Day 01
Giza Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Cairo Citadel
- Meet your Egyptologist guide at your accommodation at around 8:00 AM and drive to the Giza Plateau, where you will visit the marvellous three Pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure.
- Marvel at the Sphinx, also known as Abu el Hol.
- Explore the Valley Temple of King Chephren beside the Sphinx. The Great Pyramid of King Cheops is the only site of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still exists today.
- Proceed with your trip through history with a visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities at Tahrir Square. Built in 1902, it exhibits many items, statues, and treasures, with more than 120,000 masterpieces dating from the ancient Egyptian eras to the Greco-Roman period.
- You may also head to the Mysterious Mummies Room if you wish, with an extra optional ticket.
- Next, see the Citadel of Saladin Al Ayouby, one of the greatest constructions in Islamic Cairo, located near Mokattam Hill. It was established to defend Cairo against the Crusader campaigns and served as the ruling centre of Egypt during the medieval ages.
- Continue to the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha, situated at the highest spot inside the courtyard of the Citadel of Saladin. It is considered one of Cairo's landmarks, with its vast space, beautiful ornaments on its sides and walls, and magnificent domes and minarets.
That will conclude your tour, and you will be dropped off at your hotel.
