Bab Sharqi Trip Overview
Day 01: Alexandria Port/ Pyramids Tour
Memphis Tours representative will pick you up from Alexandria Port upon your cruise ship arrival by the exit door, holding a sign of your name. After that you will be transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle to Cairo, approximately 3 hours, with a stop if needed to have a rest. Start your tour in Cairo enjoying a visit to the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, which dates back to the time of Chephren; the tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramid of Chephren. Move on to visit the Step Pyramids of Zoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 02: Egyptian Museum / Salah Din Citadel
Breakfast at your hotel,
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Bab Sharqi, Egypt
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Overnight Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bab Sharqi, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
Day 01: Alexandria Port/ Pyramids Tour
Memphis Tours representative will pick you up from Alexandria Port upon your cruise ship arrival by the exit door, holding a sign of your name. After that you will be transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle to Cairo, approximately 3 hours, with a stop if needed to have a rest. Start your tour in Cairo enjoying a visit to the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, which dates back to the time of Chephren; the tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramid of Chephren. Move on to visit the Step Pyramids of Zoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty (around 2630 BC) for King Djoser. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 02: Egyptian Museum / Salah Din Citadel
Breakfast at your hotel,
Itinerary
Day 1: Giza Pyramids,Sakkara and Memphis
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
At 6:00 am Your private Emo Tours guide will be waiting inside the Alexandria port with a sign showing your name then travel to Cairo to Visit Giza Pyramids where you Visit the Great Pyramids Of Giza – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos then Visit the Valley Temple The Place where the Priests Mummified the dead body of king Chephren owner of the second pyramid at Giza Platue Also it`s the same place where you Can have a close-up look at the Sphinx – The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren.
Lunch is included in between visits at Local Restaurant Based on Full Meal for each Person but Beverages are not included
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids, Al Giza Desert, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Then Continue your day tour to Sakkara, located only 27 km southwest away from Cairo. Visit the Step Pyramid (Built for king Zoser), it is considered an important part in the process of the pyramid evolution, which were made from the simple mastaba to its widely known form.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Memphis and Sakkara, Saqqara 12919 Egypt
Then continue your day tour to Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt, where the colossal statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx are. this City Dates back to 3100 B.C
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), Giza Egypt
Khufu’s pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, now buried beneath the village of Nazlet el-Samman; diabase paving and nummulitic limestone walls have been found but the site has not been excavated.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Khafre’s Pyramid, Al Haram, Giza Egypt
Khafre’s pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, the Sphinx temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple and the king’s pyramid. The valley temple yielded several statues of Khafre. Several were found in a well in the floor of the temple by Mariette in 1860.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Menkaure Pyramid, Al Ahram, Giza 11511 Egypt
Menkaure’s pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple, and the king’s pyramid. The valley temple once contained several statues of Menkaure. During the 5th Dynasty, a smaller ante-temple was added on to the valley temple.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Great Sphinx, Al-Haram, Giza Egypt
The Sphinx dates from the reign of king Khafre. During the New Kingdom, Amenhotep II dedicated a new temple to Hauron-Haremakhet and this structure was added onto by later rulers.[
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Giza Plateau, Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt
In Egypt are the Giza Plateau and Galala Mountain, which was once called Gallayat Plateaus, raising 3,300 above sea level. The Western Plateau, part
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Pyramid of Unas, South of the Step Pyramid Saqqara, Saqqara 11511 Egypt
The Pyramid of Unas (Egyptian: Nfr swt Wnjs “Beautiful are the places of Unas”) is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty.[9][a] It is the smallest Old Kingdom pyramid, but significant due to the discovery of Pyramid Texts, spells for the king’s afterlife incised into the walls of its subterranean chambers. Inscribed for the first time in Unas’s pyramid, the tradition of funerary texts carried on in the pyramids of subsequent rulers
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara Egypt
The Pyramid of Djoser (or Djeser and Zoser), or Step Pyramid, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Steinberger Cairo Pyramids Hotel Hotel Booked on Bed & Breakfast Basis
Day 2: the Museum of Egyptian antiquities,Old cairo and back to Alexandria
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
7:30 am After breakfast, your Emo Tours Egyptologist Guide will be waiting in the lobby to take you to the Museum of Egyptian antiquities that includes King Tutankhamun.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Salah El-Din Castle, Island of the Pharaoh, Taba Egypt
There is always time to take a panoramic photo stop in Cairo and the river Nile before you have an external visit to Citadel of Saladin and the Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Old Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Then Continue to Old cairo There you will be able to visit and Enter the Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, the hanging church, and the old jewish synagogue – Ben Ezra Synagogue.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Alexandria, Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate
Finally you will be escorted back to Alexandria, where you will have the opportunity to take photos of the famous library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse before going back to your cruise ship with 2 hours before your departure.
Your overnight trip from Alexandria with Emo Tours Egypt has been designed to help you enjoy the maximum amount of Egypt, with the least amount of time.
If you want anything else added to your trip, please let us know.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
