3 Day Classic Tour

of Egypt

Cairo – Saqqara - Zoser Step Pyramids - Great Pyramids of Giza - Sphinx - Khan Al Khalili - Citadel of Salah Ad Din – Old Coptic Cairo ( Mar Girgis) – Mosque of Amr Ibn al As - Alexandria – Qaitbey Fort - Abu Abbas Al Mursi Andalusian Mosque - Pompeii's Pillar - Catacombs of Kom Ash Shuqqafa – Ras El Tin Palace - Montazah Palace

Day 1

Cairo – Saqqara - Zoser Step Pyramids - Great Pyramids of Giza - Sphinx

Upon arrival in Cairo we will start your full day visiting the Egyptian museum of antiquities.

On display is a rare collection of 5,000 years of art the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world.

Over 250,000 genuine artifacts are presented, including an exhibit dedicated to the King Tutankhamen collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry, as it was enclosed in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in the 1920's when his tomb was excavated.

We will visit the Saqqara desert with its ancient Step Pyramids for King Zoser.

Then we will transfer to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, & Mycerinus. Cheops is the most colossal pyramid ever built.

Next is a close up look at the Sphinx a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of King Chephren.

In the late afternoon, we will go back to the hotel for dinner and stay overnight.

Day 2

Cairo - Khan Al Khalili - Citadel of Salah Ad Din – Old Coptic Cairo ( Mar Girgis) – Mosque of Amr Ibn al As - Alexandria

After breakfast at the hotel we will take a full day city tour to visit the most interesting places in Cairo.

Khan El Khalili Bazaars if full of shops, in this district which are also legendary for fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, and antiques.

Then continue to visit the Citadel of Salah Ad Din and Mamluk architectural mosques surrounding the area. Then transfer to Coptic Christian and early Islamic area of Cairo.

In the afternoon, we will visit the surrounding remains of what was once known as Babylon and the first large mosque ever built of Amr Ibn al As.

After a long day we will transfer to the hotel in Alexandria for dinner and overnight.

Day 3

Alexandria – Qaitbey Fort - Abu Abbas Al Mursi Andalusian Mosque - Pompeii's Pillar - Catacombs of Kom Ash Shuqqafa - Ras El Tin Palace - Montazah Palace – Cairo Airport

After breakfast, transfer to Alexandria by bus or train for a full day in Alexandria.

Then we will drive along Corniche to the Aquarium, Qaitbey Fort, and see the beautiful Abu Abbas Al Mursi Andalusian Mosque.

Then continue to Pompeii's Pillar and the Catacombs of Kom Ash Shuqqafa, with a final stop at the Hellenistic - Roman Museum.

We will have lunch then drive along the corniche, with its marvelous string of white beaches, from Ras El Tin Palace to Montazah Palace.

We will take a tour of Montazah Palace, home of the former King, and his private beach. Stroll through the royal gardens, and return via residential suburbs.

Then transfer back to Cairo you to the Cairo Airport for departure.