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Cairo 3 Days 2 Nights for 02 person

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Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo Citadel
The experience

Three days to discover Cairo’s many faces. Start with the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the Egyptian Museum. The next day climb to the Saladin Citadel and the alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali, walk through Old Cairo to the Hanging Church and the Mosque of Amr Ibn al-As, and end in the lanes of Khan el-Khalili with a mint tea. Two nights in a hotel – with a pyramid view when available – and a French-speaking guide all the way.

Good to know: €580 for 2 people (= €290 per person).
Duration3 days / 2 nights
RunsDaily
PickupCairo hotel (private car)
PriceFrom €580 · Price for 2 people (€290 per person)
Children0–4 yrs +€15 · 5–7 yrs 50% off · 8+ adult

About the places you'll visit

The story behind each stop, so you arrive knowing what you're looking at.

Pyramids of GizaOld Kingdom · c. 2600–2500 BC2–3 hours

Three kings of the 4th Dynasty built their pyramids on the desert edge west of the Nile: Khufu, his son Khafre, and Menkaure. The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.

  • The Great Pyramid was about 146 m high when finished and is about 139 m today
  • Built from roughly 2.3 million stone blocks
  • It was the tallest human-made structure on Earth for about 3,800 years
  • Khafre's pyramid still has some of its smooth limestone casing near the top
  • Small queens’ pyramids stand beside the kings’ pyramids
The Great Sphinxc. 2500 BC · reign of Khafre30–45 minutes

A lion with the head of a king, most likely Khafre, carved from a single ridge of limestone. It guards the way up to his pyramid, next to his granite Valley Temple.

  • About 73 m long and 20 m high
  • The largest ancient statue carved from one rock
  • Sand covered it up to the neck for most of its history
  • Its nose was already missing centuries before Napoleon reached Egypt
Egyptian Museum, TahrirOpened 19022 hours

The famous pink museum on Tahrir Square held Egypt’s greatest treasures for more than a century. Many pieces are moving to the GEM, but it still shows masterpieces of the Old Kingdom.

  • One of the oldest archaeological museums in the Middle East
  • Home of the Narmer Palette, one of the first documents of a united Egypt
  • Statues of Rahotep and Nofret still have their original painted eyes
Citadel of Saladin & Muhammad Ali MosqueBegun 11761.5–2 hours

Salah al-Din (Saladin) built this fortress on a hill above Cairo to defend the city. It was the seat of Egypt’s rulers for about 700 years.

  • The Muhammad Ali "Alabaster" Mosque (1830–1848) is Cairo’s most famous skyline landmark
  • Its clock tower was a gift from King Louis-Philippe of France
  • Terraces with views over the whole city, and on clear days the pyramids
Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo)Roman fortress of Babylon · early churches2 hours

The oldest part of Cairo, built inside the walls of the Roman fortress of Babylon. Churches, a synagogue and the first mosque in Africa stand within a few hundred metres of each other.

  • The Hanging Church is built on top of the fortress gatehouse
  • The Church of St Sergius has a crypt where tradition says the Holy Family rested
  • The Ben Ezra Synagogue, where the famous Cairo Geniza documents were found
  • The Coptic Museum holds the largest collection of Coptic art in the world
  • The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As (641 AD) was the first mosque in Egypt and Africa
Did you know?

How many pyramids are there in Egypt?

Archaeologists have identified between about 118 and 138 pyramids in Egypt, depending on how they count ruined ones. Most stand on the desert edge west of the Nile, from Giza south to Fayoum.

  • The oldest: the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, around 2670 BC
  • The first true pyramid: the Red Pyramid at Dahshur
  • The largest: the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza
  • Later pyramids were made of mud brick and have mostly collapsed, like Hawara in Fayoum
  • After about 1550 BC the kings stopped building pyramids and were buried in hidden tombs in the Valley of the Kings

Day by day

Day 1Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum, buffet lunch at a local restaurant, papyrus and perfume workshop, back to the hotel.
Day 2Breakfast. Saladin Citadel, Old Cairo with the Hanging Church and the Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-As, buffet lunch, Khan el-Khalili bazaar. Optional Nile cruise in the evening.
Day 3Breakfast and departure.

Included

  • Private car transfers from your Cairo hotel
  • all entrance tickets
  • French-speaking guide
  • 2 buffet lunches
  • 2 breakfasts
  • 2 nights hotel (pyramid view if available)

Not included

  • Nile cruise
  • drinks
  • dinners

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