3 days pyramids ,Saqqara, GEM ,Egyptian museum & Alexandria

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Egyptian museum /Saladin Citadel /alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali & Coptic Cairo
4 stops
1
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Your private tour guide will escort you to visit the Egyptian museum of antiquities in Tahrir square which displays the largest collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
2
Cairo Citadel
The medieval fortress of Saladin was built in 1171AD to fortify Cairo against the attacks of the crusaders. It’s built on top of the Moqqattam mountain some 70 meters higher above the ground. Inside the Citadel are many mosques and palaces , your tour guide will escort you to visit the alabaster mosque of king Mohamed Ali , the largest mosque in the Citadel.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
3
Mosque of Muhammad Ali
This alabaster mosque of king Mohamed Ali is one of the largest mosques in Cairo built in 1836 on the same style of Aya Sophia mosque in Istanbul. It was built in 1836 AD by king Mohamed Ali who reigned Egypt between 1805-1849
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
4
Coptic Cairo
Visit the hanging church/ Ben Ezra synagogue & Saint Sergius Church which comprises the crypt where the Holy family rested after their journey into Egypt
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Giza pyramids/ Saqqara & Memphis
3 stops
5
Pyramids of Giza
Your tour guide will pick you up and escort you to the mind blowing Giza pyramids and the great Sphinx which are the largest and last surviving of the seven wonders of ancient world.
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
6
Great Sphinx
It is the largest Sphinx ever carved crouching in front of the Giza pyramids as a guardian for the cemetery and dates from 2600BC
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
7
Step Pyramid of Djoser
The step pyramid of king Djoser in Saqqara cemetery is the oldest pyramid in Egypt built 2700BC
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 3
Alexandria city
3 stops
8
Pompey's Pillar
On arrival to Alexandria your tour guide will escort you to visit Pompey’s pillar which was erected in the Roman era circa 333AD . It’s 26- m tall and made of pink granite stands in the ruined temple of Serapis.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
9
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Catacomb of Kom el shokafa is the largest and best preserved in the world and discovered in 1900 by donkey cart when it fell in a 30 m deep well . It dates from the Roman era circa 300AD . It started as a private tomb for a single wealthy family and with the passage of time became a collective tomb
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
10
Citadel of Qaitbay
It was built in 1471 AD by the slave king Qaitbey to fortify the city against the attacks of the Turks , built the same spot where the ancient lighthouse was erected .
1 hour • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

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