the queens.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
