Pick you up from your hotel in Hurghada by air-conditioned bus to Hurghada domestic airport for your flight to Cairo, where you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide to visit the famous Giza Plateau , home of Egyptians signature attractions to visit the Great Pyramids, One of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world including the Great Pyramid of Cheops, middle pyramids of Chephren and the little one of Mykerinos and mysterious Sphinx, the Father of Terror for the ancient pharaohs. The tour includes visit to the valley temple facing the great sphinx and you may visit the solar boat that is a boat used to ferry the pharaohs mummy across the Nile, and then buried at the foot of the pyramid for his use in the afterlife lunch en route included .
Then you will be transferred to visit the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiquities that was built in neo-classical style designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon which exhibited collections now exceed 120000 masterpieces ranges from pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King Tutankhamen, Pharaonic Gods and Goddess you may also visit the mummies room at the Egyptian Museum for a back ground about the Egyptian civilization and the mummification art in ancient Egypt.
Then you will be move on to visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the hanging church or the suspended church this basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon the church became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt Afterwards enjoy an afternoon of shopping at the Khan El Khalili famous Bazaar and old market in Cairo .
Free time in Cairo with optional tour to attend the fabulous Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids then you will be transferred to Cairo domestic airport to fly back to Hurghada with transfer to your hotel in Hurghada . |
