Cairo Trip Overview
A lengthy journey is good for seeing all of the sights. Pick you up at the airport and help you with the necessary paperwork. Join your Egypt Fun Tour guide to begin your trip to the Giza pyramids, where you will view the ancient Egyptian Great Pyramids and the massive Sphinx. The Giza tour includes the Khufu Great Pyramid, King Chephren Pyramid, Mykarinus Pyramid, the Mummification Temple, and the Queen’s Pyramids. Visit the Egyptian National Museum of Antiquities to view the collection of the young king Tut, as well as more than 120000 ancient Egyptian artefacts. Continue your travels around Egypt. Explore the old genuine portion of ancient Cairo with a fantastic walking tour via El Mui’z major old street, Khan El Khalili’s tourist market, and a well-deserved cup of tea at El-fishway café.
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Duration: 8 to 12 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Bus & Minivan Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
A lengthy journey is good for seeing all of the sights. Pick you up at the airport and help you with the necessary paperwork. Join your Egypt Fun Tour guide to begin your trip to the Giza pyramids, where you will view the ancient Egyptian Great Pyramids and the massive Sphinx. The Giza tour includes the Khufu Great Pyramid, King Chephren Pyramid, Mykarinus Pyramid, the Mummification Temple, and the Queen’s Pyramids. Visit the Egyptian National Museum of Antiquities to view the collection of the young king Tut, as well as more than 120000 ancient Egyptian artefacts. Continue your travels around Egypt. Explore the old genuine portion of ancient Cairo with a fantastic walking tour via El Mui’z major old street, Khan El Khalili’s tourist market, and a well-deserved cup of tea at El-fishway café.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Cairo International Airport, Oruba Road، El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Pick up from Cairo airport & assist with formalities.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
The Giza pyramid complex is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It includes the three Great Pyramids (Khufu/Cheops, Khafre/Chephren, and Menkaure/Mykerinos), the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers’ village, and an industrial complex. It is located in the Western Desert, approximately 9 km (5 mi) west of the Nile river at the old town of Giza, and about 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Cairo city center. The pyramids, which have historically been common as emblems of ancient Egypt in the Western imagination,[1][2] were popularized in Hellenistic times when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Great Sphinx, Al-Haram, Giza Egypt
The Great Sphinx of Giza The Terrifying One; literally: (Father of Dread), commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the Pharaoh Khafre.
Cut from the bedrock, the original shape of the Sphinx has been restored with layers of blocks. It measures 73 meters (240 ft) long from paw to tail, 20.21 m (66.31 ft) high from the base to the top of the head and 19 meters (62 ft) wide at its rear haunches. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre (c. 2558–2532 BC)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), Giza Egypt
Khufu known to the Greeks as Cheops was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26the century BC). Khufu succeeded his father Sneferu as king. He is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but many other aspects of his reign are poorly documented
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
An extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts covering 5,000 years, including Tutankhamun’s treasures, which contains artifacts from ancient Egypt as well as the collection of King Tut with the Golden Mask and the Golden anthropoid coffins. Also, the royal mummies are in this museum.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Sharia Al Mu’izz Li-Din Allah, Al Moez Ldin Allah Al Fatmi, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Muizz Street (Shariʻa al-Muizz li-Din Illah) also known as Al Moez Ldin Allah Al Fatemi Street in Islamic Cairo, Egypt is one of the oldest streets in Cairo, approximately one kilometer long. A United Nations study found it to have the greatest concentration of medieval architectural treasures in the Islamic world. The street (shariʻa in Arabic) is named for Al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah, the fourth caliph of the Fatimid dynasty. It stretches from Bab Al-Futuh in the north to Bab Zuweila in the south. Starting in 1997,[2][3] the national government carried out extensive renovations to the historical buildings, modern buildings, paving, and sewerage to turn the street into an “open-air museum”. On April 24, 2008, Al-Muizz Street was rededicated as a pedestrian-only zone between 8:00 am and 11:00 pm; cargo traffic will be allowed outside of these hours.
The northern part of the street extends from the Al-Hakim Mosque in the north to the Spice Market at Al-Azhar Street and includes the antique markets section, Al-Aqmar Mosque (one of the few extant Fatimid mosques), the Qalawun complex, and several well preserved medieval mansions and palaces.
The southern part extends from the Ghuriya complex to the Bab Zuweila and includes the magnificent Tent Market in the Gamaliya district.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Bab al-Futuh, 154 Al Moez Ldin Allah Al Fatmi 154 المعز لدين الله الفاطمي, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Bab al Futuh (Conquest Gate) is one of three remaining gates in the walls of the Old City of Cairo, Egypt. It was finished in the year 1087 and faces north. It stands at the northern end of Muizz Street. The other two remaining gates are Bab al-Nasr (Victory Gate) in the North and Bab Zuwayla (Gate of Zuwayla) in the south.
The gate was part of a fortification built by Commander/Vizier Badr al-Jamali of Fatimid Imam/caliph Mustansir. Its rounded towers were a stronger defense than the square towers of Bab al-Nasr (another Old City gate, just to the east). They had shafts for pouring boiling water or burning oil on attackers and arrow slits. The gate is covered in vegetal and geometric motifs.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Al-Hakim Mosque, Cairo Egypt
The Mosque of al-Hakim (Masjid al-Ḥākim bi Amr Allāh), nicknamed Al-Anwar ‘the Illuminated’, is a major Islamic religious site in Cairo, Egypt. It is named after Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021), the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili Imam.
The mosque was originally built as an enclosure by the Fatimid vizier Gawhar Al-Siqilli (c. 928–992), but was incorporated into the extended fortifications built by Badr al-Jamali. It consists of an irregular rectangle with four arcades surrounding the courtyard. An unusual feature is a monumental entrance with its projecting stone porch. It is located in Islamic Cairo, on the east side of Muizz Street, just south of Bab Al-Futuh (the northern gate).
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Qalawun Complex, El-Gamaleya, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo 11511 Egypt
The Qalawun Complex was built over the ruins of the Fatimid Palace of Cairo, with several halls in the Palace. It was sold to several people until it was finally bought by the Sultan Qalawun in 1283 AD. The structure resides in the heart of Cairo, in the Bayn al-Qasrayn, and has been a center for important religious ceremonies and rituals of the Islamic faith for years, stretching from the Mamluk dynasty through the Ottoman Empire.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
Khan El-Khalili is a major souk in the historic center of Islamic Cairo. The bazaar district is one of Cairo’s main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.
Duration: 45 minutes
