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 – Alexandria – Montazah Grounds
World Avenue Representative will meet, transfer you to Ramses station to board train to Alexandria. Upon arrival at Alexandria station, you will be transferred to your hotel.
Visit Montazah grounds, it is distinguished by its beautiful gardens and Royal Palace. Montazah palace was built in 1892 by Abbas Helmi Pahsa. Montazah palace was the summer palace and one of the former Egyptian royal family palaces. |
Day (05)
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Alexandria – National Museum, Roman Theatre, Pompey’s Pillar, and Catacombs
This morning visit the Alexandria National Museum, contains about 1,800 artefacts that describes the history of Alexandria throughout the Pharaonic, Roman, Coptic, Islamic, and Modern era. We continue our visit to the well preserved Roman Theatre. The Pompey’s Pillar is located on Alexandria’s ancient acropolis, and was originally part of the temple Colonnade. The Catacomb will be our next visit. The Catacombs known as Kom Al Shuqafa, merge both Roman, Greek and Egyptian cultural points; some statues are Egyptian in style, yet bear Roman clothes and hair style while other features share a similar style. The catacomb is composed of a ground level construction that probably served as a funerary chapel, a deep spiral stairway and three underground levels for the funerary ritual and entombment. |
Day (06)
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Alexandria – The fort Quaitbay, Jewellery Museum, Alexandria Library
The fort of Qaitbay was established in 1477 AD by a Mamluk Sultan “Ashraf Safi Al Din Qait bay” the fort is a 15th century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean. It stands on the tip off Pharos Island where one of the Seven wonders of ancient world “Alexandria lighthouse“ once stood The Fort was built by the ruins of Alexandria lighthouse and its’ location offer a marvellous view of Alexandria. We continue to visit the Royal Jewellery Museum, once was the palace of Fatma El Zahara and is an architectural masterpiece. It contains many rare paintings, decorations and statues. The Jewels collections on display are from the 19th century and are of the Mohamed Ali area. Our last stop is |
Day (07)
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Alexandria
Day at leisure |
Day (08)
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Alexandria – Cairo
Transfer you to Alexandria station to board train to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo station, you will be by World Avenues representative and transferred to your hotel. |
Day (09)
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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$1895,00 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
- 4 nights accommodation in Cairo
- 4 nights accommodation in Alexandria
- Sightseeing tours in Cairo and Alexandria as mentioned with English speaking Egyptologist
- Transfers on arrival and Departure in Cairo, and Alexandria
- All entrance fees per itinerary
- 1st Class train tickets ( Cairo/Alexandria/Cairo)
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- Pyramids, and Sphinx
- Egyptian Museum
- Montazah Grounds
- National Museum of Alexandria
- Roman Theatre
- Pompey’s Pillar
- Catacombs
- Fort Quaitbay
- Jewellery Museum
- Alexandria Library
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- Cairo : Semiramis Inter-cont. or similar
- Alexandria :Renaissance or similar
- Cairo : Concorde El Salam 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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