3 Days /2 Nights
private
1-15
everyday
This short package tour will be a good choice for those who do not have time and want to find out the magnificent sites in Cairo and Alexandria to enjoy the marvel view of the Mediterranean Sea.
With this short tour, you will visit Giza Pyramids, The Valley Temple, The Great Sphinx, The Egyptian Museum, Saqqara, Memphis, Moez Street, Citadel of Saladin, The Catacomb Tomb, Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria library, and Pompey’s Pillar.
After enjoying the Breakfast in your hotel, Pickup from your hotel in Cairo and then met by your personal guide who will accompany you to:
Giza pyramids
One of the most mysterious seven wonders of the ancient world (and the only one that still exists.)
– Pyramid of Khafre
-Pyramid of Menkaure
Saqqara Step Pyramid
Also known as the “Step Pyramid,” Djoser’s Pyramid stands in the Saqqara Necropolis.
The pyramid consists of six mastabas and inside the pyramid there are galleries and wells dug directly into the rock, in which a deposit of mummies of the royal family was found.
MitRahina(Memphis) statue of Ramses II.
The only remaining evidence of Memphis is this noteworthy open-air museum, built around a magnificent fallen colossal limestone statue of Ramses II. Its position on its back gives a great opportunity to inspect the carving up close – even the pharaoh’s nipples are very precise. Its twin is the statue that stood in Midan Ramses in Cairo until 2006 when it was moved to stand guard by the Grand Egyptian Museum construction site.
Back to your hotel.
You will be met by our private Egyptologist English-speaking guide at your hotel to accompany you by a private A/C car to visit The Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum is the oldest museum in the world entirely dedicated to Egyptian culture, which is why there is a private guide who talks and explains the fundamental stages of its formation, from the birth of the collection to the present day.
After that, you will move to visit the outstanding Citadel of Saladdin,
Citadel of Saladdin
where you will be able to see the Mosque of Mohamed Ali, the founder of modern Egypt, and his mosque built in the Turkish style and called the Alabaster Mosque.
Then you will go ahead to visit the significant places of Islamic Cairo.
Souk of Khan el-Khalili.
Khan el-Khalili is one of Cairo’s main attractions. This is the souk of the old city, a large market as crowded as it is noisy, but with spicy and unique colors and scents.
We will cross its labyrinthine streets, real open-air museums. The best place in town to buy souvenirs and copies of Ancient Egyptian artifacts.
Back to your hotel in Cairo
Our private Egyptologist will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo early to accompany you in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle to start your private day tour to Alexandria. After 3 hours of driving, you will arrive at Alexandria.
You will start your day tour at the Catacomb which has three levels underground with beautiful reliefs depicting the mixture between the Greco-Roman and ancient Egyptian styles. After that, you will go to Pompey’s Pillar which has nothing to do with Pompey, and our guide will tell you why.
Then we stop for lunch including fish, chicken, or vegetarian options.
After lunch, move ahead to the new library of Alexandria and Citadel of Qaitbay.
Then go back to Cairo.
