Day 01
Giza Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Saladin Citadel
- Your tour representative will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza at 8:00 AM to begin the program.
- First, enjoy a wonderful tour to discover the Pyramids of Giza: the Great Pyramid of King Khufu, 148 m high, the second pyramid of King Khafre, 137 m high, and the third pyramid of King Menkaure, 68 m high.
- Next, enjoy taking beautiful photos with a professional specialized photographer. Then, continue to visit the Sphinx.
- Continue your tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which displays the largest and most valuable pieces of Egyptian art in the world. It houses a rare collection of more than 150,000 original artifacts dating back up to 5,000 years, including the treasures of the Golden Pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered by Howard Carter in 1921 and dating back more than 3,500 years. The most important exhibit is the Golden Mask, which weighs 11 kg of pure gold, as well as the golden sarcophagus, which weighs 110 kg of pure gold.
- After completing the visit to the Egyptian Museum, you will pass by Tahrir Square, where the Egyptian revolution began in 2011.
- Later, move to Saladin Castle, a defensive fortress dating back to the Middle Ages, built by Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi to protect Cairo against attacks from the Crusaders. It was built of limestone.
- Enjoy visiting the high defensive walls and huge defensive towers. Inside the castle stands one of the most important mosques in Egypt and the Islamic world, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, built between 1830 and 1840. It was constructed with very pure marble, which is why it is called the Alabaster Mosque.
- Finally, take beautiful souvenir photos in the panorama area before returning to your hotel.
