Cairo and Alexandria Tour During Easter

After having your delicious breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, you will meet your tour guide to start your day.

First, you will see the Great Pyramid of King Cheops -the only remaining monument of the seven ancient wondersof the world, still standing since 2500 B.C. now. You will also visit the pyramid of Chephren, built by King Chephren from the 4th dynasty, the son of King Cheops, and the pyramid of Mycerinus. You will also visit the Valley Temple.

Your visit to the Giza pyramids area includes a tour that takes you to see all the pyramids together and take pictures and make beautiful memories.

After having lunch at a local restaurant on the way to Saqqara, you will visit the Stepped Pyramid Complex. It was built for the burial of King Djoser between 2717 B.C and 2737 B.C through his minister Imhotep, and it is considered the first huge stone building in history. And you will also see there the the Pyramid of Teti, and the nobles' tombs to see a glimpse of daily life in ancient Egypt.

Then, you will be going to Memphis. Memphis was founded about 3,200 years ago by King Narmer. It was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom and it is still an important city today. You will visit an open-air museum to see many famous monuments, including two statues of King Ramses II and a statue of the alabaster Sphinx of Memphis.

Our representative will help you to understand this historical area in detail and will take beautiful photos to preserve this moment for you.

Back to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

After finishing your tasty breakfast at the hotel in Cairo, you will be accompanied by your professional tour guide to visit:

The new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), one of the world's most famous museums, contains more than 120,000 artefacts, huge statues, and precious treasures of the golden king Tutankhamun.

Then transfer to visit the Citadel of Saladin, including the Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque:

The citadel of Saladin, which was built by Sultan Saladin, one of the famous Islamic leaders.

The alabaster mosque, which was built by King Mohamed Ali 200 years ago during the Turkish rule in Egypt.

Continue to Coptic Cairo trips to visit the ancient Roman fortress of Babylon and the Hanging Church suspended above its ancient bastions and the Church of St Sergius with the crypt inside which the holy family stayed for nearly three months and the spring from which they got their water supplies, then we will visit Ben Ezra Synagogue said to be the site of the pharaoh’s palace where the basket of Moses was picked up from the Nile.

We will continue our Islamic Cairo trips, exploring the walls and gates of this medieval city and its old streets dating back to the 10th century. The walk ends by having tea at Fishawy oldest cafe in Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar.

Back to the hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

Meet your tour guide after having breakfast at the hotel to start your Cairo day trip to Alexandria from Cairo, the shining pearl of the Mediterranean and the second-largest city in Egypt. The city is named after its founder, the Macedonian leader Alexander the Great, who conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.

Your Egyptologist guide will accompany you to Alexandria in a modern car for about 2 hours of driving, and we will stop for a break on the way, where you can rest and drink something or even stretch your legs.

First, you will visit Pompey’s Pillar, the only remaining pillar from the Roman temple known anciently as the Serapeum, then you will move to The Citadel of Qaitbay, built by the Mamluk rulers to fortify the Mediterranean seacoast against the Ottomans, on the same spot where Alexandria’s ancient lighthouse once stood one of the seven wonders of the ancient world that no longer exist. After that, you will visit the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, the largest Roman cemetery in Egypt consists of three layers of tombs and chambers cut out of the rock under the ground and the beautifully decorated burial of a rich Romanised Egyptian family.

You will also be surprised by the Bibliotheca of Alexandria. It was not only an important ancient library, but also the Centre of learning and scientific research in the ancient world. It was a destination for scholars from all over the Mediterranean and beyond, comprising 8 million books. The new Bibliotheca is the most important modern project in Alexandria, built adorning the sea boulevard like the sun of knowledge is rising upon the Mediterranean from Alexandria.

You will be transferred to see the church of St. Mark, one of the oldest churches in Africa, and to see the old downtown of Alexandria, where you can enjoy walking through the old city centre.

Take a walk at the local markets where everything and anything is sold, including traditional Egyptian sweets and treats. The architecture locally has baroque-style designs and Italian and French-style properties.

We will take you to pass through the oldest market area in Mansheya and see the traditional ladies' markets (zan'et elsetat) with very thin and narrow streets. The gold market also exists here where everyone buys their wedding and engagement jewellery.

The car will then take you to visit the prettiest and biggest mosque in the city, the Abbo Elabbas Mosque, and the strangest sight outside it, an old funfair where children play on very antique funfair rides and eat candy floss. The opposite is the corniche and the old harbor where you can see the old fishing boats, men fishing, and traditional fishermen making nets. The photos taken here are amazing.

Finally, enjoy your seafood lunch in a high-quality local restaurant. After that, you will be transferred back to Cairo and you will have a break on the way.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Take your last breakfast during your Egypt Easter Tours at the hotel in Cairo, then the Cairo Top Tours tour leader will meet and transfer you to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

Meals: Breakfast