Cairo and Surroundings in 5 Days Trip
Being in Cairo, the capital of Egypt for more than 1400 years, it’s a fruitful trend to make a round trip just in this city and nearby cities in 5 days to get the main value of this city.
- Museum of Islamic Art
- Mosque of Muhammad Ali
- Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan
- Al-Rifa'i Mosque
- Khan Al-Khalili
- The Egyptian Museum
- Old Cairo
- Giza
- Saqqara & Dahshur
- Memphis, Egypt
- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Monastery of Saint Simon
- Coptic Museum of Cairo
From 485$
- First day:
First day after breakfast we will start our program by visiting the great mosque of king mohamed ali in citadel , and other mosques in salaheddine citadel , after that we will visit two mosques opposite the citadel called mosque sultan hassan which was a school for islamic rituals and rules, however it is massive construction it was built through just 6 years around 800 years ago, after that will be visit of el refaey mosque which lies opposite the mosque of sultan hassan.
After that we will have a break for lunch and visit a magical islamic museum , where inside we will be able to enjoy artifacts and items that are more than 800 years old.
The items inside this museum include materials of; metals, wood, wool, and very beautiful carpets. After visiting this place, I went back to the hotel for dinner and rest.
- Second day:
After breakfast in this exceptional day, we will start by visiting pyramids, we will have occasion go to visit one of seven wonders in ancient world , the visit includes visiting pyramid of cheops , chephren and mykinors; and there we will have a chance to make a ride by camel around all these pyramids and making a special photo a for a memory of life and then we will visit sphinx , later on going to saqqara to visit there the eldest building of stone in the whole world; step pyramid of king zoser, the founder of old kingdom , plus visiting mastaba of kagemni and pyramids of king tti.
After that we will visit the cemetery of Dahshur and the museum in Memphis .
- Third Day:
This special day will be dedicated to alexandria to have a break from cairo, in order to visit the second biggest agglomeration in egypt alexandria , an over day in alex from 8.00 am till 16.00 pm , in this program we will visit the catacomb , amphitheater ,library , citadel of quaitbay and lunch in local restaurant with local seafood in alexandria.
- Fourth day:
In this day we will continue exploring cairo through visiting one of the biggest churches in all egypt which is the church inside st simon monastery in muqattam area, after that we will visit old cairo suburb to discover the smell of holy family in egypt and very old churches with very long history , in addition to egyptian museum in downtown.
- Fifth day:
In this day we will civilization museum which contain the great hall of mummies of the most important kings in ancient egypt during the golden age of it which was new kingdom period , and after that visiting the islamic street in cairo which called street el muez where was the core of cairo when it was construct since more than 1000 years ago , lunch in a local egyptian restaurant in this area and after that free time in the oldest bazar in whole egypt khan el khalili.
- Welcome and assist by our tour guide
- Accommodation 4 nights 5 days in 5 * hotel in cairo
- Tour guide during the trip
- Breakfast , lunch and dinner every day.
- Cold bottled mineral water every day on the start of the trip
- All ticket entrance.
- Tipping
- Optional trips
- Personal spending
- International flights
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