Shore Excursion: Overnight Trip to Cairo from Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt
Trip Type: Overnight Tours
Duration: 2 days
Tour Cairo with utmost comfort and cover all highlights of Cairo in 2 days.
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Tour Cairo with utmost comfort and cover all highlights of Cairo in 2 days.
Day 1: Alexandria to Cairo
For your private shore excursions you will depart Alexandria for the approximate 3-hour drive through the high way leading to Africa’s largest city, Cairo. Upon reaching the outskirts of Cairo, you will proceed to the Giza Plateau to discover the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World, the Pyramids of Giza. It is here that three Pharaohs, Cheops, his son Chephren and grandson Mykerinus, erected grand tombs to protect their bodies and their royal treasure as well. You may enjoy a camel ride if you wish as well.
For your private shore excursions you will depart Alexandria for the approximate 3-hour drive through the high way leading to Africa’s largest city, Cairo. Upon reaching the outskirts of Cairo, you will proceed to the Giza Plateau to discover the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World, the Pyramids of Giza. It is here that three Pharaohs, Cheops, his son Chephren and grandson Mykerinus, erected grand tombs to protect their bodies and their royal treasure as well. You may enjoy a camel ride if you wish as well.
Next, drive to the guardian of the mortuary complex, the mysterious Sphinx. Carved out of a solid natural rock around 2500 B.C., the Sphinx has the head of a man, body of a lion and stretches out to a length of 240 feet. the tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. After that 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 Zoser's. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2: Cairo to Alexandria
Have breakfast at the hotel before visiting the Egyptian Museum; the most important depository of Egyptian antiquities in the world. The museum is home to over 120,000 items, only a portion of which are in display in its more than 120 rooms. The artifacts date from 2700 B.C. to the 6th-century A.D. It includes thousands of statues, jewels and the treasure of the boy king, Tutankhamen and visiting his gallery is the highlight of this tour around this amazing museum. Following your visit, you will have lunch at a nearby local restaurant. Then proceed to the banks of the Nile where you will enjoy an amazing felucca sail boat cruise for one hour. You will then you will have a chance to do shopping in a papyrus institute and a souvenir shop.
Day 2: Cairo to Alexandria
Have breakfast at the hotel before visiting the Egyptian Museum; the most important depository of Egyptian antiquities in the world. The museum is home to over 120,000 items, only a portion of which are in display in its more than 120 rooms. The artifacts date from 2700 B.C. to the 6th-century A.D. It includes thousands of statues, jewels and the treasure of the boy king, Tutankhamen and visiting his gallery is the highlight of this tour around this amazing museum. Following your visit, you will have lunch at a nearby local restaurant. Then proceed to the banks of the Nile where you will enjoy an amazing felucca sail boat cruise for one hour. You will then you will have a chance to do shopping in a papyrus institute and a souvenir shop.
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