6 Days Cairo, Alexandria & Luxor Tour

In the morning, a tour guide and driver will pick you up for your vacation in Egypt from your hotel in a private, air-conditioned car to start your wonderful tour to visit as follows...

Giza Pyramids

The Pyramids of Giza are the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still preserved today, and therefore one of the most famous buildings in the world. The three major pyramids of Giza include the Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Mycrinus.

Queen Pyramids
Some other smaller secondary pyramids, where for example the women of the pharaohs were buried, as well as labor villages, temples and tombs.

Great Sphinx statue in Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest Egyptian statue. It was carved from the limestone of the Giza plateau and represents a recumbent lion with a human head and the so-called veil of a nemes. Originally, the Sphinx was painted red ocher and had a chin beard, but this fell into antiquity.

The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities
Your trip will continue with a visit to the Egyptian Museum, where artifacts from the Pharaonic era are located. The museum displays a rare collection of 5,000 years of art, considered the most valuable collection of Egyptian art in the world.

More than 25,000 artifacts are on display, including an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamun's treasure, furniture and jewelry, kept in his tomb for more than 3,500 years before being discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Then continue to lunch at a local restaurant.

lunch
We'll take a break and take the opportunity to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant and Egyptian food (drinks not included).

Khan El Khalili Bazaar
After visiting the Egyptian Museum go see the beautiful Khan El Khalili, the famous Cairo main market. It is always crowded with tourists and locals alike. It is the beating heart of the Egyptian capital. Unleash yourself in the different markets where you will actually find everything and buy some nice local handicrafts.

When the trip is over, you'll go back to your hotel.

This is a private tour, we will pick you up and transfer you to Alexandria. Three hours from Cairo is beautiful Alexandria, the second most important city in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, which was one of the most important cultural and commercial centers of antiquity.

We arrive in Alexandria in the morning and start our tour with a visit...

Catacombs
The catacombs in Kom El Shoqafa, which were built in the Roman era. They have three levels and their decoration shows a juxtaposition of the Egyptian and Roman pantheon.

Pompeii Column
Pompey's Column, a granite column 25 meters high on the upper side, is a Greek relief dedicated to Emperor Diocletian, who liberated the located city and brought food to its starving inhabitants.

Alexandria Library
We will visit the new Library of Alexandria, whose design refers to the god Amun-Ra and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. In addition to several libraries, there is a planetarium, three museums, a laboratory, and a printing press.

Note: The library is closed on Friday and Saturday (it is visible from the outside only).

Abu al-Abbas Mosque
We will also pass the beautiful Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque, an architectural marvel constructed between 1929-1945 influenced by the buildings of ancient Egypt in Cairo. Then go to lunch at a local restaurant.

Lunch
After midday, we will take a break and have lunch in a restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean, to replenish our energy. The meal usually consists of Egyptian dishes and options include meat dishes, rice and salads (drinks not included)

Qaitbay Citadel
From the outside, we will also see the Citadel of Qaitbay built on the site of the ancient pharaohs (Light House) in Alexandria, a defensive fortress built in 1480 by Ashraf Abu al-Nasr, Seif al-Din Qaitbay, who became a slave. Sultan.

After the tour, we will take you back to the hotel in Cairo.

After a hearty breakfast, you'll be driven by private A/C car to Cairo International Airport, where you'll catch a domestic flight to Luxor. 

your guide will accompany you to visit ...

Karnak Temple
Karnak Temple is the largest in the world, and it has ruins dating back to the twenty-first century BC, in addition to many other monuments covering the seventh century AD. In other words, nearly 3,000 years of history in one temple.

Luxor temple
Luxor Temple, built by Amenhotep III and then expanded by Ramses II, is the only temple that includes Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic and Islamic monuments.

Later you will be transferred to Aswan from Luxor by a private air-conditioned vehicle.

When the trip is over, you will be taken back to your hotel.

After a hearty breakfast, you'll be driven to the West Bank to explore:

Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings, where wonderful tombs were discovered, those tombs were dug in the rocks of the desert, richly decorated and full of treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Continue the tour to visit the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, this magnificent temple dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh rises from the desert plain in a series of terraces and merging with the limestone cliffs that surround it.

Statue of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two colossal stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and the reason behind their construction was to protect the funerary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

You will be transported to your Cairo hotel in a private air-conditioned car.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure.