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(07 Nights / 08 Days ) 03 Nights Cairo / 02 Nights Aswan / 02 Nights Sleeping Train |
Day 1: |
Upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport you will be met and assisted by our Representative who will be holding a sign bearing your name (Please advise us of your exact international flight details: Airline, flight number and arrival time). Our Rep will guide you through luggage identification, portage and customs clearance. Then he or she will drive you by private air-conditioned car to your hotel and assist you with check-in. Overnight in Cairo |
Day 2: |
Breakfast at Hotel & Check-out Professional Egyptology English Speaking Guide will meet you to accompany you by air conditioned private car to visit The Great three Pyramids one of the seven wonders of the ancient World. The largest and oldest of the Pyramids of Giza is that of Cheops (Khufu) was built in the 4th dynasty about 2960 B. In the front of the Pyramid of Khephre, we find the Sphinx The body of a lion with the head of a king or God . visit Sakkara more ancient site than that of Giza contains tombs and temples spanning a 3,000 year period visiting The Step Pyramid of Djoser. Then visit Memphis the city of Memphis was of great importance throughout Pharaonic history. For much of the time it was the capital of the 'Two Lands (upper Egypt and lower Egypt), but even when Thebes grew to be the royal and religious capital during the New Kingdom. . Then Drive To Railway Station to Travel by First Class Sleeping Train to Travel To Aswan. Hot Dinner & Breakfast on Board Train can be served in your Cabin or at Restaurant according your Choice. Dinner & Overnight on Board Train. |
Day 3: |
Breakfast On Board Train , Arrive Aswan Our Rep will meet you to escort you by private AC car to transfer to Your Hotel Check-in then Professional Egyptology English Speaking guide will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned Car to visit The High Dam a modern wonder built to divert the Nile to prevent flooding and provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt . Then visit Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island ) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple dedicated to the goddess Isis is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. Felucca Trip to View of Elephantine Island by Felucca (sailing boat) The island is very beautiful. Then view of the Agha Khan Mausoleum & View of Botanical Garden by Felucca will find a peaceful paradise, full of shady trees, beautiful flowers and unusual plants among the paved walk ways. it later used as a research station for examining different food and cash crops . Then Back to Your Hotel , Overnight in Aswan |
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Breakfast at Hotel , Free day at Leisure , Overnight in Aswan |
Day 5: |
Breakfast at Hotel , Free at leisure Our Rep will meet you to escort you by private Ac car to transfer to Railway Station to Travel By First Class Sleeping Train to Cairo Train No. 85 Leaves at 18:30 Based on Dinner & Breakfast . Dinner & Overnight on Board Train |
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Breakfast On Board Train. Arrive Cairo Railway Station Professional Egyptology English Speaking Guide will meet you to accompany you by air conditioned private car to visit Egyptian Museum which exhibited collections now exceed 120000 objects ranges from prehistoric era to the Greco – Roman period .It has actually been calculated that if you spend one minute at each exhibit it will take nine months to see the whole collection! Of course, everybody wants to see the treasures from Tutankhamen's tomb - these occupy a large area along almost two side of the upper floor. visit Citadel of SALADIN built by SALADIN in 12th s to the west on a rare clear day. Saladin built this fortress to protect the old city of Cairo. Alabaster Mosque. visit Coptic Cairo; The Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary) is built on top of southern tower gate of the Babylon fortress, thus the name, which liter all translates from Arabic into ‘suspended’. Then visit Jewish Synagogue lying at the end point of Church buildings, is reported to have been erected in the 6th or presumably the 9th Century AD. Visit Mary Girgis The image of St George as a Roman soldier mounted on a fine Arabian horse and spearing a dragon is a familiar one throughout Old Cairo, where there are two facilities dedicated to him. Khan el-Khalili it is both Cairo’s largest tourist trap after the Pyramids, as well as the heart of Islamic Cairo life, a place Islamic Cairo for a reason. It was the heart of Cairo throughout the reigns of the various Islamic Empires that ruled Egypt, and so, not surprisingly, many of the main highlights are Mosques.Then drive back to your hotel , Overnight in Cairo |
Day 7: |
Breakfast at hotel Professional English Speaking guide will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to Alexandria { 270 Km } to visit to visit The Catacombs of Kom El Shokafa is an extensive three level funerary complex with chambers cut out of the rock to a depth of about 35 m. dating back to the 2nd Century A.D. a blend of a very impressive Egyptian and Roman art. Then visit Pompey’s Pillar which is a column of red granite from Aswan that was erected in honor of the Emperor Diocletian, stands around 90 feet high. Visit to Montazah Palace a wonderful spot to enjoy the beauty of Alexandria. The palace is surrounded by great walls from the south ,east, west and with the beach from the north. This area used to belong to Mohamed Ali family. That ruled Egypt from the mid 19th century till 1952.Then Visit Alexandria Library the meeting point of the three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, Egypt has been the cradle of civilizations since ancient times. The ancient city of Alexandria was at the beginning of the third century B.C. the birthplace of the great plan to build a library: the Bibliotheca Alexandria. Then drive back to Cairo . Overnight in Cairo |
Day 8: |
Breakfast at hotel & Check-out . our Rep will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to transfer to Cairo International Airport in where you will be assisted in luggage portage and Through Passport Control Formalities for Final Departure.(Please Advise Your Exact International Flight Details: Air-carrier Name, Flight Number and Departure Time). |
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