Day Trip to Dendera and Abydos from Safaga 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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1 Abydos - Dendera

You Egyptologist tour guide will meet you by the exit of Safaga port to start your Safaga shore excursions to two of the best tourist attractions Pharaonic temples. The distance between Safaga and Abydos is about 275km takes around four and half hours driving. On the way, you will have a coffee break to use the toilet, spread your legs and have a morning coffee if you like. Your first stop in your Egypt day tours, will be Abydos temple in Sohag Governorate on the west bank of the Nile River. Abydos temple was Seti I and it is dedicated to Amun-Re. While, the temple does not look so big from outside but its magical from inside.

Lunch Meal: Enjoy your lunch meals in a local restaurant behind Abydos temple once you finish your visit to Ramesses the great temple.

After lunch, you will head to the Dendera temple. Dendera is an amazing temple with amazing reliefs show how ancient Egyptian craftsmen were so gifted and clever. Explore the two sphinxes, Gate of Domitian and Trajan with the beautiful scenes, winged scarab and the key of life. In fact, Dendera temple has two Mammisi, Nilometer, Sacred Lake, Sanatorium, and the only relief in Egypt for Cleopatra VII and her son Caesarion with Julius Caesar. Once you tour Dendera temple and have some free time by your own, you guide will join you back to Safaga Port.