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

Upon arrival at Cairo Airport, meet your Egyptologist tour guide and begin your full-day tour to the Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos.

Visit the Valley Temple, where the priests mummified the dead body of King Chephren.

Get a close look at the Sphinx, the legendary guardian that stands by the huge funerary complex with its lion body and the head of King Chephren.

Stop for a filling lunch at a local restaurant.

Continue your day tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which displays the most precious items of Egyptian art in the world. It exhibits a rare collection of over 250,000 genuine artifacts dating as far back as 5000 years. Move on to an exclusive exhibition dedicated to Tutankhamon - a collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry buried in his tomb for over 3,500 years before they were discovered in the 1920s during excavation.

Walk into Khan El Khalili Bazaar. The numerous shops in this district are known for trading fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, and antiques.

At the end of the tour, you will be provided with transportation back to your hotel.

After breakfast, begin your visit to Alexandria in an air-conditioned vehicle.

Upon arrival in Alexandria, begin your tour of the Roman Theater, a theater with marble seats for up to 800 spectators, galleries, a section of mosaic flooring, and a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman villas and baths.

Visit Pompey's Pillar.

Head to see the Catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa, with three levels that also contain the Triclinium, where relatives would sit on stone benches to feast the dead, as well as 2nd-century AD statues of Sobek and Anubis wearing Roman armor.

Explore Elsawary, Montazha Garden, and Alexandria Library.

Get a glimpse of the Qaitbay Citadel and El Mursi Abu Elabas.

Return to Cairo.

After breakfast at the hotel, get transport to the airport.