El Sayeda Zeinab Trip Overview
Guided trip to the best attractions of Egypt visit Giza pyramids where your local Qualified Egyptologist guide will give you historical about ancient Egypt explore the famous pyramids then go to the grand mosque of Egypt located at the citadel known as the alabaster mosque of Muhammad Ali then end your day with a visit to one of the oldest markets in Egypt called Khan Khalili Bazaar. There you will be able to see the oldest part of Islamic Cairo and shops all around the street where you can buy Egyptian cheap souvenirs. Around 16:00 you will be transferred you back to your hotel from which you departed.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: El Sayeda Zeinab, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting El Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Guided trip to the best attractions of Egypt visit Giza pyramids where your local Qualified Egyptologist guide will give you historical about ancient Egypt explore the famous pyramids then go to the grand mosque of Egypt located at the citadel known as the alabaster mosque of Muhammad Ali then end your day with a visit to one of the oldest markets in Egypt called Khan Khalili Bazaar. There you will be able to see the oldest part of Islamic Cairo and shops all around the street where you can buy Egyptian cheap souvenirs. Around 16:00 you will be transferred you back to your hotel from which you departed.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Starts At 8:00 am Pickup from your hotel in Cairo by our expert tour guide then you will be transferred to Giza City by Private A/C Vehicle to Start your day Tour Visiting Giza Pyramids where you see the Great Pyramids – Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is the Valley Temple where the dead body was mummified it`s also the same place where you can get a close-up look at the Sphinx – a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Great Sphinx, Al-Haram, Giza Egypt
then The Sphinx – The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), Giza Egypt
The only completely preserved portrait of the king is a three-inch high ivory figurine found in a temple ruin of a later period at Abydos in 1903. All other reliefs and statues were found in fragments, and many buildings of Khufu are lost. Everything known about Khufu comes from inscriptions in his necropolis at Giza and later documents. For example, Khufu is the main character noted in the Westcar Papyrus from the 13th dynasty.
Duration: 30 minutes
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. Others were found during successive excavations by Sieglin (1909–10), Junker, Reisner,
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. The mortuary temple also yielded several statues of Menkaure.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cairo Citadel, Salah Salem St, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Then visit The Citadel Of Saladin where you visit Mohamed Ali Mosque that knows as The Alabaster Mosque
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
End your day tour by a visit to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Shops in this district are legendary for fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques etc. At the end of the day, we will transfer you back to your hotel.
there is possibility of entering any of the pyramids from inside ,visiting solar boat of king cheops ,riding camel around of giza pyramids or ridding the quad bike at the wide desert or Felucca boat ride sailing on the Nile but all those activties can be added on in the middle of the booking process as it requires additional fees
Duration: 30 minutes