Tour Itinerary |
Day (01)
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Cairo
Arrive Cairo international airport, upon arrival you will be met by World Avenues representative and transferred to your chosen hotel. |
Day (02)
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Cairo – Pyramids and Sphinx
This morning explore one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Giza, and the nearby mysterious Sphinx carved from a single block of limestone. |
Day (03)
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Cairo – Egyptian Museum
This morning visit the fabulous Egyptian Museum, home to priceless antiquities; including statues, reliefs, sarcophagi, and the King Tutankhamun’s treasures discovered in the valley of the kings in Luxor by Howard Carter in 1922. |
Day (04)
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Cairo – Islamic Cairo
This morning we will explore the medieval Islamic quarter, the Citadel built in 1176 by Salah El Din to defend Cairo from the crusaders, Mohamed Ali Mosque known as the Alabaster Mosque, then we continue our visit to Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa (school), it is considered stylistically the most compact and unified. It is an example of a Mamluk architecture was built in 1356 - 1363. We end our visit with a truly amazing atmosphere, a place where you can bargain the Khan El Khalili bazaar once known as the Turkish bazaar. |
Day (05)
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Cairo – Old Coptic Cairo
Old Coptic Cairo known as ( Masr al Qadima ) it is the oldest part of Cairo. The Roman built a fortress known as “Babylon”, some of these walls still exist today. After the spread of Christianity throughout Egypt, it became a Christian stronghold, with as many as 20 churches, now only 5 remain. We will visit the church of St. Sergius 4th century AD oldest church, where the holy family rested. The Hanging church, built in the 7th century on 4th century church site on top of the Roman wall. Ben Ezra synagogue, built in 882 surrounding grounds originally a property of the church, was acquired by the Jews in return for “kantars of gold”, the basilica-style synagogue contains a Jewish heritage library, inaugurated in 1997. Continue to the Coptic Museum, founded in 1910 to fulfil the needs of displaying monuments referred to the period in order to easily trace the history of Christianity in Egypt. The objects displayed rise up to 16000 pieces approximately, arranged as possible in chronological order in 12 different sections. The display had been set according to scientific measures.
Dinner with show on a Floating Restaurant |
Day (06)
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Cairo
World Avenues Representative will escort you to Cairo international airport for your onward flight home. |
| Package Rate |
May 1 – September 30, 2008 |
starting from US$1515,00 per person in a double |
Package rates during Peak periods to be advised upon reservation request
Above rates exclude International flight tickets To/From Egypt
- Breakfast daily in Cairo
- 5 nights accommodation in Cairo
- Sightseeing tours in Cairo, cruise and Alexandria as mentioned with English speaking Egyptologist
- Transfers on arrival and Departure in Cairo, Aswan, Luxor and Alexandria
- All entrance fees per itinerary
- Dinner on Floating Restaurant
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- Pyramids, and Sphinx
- Egyptian Museum
- The Citadel
- Mohamed Ali Mousque
- Sultan Hassan Mousque
- Khan El Khalili Bazaar
- St.Sergius Church
- Hanging Church
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
- Coptic Museum
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- Cairo : Semiramis Inter-cont. or similar
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- International airline ticket not included
- US citizens will need an entry visa to Egypt – This can be arranged on arrival – at a cost
- For your arrival and departure transfer flight information will be needed
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Cairo:
- From 01st July till 15th July
- From 15th July till 01st September
- From 01st October till 31st October
Alexandria
- 01st July till 03rd September
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