Cairo & Alexandria – By Bus

The Program

Departure 

• Our Sharm El Sheikh Tours and Excursions representative will meet you at your hotel. Transfer for 6 hours to get to Cairo. 
• Departure from the hotel at 00:30 in the morning, arriving in Cairo at 08:30.

What you need to bring with you

• Water
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses
• Gym shoes
• Breakfast basket
• Passport (ID card) (with Egyptian visa)

Tour Plan

• The Egyptian Museum

Start your Cairo Tour by visiting the Egyptian Museum, which houses a rare collection of 5,000 years of the most valuable art of Egyptian civilization. More than 250,000 authentic artifacts are featured, including an exhibition dedicated to the majestic pharaoh, Tut-Ankh-Amun, and a collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry as he was locked in his tomb for over 3,500 years before it was discovered in 1920, when his tomb was excavated.

• Felucca (sailing boat) optional

Enjoy a relaxing and fantastic 40-minute trip away from the noise of the city in a sailing boat (Felucca) on the Nile.

Lunch

Then lunch in a restaurant near the Pyramids area. After lunch, visit the three famous pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.

• the pyramids of Giza

The Pyramid of Cheops: the largest and oldest. The Great Pyramid of Cheops is the only surviving masterpiece of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The Pyramid of Chephren is still partially covered with limestone in the upper part.

The Pyramid of Menkaure is surrounded by three other much smaller pyramids.

It is possible to see the pyramids from the inside. This visit is optional and is not included in the price.

• THE SPHINX

An integral part of the funerary complex of Khafre is the Sphinx, the gigantic crouching lion with a human face, in which it is believed that the somatic features of the pharaoh were recognized.

Shopping

We go shopping at the bazaar, perfume market, and paper market. At the end of the day in Cairo, we return to Sharm at midnight.

• Hotel in Cairo

Then continue to the 4-star Cairo Hotel, dinner and breakfast included.

Sounds and lights at the pyramids (optional 30 euros per person)

Cairo city tour. (optional 20 euros per person)

Your guide will pick you up from your Cairo hotel after breakfast at 7:00 am and check out, then drive to Alexandria for about 2 hours.

Citadel del Qaitbay

•  Citadel of Qaitbay is located on the Mediterranean coast on the ruins of one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria.
•  The fortress was founded in 1477 by the Mamluk sultan of the Bruit dynasty, Al-Ashraf Safi Al-Din Qaitbay. It is believed that the fortress originated on the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and even more—the remains of the lighthouse were used in its construction.

Pompey’s Pillar

• Pompey’s Pillar is a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria and the largest of its kind built outside the imperial capitals of Rome and Constantinople. The only known free-standing column in Roman Egypt that was not composed of drums, it is one of the largest ancient monoliths and one of the largest monolithic columns ever erected.
• The monolithic shaft of the column measures 20.46 m in height with a diameter of 2.71 m at the base. The weight of the single piece of red Aswan granite is estimated at 285 tons. The column is 26.85 m high, including its base and capital. Erroneously dated to the time of Pompey, the Corinthian column was actually built in 297 AD to commemorate the victory of the Roman emperor Diocletian over an Alexandrian revolt.

Alexandria Roman Theater

• Alexandria Roman theater, which was built in the early 1st century AD by the Nabataeans and enlarged and improved by the Romans shortly after their annexation of the Kingdom in 106 AD. They achieved this by ruthlessly splitting a street of houses or tombs to extend the rear of the auditorium, which could then seat 3000 people.

At the Greco-Roman Museum

• Visit The Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria in Egypt was created in 1892. It was first built in a 5-room apartment, inside a small building on Rosetta Street (later Canope Avenue and today Horriya).

Lunch & The National Museum of Alexandria

• Lunch in the city After seeing the sights of Alexandria, we go downtown for lunch.
• After a delicious lunch, you will have the opportunity to visit the Catacombs of Al-Shukafa or the National Museum of Alexandria, or the Royal Museum of Jewels.

Return from Sharm 

• We return to Sharm El Sheikh and arrive at the hotel around midnight.