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2 Days
Daily Tour
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If you have limited time in Egypt and you have only couple of days to spend in Cairo, this tour is specifically designed for you. There is no tour in Egypt without giving a visit to the Pyramids of Giza and the Cairo Egyptian Museum.
Mark your first day by visiting the Giza plateau where the only still surviving wonder of the ancient world stands. For about 4500 years, this extraordinary structure has invited the obvious questions: ‘How were we built, and why?’. Years and years of research have given us parts of the answer. During this day, your Egyptologist will answer them all!
In the afternoon, your Egyptologist will escort you to visit one of the world’s most important collections of ancient Egyptian artifacts, the Egyptian Cairo Museum. It lies in the center of Tahrir Square, the spot where the two famous modern revolutions started, the 25th of January “Arab Spring” and the 2013 revolutions.
End of the day, you spend the night at a very nice hotel in Cairo waiting for what comes in the next day.
In the next day you will start your journey to explore the hidden gems of Islamic Cairo, where you will learn more about Islam as a religion & culture.
Later on, you will enjoy spiritual moments where you are going to explore the remains of the Roman, Christian and Jewish attractions.
End your day with a journey that takes you back to the medieval ages where you can explore the Old Market “Souk” named Khan El Khalili
EgyTopia Tours coordinator will pick you up from your hotel in Taba in the very early morning to escort you to the airport heading to Cairo. Your Egyptologist meet you in Cairo to start your remarkable day by visiting the Pyramids of Giza. The Great Pyramid is the only present-day survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, they are among the world’s greatest tourist attractions and never lose their ability to inspire and overwhelm visitors. You will also get the chance to explore the inside of the Great Pyramid which will be the highlight of the day.
Camel Ride (At your discretion): No trip to Egypt would be complete without a ride on a “ship of the desert”, and so you will have an opportunity to mount your individual camel for a short ride across the desert of Giza.
The Sphinx: Enter the temple of the mysterious Sphinx which embodies the body of a lion and head of a king. To get to the sphinx you will walk through the only preserved valley temple in the area meant to be the spot for mummification process in ancient Egypt.
Then, you will enjoy having lunch which will be served in a local restaurant.
Later in the afternoon, continue your marvelous trip by heading to the Egyptian Museum which features thousands of artifacts covering the history of Egypt from Pre-historic era till the Graeco-roman times. The building of the museum itself is a monument as it was fully opened 1902.
After this remarkable day, our coordinator will escort you back to check in a very nice hotel waiting for the next day.
Your Egyptologist will pick you up from your hotel, to enjoy the Cairo religious tour, visiting the most interesting religious sites in the city.
Islamic Cairo Tour is one of the most remarkable tours in Egypt. If you are eager to know more about when and how Islam entered Egypt, how Muslims pray and fast, what are different architectural features of Mamluk and Ottoman style, you should pay a visit to these Islamic attractions.
First you start your day with a visit to the two mosques of Sultan Hassan and Refaei known as the Pyramids of Islamic architecture. Though, they both seem from the same era but the fact is there are about 500 years in between.
The mosque of Refaei is built by one of the royal family of Mohammed Ali, the founder of modern Egypt. It is marked by its richly decorated ceiling and housing tombs for the last Royal Family of Egypt members in addition to the grave of the last King of Iran "The Shah of Iran".
Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa was built in 1356 AD and it is marked by its style as it serves as a school for teaching the Four Sects of Sunni Islam. The arched ceiling of the main prayer hall is the most beautiful ever in Islamic architecture.
Then, wrap your day tour by visiting Coptic Cairo or Old Cairo as called by the modern Egyptians. According to researchers, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt. To learn more about Coptic Cairo's rich history, check out neighborhood attractions like Hanging Church and that of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church or the Cavern Church. You'll also find a significant Jewish monument, the Ben Ezra Synagogue which was a church converted to a synagogue. End of the tour, pay a visit to the Coptic Museum with all what it houses from the treasures of Christian Egypt brought from different monasteries and churches.
Wrap up your day by walking through old Islamic Cairo. Walk in El Muizz street, which has the greatest open-air Islamic museum in the whole world. You will explore the winding alleyways of the famous Khan El Khalili market, the major Souk in Islamic Cairo.
Finally, EgyTopia coordinator will escort you to Cairo Airport to fly back to Taba.
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