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7 Days / 6 Nights
Daily Tour
24 people
English
This Egypt tours will get you to explore Cairo attractions the modern capital of Egypt and Alexandria the capital of Greco and Roman Egypt. we will do our best during this Cleopatra Egypt travel packages to get you to see lots of the local side of Egypt plus the amazing historical places we have in these cities , enjoy during Egypt budget tours Cairo with its history , Giza Pyramids , The Egyptian Museum , Old Cairo with its Bazar Khan El-khalili , the Citadel if Saladin , enjoy Coptic Christian Cairo with its old churches , Alexandria is an interesting place as well ,with its fantastic mixture between old and new , between Europe and Egypt , the people , the streets , the places , all really wonderful , this package is wonderful , enjoy it .
Arrival to Cairo airport, Upon you arrival you will find our Nile Booking representative waiting for you with the sign that has your name on, , then you will be transferred by an A/C car to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast at your hotel , then our Nile Booking Gide will come and pick you up to 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 artefacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewellery, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated.
Visit the Great Giza Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren and you will enjoy a free camel ride.
(Optional) Evening trip to enjoy you dinner on board a Nile cruise for 2 hours including watching Egyptian folk shows.
At the end of the day we will transfer you back to your hotel. Cairo overnight
Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel to start driving to Alexandria , its about 2 and half hours drive , but on the way its still so interesting to see this part of Egypt , your tour to Alexandria will start with the tour to the library of Alexandria, the biggest library in the world – now with 8 million books. Visit it’s open court and free museums.
Note: Alexandria Library is closed on Fridays and on every public holiday. To enter the reading area you will need to purchase an extra ticket.
Then visit the Site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World on which now stands the castle of Qaitbey. 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 the royal beaches of the queens. Continue your tour by visiting the prettiest and biggest mosque in the city: the Abbo Elabbas Mosque, as well as the memorial of the Unknown Soldier of Alexandria and the statue of Alexander the Great.
You can then stop for optional lunch before visiting the church of St. Mark – the oldest church in Africa before driving along the Cornish (30 km) to see the whole city of Alexandria from the sea side which includes the old harbour of Alexandria where we found 7000 monuments underwater. Stop over the famous bridge of Stanley – the modern landmark of modern Alexandria, before visiting the old downtown of Alexandria and walking through the old city-centre of Alexandria: built by Alexander the great. Travel in comfort back to your hotel.
Alexandria has so much to see, feel, eat and buy so if you have time and want to add more to your itinerary – just let us know what you are interested in and we will arrange it for you at the cost price no profit to us.
Breakfast
Free day – optional activities:
- Day Trip to Rosetta where we discovered Rosetta stone.
- Alamein Day Trip; El Alamein is a battle site of the Second World War.
- Alexandria by night.
Overnight in Alexandria
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer back to Cairo. Arrival and move to visit the Step Pyramids of Zoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser.
After that transfer to Memphis which was founded by King Menes, and was the capital of Old Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it was 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 during Egypt luxury tours. Overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast. Free day. optional activities:
– Castle of Salah El Dien , Mohamed Aly Mosque & Old Cairo Tour churches , Khan El-khalili and El-Moez street .
Overnight in Cairo.
Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.