historical cairo
(Cairo, Pyramids of Giza,
Khan El Khalili Bazaar and Old Cairo)
Day 1 Cairo: Arrive at Cairo international Airport. Meet and greet
by Concept Voyages' representative and transfer to hotel. Free evening at
leisure. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 2 Cairo: After breakfast proceed for visit The Great Pyramids &
Sphinx, though the three Great Pyramids are the most famous and prominent
monuments at Giza, the site has actually been a Necropolis almost since
the beginning of Pharaonic Egypt. A tomb just on the outskirts of the Giza
site dates from the reign of the First Dynasty Pharaoh Wadj (Djet), and
jar sealings discovered in a tomb in the southern part of Giza mention the
Second Dynasty Pharaoh Ninetjer. But it was the Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh
Khufu (Cheops) who placed Giza forever at the heart of funerary devotion,
a city of the dead that dwarfed the cities of the living nearby. On its
southwest diagonal is the pyramid of his son Khephren (Chephren, Khafre).
Although it is smaller, a steeper angle results in the illusion that they
are the same size. Further along the southwest diagonal is the smallest of
the three, the pyramid of Khephren's son, Menkaure. It is also the most
unusual. Visit their guardian the Sphinx with the body of a lion and head
of a human. Afternoon free at leisure. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 3 Cairo: After breakfast, visit Cairo Museum. The Egyptian
museum of antiquities on display is a rare collection of 5000 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 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
1920s when his tomb was excavated. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 4 Cairo: Breakfast at hotel. Free till departure for last
minute shopping Transfer to airport for boarding flight home.
End of Tour!
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Tour Booking Code: CVIEG-05
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