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Giza Pyramids and Grand Egyptian Museum from Alexandria Port
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Overview
The Coptic and Islamic Cairo tour is a kind of spiritual Egypt tour to some of the holy places in Cairo. In fact, Cairo day tours to the Coptic and Islamic heritage in Cairo offer a glimpse into Cairo's rich history and diverse cultural heritage.
Start your Egypt tours by visiting an iconic church called the Hanging Church. Then, please your heart when you visit Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga) where the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ rested for 3 months during private tours in Cairo.
After that in your Egypt day tours, go inside the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali on the Citadel and feel the peace of heart and mind. Moreover, you will be amazed by Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa and how it operates in the past. Also, you will enter Al Rifae Mosque.
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▼Golavita travel Egyptologist guide will be waiting for you at your hotel lobby to start your tour to Giza. The distance between Alexandria and Giza is about 220 km takes around 3 hours to drive. Upon arrival to Giza, you will start your Cairo day tours with one of the old seven wonders, the Giza Pyramids.
Giza Pyramids Complex
Giza Plateau houses the Giza Pyramids Complex dates back to the Old Kingdom around 2686 BC and concludes the three famous Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure. Also, the Queen Pyramids, the great Sphinx, and the Valley temple.
The Great Pyramid
Hemiunu, the vizier of Cheops built that giant Pyramid for his majesty to last forever. It takes around 20 years and 2.3 million blocks weigh between 205 -15 tons each with a total weight of 6 million tons. This Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the old seven wonders.
Tombs of Pyramid builders
Several tombs found around the Pyramids for the workers who shared in building that massive building shed light on the daily life of workers. After that, you can visit the Valley Temple.
The Great Sphinx
A colossal statue carved from a single piece of limestone with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. The statue measures 73 meters long and 20 meters high with some rooms inside the body. Meanwhile, the Great Sphinx is connected to the third eye chakra and the astral gates as some said.
Lunch: Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant
Grand Egyptian Museum
Your next stop will be the Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza Pyramids. It is considered one of the largest archaeological museums in the world. Indeed, the Egyptian artifacts in the Grand Museum will cover a wide range of topics from Papyri, textiles, mummies, sarcophagi, daily life objects, and ancient Egyptian sculpture. Also, you will see things never displayed before especially from Tutankhamun treasures, the silver kings. Besides, the Hanging Obelisk, Canopic Jars, Hatshepsut Sphinx, and Amarna letters. At the end of your Alexandria shore excursions to Cairo, we will drive you back to Alexandria Port.
Include / Exclude
- Round transfer with modern A/C vehicle
- Entrance fee for all the sightseeing
- Expert Egyptologist guide
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- Beverages during lunch
- The entrance fee for any of the Pyramids
- Tipping
Highlights
- Giza Pyramids
- Tombs of Pyramids build
- Valley temple
- Great Sphinx
- Saqqara Step Pyramid
Notes
- Pickup & Drop Off: Alexandria
- Wheelchair: Accessible
What to pack?
- Hat, Sunglasses & Sun cream
- Comfortable shoes and clothes
- Warm clothes in winter
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