Cairo Trip Overview
Flight from Hurghada to Cairo. Stand in front of the famous Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and marvel at famous treasure of King Tutankhamun in the Egyptian Museum. Spend a fantastic day in Cairo, the largest city in Africa.
Our guide will pick you up in the morning from your hotel in Hurghada in an air-conditioned vehicle. Continue to the airport in Hurghada for a domestic flight from Hurghada to Cairo. In Cairo you will be met by our Egyptologist guide, who will accompany you during the whole tour.
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Duration: 16 hours
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Flight from Hurghada to Cairo. Stand in front of the famous Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and marvel at famous treasure of King Tutankhamun in the Egyptian Museum. Spend a fantastic day in Cairo, the largest city in Africa.
Our guide will pick you up in the morning from your hotel in Hurghada in an air-conditioned vehicle. Continue to the airport in Hurghada for a domestic flight from Hurghada to Cairo. In Cairo you will be met by our Egyptologist guide, who will accompany you during the whole tour.
Itinerary
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Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
The first stop on your Cairo tour will be visit of the Egyptian Museum. Your egyptologist guide will tell you about secrets of Ancient Egypt while exploring this maginficent museum.
Among the precious objects in the museum’s collection you can see statues, paintings, reliefs and funerary elements among many other objects. There are two areas that stand out from the rest of the exhibitions, the Tutankhamun rooms, where the treasures that were found in his tomb, and the room of the mummies, where the mummified remains of important pharaohs rest.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Nile River, Cairo 15662 Egypt
After visiting the museum, we will take a break to have a lunch with the view of the Pyramids of Giza. The food is served buffet style.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
After enjoying lunch, we will continue to Giza to visit most fascinating structures of ancient world: Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx!
Cheops, Khafre, and Menkaure are the three largest pyramids of Giza. Aside from these, there are several smaller pyramids.
The mystery of their creation is one of the enigmas that surround such precious monuments. How did they manage to move such large blocks, and how did they build such perfect structures at the time? There are various theories on the subject, among which, hose who attribute the structures to aliens are still present.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a huge sculpture with a human head and a lion’s body that stands alongside the Giza Pyramids. It is one of the most extraordinary and famous monuments in the world, not just in Egypt.
The mysterious Sphinx stands about 20 meters tall and is about 70 meters long, with a human head and a lion’s body, combining wisdom and power in one figure for the ancient Egyptians.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
After the Giza, you will have some time to explore and shop in famous Khan El Khalili Bazaar.
The most popular market in Egypt and the Middle East is Khan El Khalili. It was established in 1382 by Mamluk Sultan Djaharks el-Khalili, who wanted to create a resting place for merchants. The ruins of an ancient Fatimid cemetery were chosen as the venue.
The market is in the heart of Islamic Cairo, in a walled area with a medieval air that breathes Mamluk architecture’s magnificence.
Beside shopping lamps, handicrafts, jewelry, spices, perfumes, you can enjoy its old cafes, which are frequented by locals and visitors and where you can have tea and smoke shisha, are more interesting than its stalls.
Duration: 1 hour
