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| Day 01: |
- Arrival at Cairo airport, transfer to hotel & check-in
- CAIRO - Egyptian Museum / Pyramids:
Depart for the Egyptian Museum - The guide will relate the stories of the different kingdoms through the ages and the Tutankhamen Exhibit. After lunch, we visit the Great Pyramids at Cheops, the Pyramids of Khufu , Khafre, and Menkaure, the Sphinx and the Valley Temple of King Khafre. Then we take a visit to see how Papyrus was made in the days of the Pharaohs.
- Back to hotel & overnight. |
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- CAIRO - Islamic and Coptic Cairo:
Depart for Islamic Cairo - we start at the Citadel fortress with a visit to the Mohammed Ali Mosque (the alabaster mosque), and the Green Mosque. (The Citadel was built by Salah al Den the greatest leader of the Moslems after the friends of the prophet, he was a partner with Richard the Lion heart during the Crusades). Then a visit to the Khan El Khalili Bazaar. (lunch covered by client) Later we visit Coptic Cairo home of some of the oldest Christian Churches. Walk where Mary and Joseph walked thousands of years ago.
- Back to hotel & overnight. |
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- SAKKARA / MEMPHIS:
Drive through the countryside to the Sakkara Complex for a visit to the Step Pyramid, the first pyramid to be built, and the surrounding monuments. Your guide will give you details of Imhoteb the builder and how it was built. See the Pyramid of Teti with its inscribed texts, and several private tombs. After (lunch covered by client ) we visit the open air Museum at Memphis where the Colossus of Ramses the II, the largest statue of Ramses the Great can be seen in the place where it was discovered, see the Alabaster Sphinx alongside before returning to Cairo with a stop at a local school of carpet making where you will see the nimble fingered local children weaving carpets and wall hangings.
- Back to hotel & overnight. |
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- ALEXANDRIA
An early departure to Alexandria, meeting place of Anthony and Cleopatra, in the north on the Mediterranean Sea. A brief walk through Montazah Park, where you can see the Kings Palace, then onto the open air Roman Amphitheater, the Catacombs. Visit the Citadel from the Islamic period, where a recent find maybe the Palace of Cleopatra. Drive by the newly rebuilt Library, built to replace the one burnt down during the time of Cleopatra in the popular Seafood district. We return to Cairo for a late arrival.
- Back to hotel & overnight. |
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| Day 05: |
- CAIRO - City Sites:
- FREE DAY For shopping!
- Transfer to Cairo International Airport for Departure. Bon Voyage. |
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