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| Transfer from your hotel to El Gouna bus station to take the deluxe bus at 02.30 am to Cairo. Upon arrival, you will start your tour to Cairo attractions like the Egyptian Museum, Giza Pyramids, and the great sphinx. You will enjoy your lunch in a pyramid's view restaurant. |
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Egyptian Museum
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| Enjoy between 2-3 hours in the Egyptian Museum, the home of about 120 000 artifacts of ancient Egyptian antiquities. The Museum houses the world’s largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including Mummies, sarcophagi, statues, pottery, jewelry, eating bowls, toys, and of course King Tutankhamen's treasures. |
| Most of the treasures are still on display, although some are being moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids. The Museum is divided into two floors, the ground floor where you can follow Egyptian history from the Old Kingdom till the Greco-Roman era. |
| First floor for the treasures of the boy king Tutankhamen where you can admire his golden mask, most inner sarcophagus 115 kg of gold, his beds, Canopic jars, trumpet, and much more pieces. Also on the second floor, you can visit the Mummies' room with most of the New Kingdom kings. Yuya and Tuya treasures and the animal's mummies. |
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Lunch
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| Join your guide in the air-conditioned vehicle and head to a typical Egyptian restaurant near Pyramids and enjoy your lunch in a pyramid's view restaurant. |
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Giza Pyramids
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| The next stop will be the Giza Pyramids where you will be face to face with one of the old seven wonders, the Great Pyramids of Cheops. Spend as much as you like in front of the Great Pyramid, climb to the entrance then walk around it. You can enter the queen Pyramid (free of charge) then walk till Khafre Pyramid, the second one. Make some photos for the only Pyramid still keep the causing then take your car and drive to Panorama. |
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Panoramic Pyramids Location
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| The best place where you can take photos of the 3 Pyramids lined together. You can also see the first 3 Pyramids in Egyptian history from that place in the clear days. 25 km to the south of Giza Pyramids you can see the Step Pyramid, Bent Pyramid, and the Red Pyramid from the Panorama. |
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Sphinx
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| End your visit to Giza Pyramids with the great sphinx and the Valley Temple of King Khafre. The Sphinx is the largest single sculpted statue in the world, carved from the limestone of the bedrock of the Giza plateau. It measures 20 meters high and 73 meters long and 19 meters wide. The Sphinx representing most probably king Khafre like a lion body and the head of the king himself. |
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Cairo hotel check-in
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| At the end of your tour to Cairo attractions, you will go to check-in at your hotel near pyramids and free time at your leisure. |
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| Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel and your full-day tour to Alexandria, the pearl of the Mediterranean Sea. It takes around 3 hours to reach Alexandria and you will start your tour with the Catacombs. |
| It is the largest Roman cemetery in Alexandria and was one of the seven wonders of the Middle ages. The Catacomb of Kom El Shoqafa dates back to the 2nd century AD and it was the burial place for about 200 years. The visit is a nice chance to know about the funerary practices in that era when Egypt was a mix of artistic elements of the Hellenistic and the Roman culture, and Pharaonic one. |
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Pompey's Pillar
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| Then you will proceed to visit Pompey's Pillar, the red granite column which is 28 meters high, the largest monolith column. from an inscription in Greek written on the column we know it was not for Pompey as the Crusaders believe but was erected like a Memorial column for Diocletian, the Roman emperor. |
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Qaitbay Citadel
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| You will drive to the next stop with your guide Qaitbay Citadel (from outside). The Qaitbay Citadel was built on the same site as the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. This Citadel of Qaitbay was considered one of the most important defensive strongholds for Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea Coast. |
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Lunch
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| Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant in Alexandria before you will make your last stop and start your way back to Cairo. |
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Alexandria Library
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| The long story started after the death of Alexander the great death. His empire was divided between his generals. The foremost of whom (called Ptolemy) took over Egypt and he chooses Alexandria as a capital. Ptolemy made Alexandria a hub of culture and knowledge. |
| Ptolemy charged his assistant Demetrius to found the library and the Mouseion. “This was by no means the first library to ever exist, but it was the first to take a fully comprehensive approach to gather knowledge Historians believe that eventually around 700,000 books and scrolls were accrued under the roof of the Library of Alexandria. The Library of Alexandria was completely destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago leaving no physical trace behind – but its formative scholarship and cultural resonance endure. |
| The New Alexandria Library has the world’s sixth-largest Francophone library in the world also It is a trilingual library containing books in Arabic, English, and French. |
| Between its walls is the largest depository of French books in North Africa and the Middle East, majestic art galleries, and some of the rarest collection of books in the world. |
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Cairo - Luxor
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| At the end of your full day in Alexandria, you will go directly to the Giza railway to take the first-class train to Luxor (18.30 pm / 19.30 pm). You will have time to drink something at a cafe shop or have some snacks. |
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| Upon arrival, your guide will be waiting for you at the train station and you will join him in an air-conditioned vehicle to start your tour in Luxor. |
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Valley of the kings
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| One of the most visited places in Egypt together with Giza Pyramids and it was the burial place of all the kings of the New Kingdom in Egypt. Discover 3 of the opening ten tombs with your ticket and explore the beautiful scenes decorating the walls. Tutankhamen's tomb is an extra charge tomb. |
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Hatshepsut temple
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| The beautiful temple of the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut on the west bank of the River Nile. Hatshepsut's temple is one of the world's most striking architectural masterpieces. During Hatshepsut's reign, Egypt gained prosperity and peace. |
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Colossi of Memnon
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| The two statues known as Colossi of Memnon were decorating the largest mortuary temple on the west bank of the River Nile. They are 18 meters high and 720 tons each but in 27 BC strong earthquake damaged the statues. The statues show Amenhotep III in a seated position, with his hands resting on his knees, and his faces facing the Nile in the east. |
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Lunch
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| Enjoy your lunch in a local restaurant direct on the Nile. |
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Karnak temple
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| Explore the largest ancient religious site in the world, Karnak is an open-air Museum that took 200 years in the past to be terminated. Karnak was dedicated to the universal god in that time called Amon. Here you will see the huge avenue of Sphinxes, Pylons, chapels, Obelisks, and a sacred lake. |
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Luxor to Hurghada
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| At the end of your tour, we will transfer you back to your hotel in Hurghada. |
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