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Note That the below Itinerary is only a sample Itinarery.
It can be tailored, changed or order reversed depending on the
requested package and / or Nile Cruise Chain.
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| Arrive Cairo where you will be met by our representative, who will help you with your arrival formalities, then you will be escorted to your hotel for an overnight. |
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Cairo |
Meals |
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| Day 2 |
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Breakfast. Departure from hotel towards some of Egypt's earliest and greatest monuments. We will begin with the Pyramids of Giza, where we'll be awed by their timeless splendor as we watch the light shine on the Great Pyramids of Cheops and Chephren, guarded by the eternal enigmatic visage of the Great Sphinx. There you can have an optional camel ride to the nearby the Great Sphinx that is carved out of a single massive outcrop of limestone. You Can also have an optional visit to Solar Boat Museum, which houses a royal barge built to carry the pharaoh's soul on its afterlife journey.
Also you can have an optional Tour to the necropolis of the capital of the ancient kingdom the city of Memphis & The Step Pyramids of Sakkara, once the greatest city of ancient Egypt. Here we see the Serapeum, an underground complex designed as the resting place for sacred bulls of Apis, and may be able to enter the tombs of the nobles, noted for the unmatched quality of the bas-reliefs sculpted into their walls. After Memphis, we continue our tour to Sakkara, the city of the dead to see the 14 surviving pyramids include the amazing Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Zoser the world's oldest stone building, built in 2686 BC - a ziggurat-like structure.
If you are very concerned about Egypt History you can have an optional tour to Dahshur where you can see the fantastic Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid which is the oldest true pyramid in Egypt and the immediate predecessor of the pyramids that would come later. It is second in size only to the Great Pyramid at Giza. Dahshur forms the southernmost area of the Memphis Necropolis and contains a number of pyramid complexes and monuments. Overnight at hotel. |
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Cairo |
Meals |
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Breakfast. Departure from hotel to begin our tour with the Egyptian Museum. The greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities is, without doubt, that of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It is a place of true discovery and, even after many visits, you will continue to make new and delightful discoveries every time you venture into its many galleries.
After your tour in the Egyptian museum you can have an optional tour to Cairo Citadel which a very intersting place to visit and contain many monuments such as The Mohammed Ali (alabaster) Mosque. The mosque was built in the Ottoman style by Mohammed Ali Pasha, ruler of Egypt, and founder of the country''s last dynasty of Khedives and Kings. The mosque is the Tomb of Mohammed Ali and is also known as the alabaster Mosque because of the extensive use of this fine material from Beni Suef.
After the Citadel you can have an optional visit The Khan El-Khalili Bazaars Where you can test your bargain ability. Khan El Khalili Market was built in 1382 by the Emir Djaharks El-Khalili in the heart of the Fatimid City. Together with the al-Muski market to the west, they comprise one of Cairo''s most important shopping areas. But more than that, they represent the market tradition which established Cairo as a major center of trade, and at the Khan, one will still find foreign merchants. Egyptian buyers generally shop in the area north of al-Badistan and to the west, where prices may be lower. Better deals for gold and silver are to be found west of the Khan along the "street of the goldsellers", and further on one will find the Brass and Coppersmith Markets. You can enjoy bargaing with the sellers and collect some intersting souvenirs. Overnight at hotel. |
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Cairo |
Meals |
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Breakfast. Departure from hotel towards The Old Cairo (Coptic Cairo). The Old Cairo is so named because it is the oldest part of Cairo, and in fact, predates what is now Cairo. The Old Cairo that is known by its famous churches, synagogues and mosques including the Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) which derives its name from its location on top of the southern tower gate of the old Babylon fortress with its nave suspended above the passage.
The Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius) is another 4th-century church, dedicated to two early martyrs and supposedly built on the spot where the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and the infant Christ, rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the fortress. However, the church is dedicated to Sergius and Bacchus, who were soldier-saints martyred during the 4th century in Syria by Maximilan. The main attraction, situated directly under the choir, is the crypt. This crypt contains the remains of the original church where tradition says the Holy Family lived. Originally this crypt was the sanctuary, but became the crypt after the larger church was built.
We will also visit the Synagogue of Ben Izra. Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra, (c.1089-1164), was a Spanish-Jewish scholar. His Bible commentaries combined traditional Jewish interpretation with a critical method of exegesis and emphasis on grammar; his philosophical work followed the Neoplatonic tendency (see neoplatinism) in medieval thought. Ibn Ezra translated an astronomical work from the Arabic into Hebrew, creating a Hebrew prose style for scientific purposes. Liturgic poetry fascinated him; many of his hymns were included in the prayer book of the synagogue. Ibn Ezra traveled widely throughout his life and won many admirers. He was probably the model for Robert Browning''s poem Rabbi Ben Ezra. The remaind of the day is free. Overnight at hotel. |
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Cairo |
Meals |
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| End of program. Our representative will escort you to Cairo International Airport to take your flight back to your home country. |
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Cairo |
Meals |
B |
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