Day 01
Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo and Khan El Khalili
- Our Egyptologist will pick you up and take you to the centre of Cairo, where you'll begin your trip at the Egyptian Museum in Al Tahrir Square to see over 25,000 incredible works of art from the Pharaonic period. The museum's extensive masterpieces display Egyptian history from Cheops to Cleopatra.
- Then, we will visit the site where Howard Carter unearthed the precious artifacts of the young King Tutankhamun in 1922, including the life-sized, solid gold death mask. After that, you'll have some free time to admire the greatness of Egypt's pharaohs or explore the museum's ancillary galleries to learn more about ancient Egyptian life.
- Moreover, we will visit Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 2011 movement that gripped the world.
- Then we'll have lunch at an Egyptian restaurant.
- In the afternoon, we'll visit Sultan Hassan Mosque in the historic district of Islamic Cairo, often regarded as one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in the world.
- After that, you'll move on to the Coptic Cairo region, where you can see the Hanging Church, built in the third century AD and named for its perch above the gatehouse of the Roman fortress of Babylon. The 110 holy icons inside depict stunning religious scenes.
- Next, we'll stop at Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, supposedly constructed where the Holy Family stayed the night before leaving Egypt. The final stop on the tour of Coptic Cairo is the Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra, named for the Geniza (storeroom) discovered there in the 19th century, which housed a treasure trove of forgotten Hebrew secular and religious writings.
- Finally, we'll visit Khan El Khalili Bazaar, often regarded as Egypt's most recognizable bazaar.
- At the end of the tour, our representative will take you back to your hotel.
