5-Day History Tour of Cairo, Giza and Alexandria with Saqqara

• Meet your tour guide upon arrival at Cairo Airport, where you will be assisted through passport control formalities and luggage identification. Then, transfer by private A/C car from the airport to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: N/A

• Eat breakfast at the hotel, and at 8 am, enjoy pickup from the hotel by your Egyptologist guide to begin your full-day tour.

• Visit the Giza Pyramids, where you will see the Great Pyramids of Giza - Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos.

• Head towards the Valley Temple, where the priests mummified the dead body of King Chephren, who built the second pyramid at Giza Plateau. It is also the same place where you can have a close-up look at the Sphinx - the legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of King Chephren.

• Take some professional photos of the lion's body and the head of King Chephren. Enjoy lunch between visits at a local restaurant, based on a full meal for each person, but beverages are not included.

• Continue your day tour to the Sakkara area, located only 27 km southwest of Cairo.

• Visit the Step Pyramid, also known as the Zoser Pyramid. It has been considered an important part of the process of pyramid evolution, developing from the simple mastaba to its widely known form. This pyramid has also been considered the first stone structure in the world.

• Drive to Memphis City, the ancient capital of Egypt, where the colossal statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx are located. This city dates back to 3100 B.C.

• End the tour with a transfer back to your hotel.

(Optional) 40 $ P.P Dinner Cruise including transportation, dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show.

Overnight at your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch at a Local Restaurant

• At 7:00 am, transfer from Cairo to Alexandria by A/C vehicle, latest model, after breakfast.

• Start your Alexandria trip by visiting the Roman Theater, a theatre 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.

• Then, visit the Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa, with tombs on three levels. It also contains the Triclinium, where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast on the dead, and a center with reliefs of bearded serpents. Inside, there are 2nd-century AD statues of Sobek and Anubis wearing Roman armor.

• View the Elsawary, Montaza Garden, and Alexandria Library. From the outside, visit the Qaytbay Citadel and El Mursi Abu Elabas.

• Transfer to your hotel for check-in and an overnight stay.

Overnight stay in Alexandria.

Meals: Breakfast

• After breakfast at the hotel, depart by A/C vehicle back to Cairo.

• Start your day tour by visiting the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. On display is a rare collection of 5000 years of art, the most extensive and most precious collection of Egyptian art. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewellery. It was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920s, when his tomb was excavated.

• Visit the old part of Cairo, as Egypt was one of the first countries to embrace Christianity. Visit the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the Hanging Church, and the old Jewish Ben Ezra Synagogue.

(Optional) 50 $ P.P Sound & Light Laser Show at Pyramids area

Meals: Breakfast

• Eat breakfast at the hotel, and at the requested time, the representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you through the final departure formalities.

Meals: Breakfast