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(09 Nights / 10 Days )
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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. Professional Egyptology English Speaking guide will meet you and accompany you by private air-conditioned 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.C. In the front of the Pyramid of Khephre, we find the. The body of a lion with the head of a king or God . Then 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. then drive back to your hotel. drive back to the hotel. Overnight in Cairo. |
Day 3: |
Breakfast at hotel Check-out. Professional English Speaking guide will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to 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 (Ahmed IBN TULUN ) Mosque It is the oldest original mosque and the largest in Egypt It incorporates a number of unique features, such as the external spiral staircase of the unusual minaret (the only one of its type in Egypt) which is similar to the famous Samarra Mosque in Mesopotamia. Then Visit Sultan Hassan Mosque this mosque was used also as school or Madrasa, It is one of the extraordinarily wonderful Islamic Monuments in the Islamic World. Actually if Ancient Egypt has to proud of the Pyramids of Giza, Islamic Egypt has to be proud of the Sultan Hassan Madrasa. 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 Gigis The image of St George as a Roman soldier mounted on a fine Arabian horse and spearing a drragon is a familiar one throughout Old Cairo, where there are two facilities dedicated to him.. Then Drive to Railway Station to travel by Sleeping Train (To Luxor Hot dinner and Breakfast on board (can be served in your cabin or restaurant according your choice). Overnight in Sleeping Train. |
Day 4: |
Breakfast On Board Train. Arrive Luxor Our Rep will meet you with the sign of your name to accompany you by private car to transfer to your hotel. Our Professional Egyptology English Speaking guide will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to Visit West Bank; Valley of Kings Egyptian thought that (To speak the name of the dead is to make him live again is certainly carried out in the building of the tombs), where the ancient Egyptians entombed their leaders. Many tombs have been raided, and many artifacts are in museums worldwide, but the guide will tell you interesting stories as you soak in the atmosphere. Then visit Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is one of the most dramatically situated in the world. The queen's architect, Senenmut, designed it and set it at the head of a valley over shadowed by the Peak. Visit Colossi Of Memnon which Amenhotep III, built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic statues on the outer gates they called "colossi of Memnon." Then Cross to visit East Bank ; visit Karnak Temple built over 2000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amon, Mut and Khons. Karnak can be a confusing place, its buildings spanning a long period in Egyptian history. Then visit Luxor Temple the center of the most important one, the festival of Opet (Once a year the divine image of Amun with his consort Mut and their son Khonsu would journey in their sacred barques from Karnak Temples to the temple at Luxor to celebrate the festival which was held during the inundation.. Then drive back to your hotel & Overnight in Luxor. |
Day 5: |
Breakfast at hotel Professional Egyptology English Speaking Guide will meet you at your hotel to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to transfer To Aswan. Rest in the way Then Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu where the temple was excavated last century by Auguste Mariette. Its courtyard and surrounds were buried beneath sand and also houses built by local villagers. Deep within the temple is the sanctuary where a statue of Horus would have been cared for by priests. Then drive to Kom Ombo visit Temple of Kom Ombo the temple is unique because it is in fact a double temple, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Drive to Aswan , Arrive Aswan Lunch at Oriental Restaurant. 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. 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 Transfer to Aswan Railway Station to travel back to Luxor By First Class Seating Train. Arrive Luxor Our rep will meet you at Luxor Railway Station to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to Transfer to Your Hotel. Overnight in Luxor |
Day 6: |
Breakfast at hotel & Check-out. Then our Rep will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to transfer to Domestic Luxor Air-Port to fly to Sharm El-Sheikh . Arrive Sharm Airport , then meet Our Rep in Sharm to transfer you by Air-Conditioned Car to your hotel for check-in. Overnight in Sharm. |
Day 7: |
Breakfast at hotel. enjoy the Sun, Sea & free time. our Rep will meet you at your hotel in Sharm to transfer by Private air-conditioned car to St. Catherine ,Arrive St. Catherine then Around 12:00 Midnight start your climbing to visit the Mount of Sinai, Mount of Profit Moses where he received the 10 Commandments, as he is the only Human who God talked to directly without having the Angel Gabriel there as a translator, or as the monks call it 'The Holy Peak', stands 2500m above sea level, the summit a 2-3 hour walk from The Monastery at its foot. |
Day 8: |
At 08:00 A.M. after descending from the mountain, then visit Saint Catherine's monastery " Opens at 09:00 A.M. Till 12.00 P.M " The Monastery is Closed every Sunday & Friday , was built approximately 1400 years ago by Emperor Justinian, encompassing the great church built by St. Helena, the mother of St. Constantine in 330 AD. This tradition is supported by the fact that monks from the monastery were guided by a dream 3 centuries later to the peak of Saint Catherine’s Mount where they found her body. Saint Catherine's martyrdom was carried to Europe by the Crusaders, and she became accepted as a major saint. Then Transfer by your private Air Conditioned Carfrom St. Catherine back to Sharm , Arrival Sharm , drive you to your hotel , Overnight in Sharm . |
Day 9: |
Breakfast at hotel and check-out. Our Rep will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to Bus Station to travel to Cairo about (490 Km) by Super Jet Bus { air-conditioned, large Seats with Moveable back, TV Video, Snacks and Toilet}. Arrive Cairo Station our Rep will meet with the sign of your name to accompany you by private air-conditioned car to your hotel, check-in and Overnight in Cairo. |
Day 10: |
Breakfast at hotel and check-out. Then Our Rep will meet you to accompany you by private air-conditioned car 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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