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2 days trip to Cairo and Giza from Alexandria Port
December 15th & 16th 2009
Private air-conditioned vehicle only for you and your party
Private guide at your own
Tour itinerary:
Day 1) Tuesday Dec.15: Alexandria / Giza tour
As soon as the cruise dock, Memphis Tours representative and your private guide will pick you up from Alexandria Port (7AM) by the cruise exit door and then drive via air-conditioned vehicle to Cairo (230 KM, around 3 hours)
Pay a visit to the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion's body, which dates back to the time of Chephren; the tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramid of Chephren.
Lunch is included through out the tour and will be served at local restaurant with oriental food at Giza area
After that move to visit the Step Pyramids of Zoser at Sakkara, the world's oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser.
Proceed to Memphis, which was the great city of the Old Kingdom and Royal Necropolis for the ancient Egyptians at the early history. See the Colossi statue on Ramses II and ruins of Hathor Temple.
Shopping tour through Giza famous bazaars and Papyrus institutes.
Transfer to Marriott hotel for check into your rooms.
Optional dinner cruise with belly dance show on the Nile while sailing on board 5 stars floating restaurant.
Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2) Wednesday Dec.16: Cairo tour / Back to Alexandria Morning pick up from Marriott hotel and then accompanied by your private guide for an excursion to the Egyptian Museum which features artifacts from the Pharaonic period. The museum displays a rare collection of 5000 years of art which are considered the largest most precious collection of Egyptian artifacts in the world. Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold and jewellery which were enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before its discovery in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated.
Lunch at Hard Rock international restaurant inside Grand Hyatt hotel Cairo.
Then proceed to Salah El Din Citadel, Alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali which was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came especially from Istanbul to build this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled Egypt over 45 years.
Shopping tour at the world famous Khan El Khalili Bazaars, one of the most famous and oldest bazaars in the Middle East.
After that travel via air-conditioned modern vehicle to your cruise in Alexandria Port.
Tour inclusions:
Pick up services from Alexandria Port & return (by the cruise exit door)
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Assistance of our personals through out tours (if senior citizens)
Private English Egyptologist guide through out the 2 days
Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites in Cairo & Giza
Mineral water on board the vehicle during the tour
Lunch meal in a local restaurant on the first day
Lunch meal at Hard Rock Cafe inside Grand Hyatt Hotel in Cairo in the second day
Shopping tours in Cairo
All service charges & taxes
