3-Day Giza, Cairo and Alexandria Tour with Pyramids and Museum

• Meet your Egyptian tour guide at the airport and begin your tour. On the way, your guide will talk to you about the sites you will visit and other aspects of the tour that may interest you.

• Visit the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus, as well as the Great Sphinx, which dates back to the time of Chephren.

• See the Valley Temple of the pyramids.

• Enjoy a camel ride.

• Continue to Saqqara and visit the Pyramid of Djoser, also known as the Step Pyramid.

• Proceed to Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt.

• See the great Statue of Ramses II and the Sphinx of Memphis.

• Head back to your hotel and take a short rest.

• Witness the Sound and Light show in the Pyramids area.

• Return to your hotel in Cairo for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Get picked up from your hotel by your Egyptian tour guide in the morning.

• Visit the Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 250,000 pieces displaying a rare collection of Egyptian art. For over 5,000 years, Tutankhamen's treasures, jewellery, and gold remained enclosed in his tomb for more than 3,500 years before being discovered in 1920, when the tomb was excavated.

• See the Saladin Citadel of Cairo, constructed by Salah El Din on the Moqattam Hills in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of the Crusaders.

• Continue to the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish architect who came specially from Istanbul to build this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt, who ruled for 45 years.

• Head back to your hotel and take a rest.

• Enjoy your 5-star open buffet dinner with traditional Egyptian music, an Egyptian belly dancing show, and a traditional Tanoura show.

Overnight stay at your hotel.

• Get picked up from your hotel in Cairo and travel to Alexandria.

• Start the tour with the Library of Alexandria, now one of the most extensive libraries in the world, with 8 million books.

• Visit the open court, where you can see the statue of Alexander the Great and the statue of Ptolemy I, which was found underwater nearby. Your guide will explain the library's exterior design, and you will have a chance for photo stops.

• Visit the Roman Amphitheater of Alexandria, including the display of the sunken monuments of Alexandria that were discovered under the East Harbor of Alexandria.

• Head to the Church of St. Mark, the oldest church in Africa.

• View the old downtown of Alexandria, where you can walk through the old city center. See the traditional markets, where everything and anything is sold, including traditional Egyptian sweets and treats. The local architecture features baroque-style designs as well as Italian and French-style properties.

• Visit El Nabi Daniel Mosque, which many people believe to be related to Alexander the Great's tomb. It is said to contain the remains of the scholar and venerated teacher Prophet Daniel and his companion Sidi Lokman el-Hakim, a religious storyteller.

• Optional: Make a lunch stop at a modern fish restaurant or at a famous and traditional Alexandrian food place called Mohamed Ahmed. The Queen of Spain and many famous people go there when they visit Alexandria.

• Optional: Take a break at either a good-quality coffee shop or a traditional shisha cafe.

• Pass through the oldest market area in Mansheya and see the traditional women's markets (zanet etsetat), with very thin and narrow streets. There is also a gold market, where everyone buys wedding and engagement jewellery.

• See 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 rides and eat candy floss. Opposite it, you will find the corniche and the old harbour, where you can see old fishing boats, men fishing, and traditional fishermen making nets. The photos taken here are amazing.

• Continue to see the outside of Quaitbay Castle, built on the same site as the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is a spectacular castle and a great photo stop.

• Go to the gardens of Montaza. On the way, you can make an optional 2-minute stop at the King of Mango for freshly squeezed Alexandrian drive-thru juices and a photo stop at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier of Alexandria.

• The beautiful coastline and views of the city accompany you on the way to Montaza Palace and Gardens, approximately 25 km away, including the old harbour of Alexandria, where 7,000 monuments were found underwater.

• Once in Montaza Gardens, commonly known as the Love Garden, where romantic couples and families go, you will visit the royal gardens of King Farouk, the last king in the history of Egypt. See the royal palaces of Haramlek and Salamlek, walk along the famous Montaza Bridge, reach Tea Palace Island, and see the royal beaches of the queens.

• On your way back, stop at the famous Stanley Bridge, the modern landmark of modern Alexandria.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Cairo.