Quick trip III - Egyptian Museum / Citadel of Saladin / Mohamed Ali Mosque / Coptic Cairo

Quick trip III - Egyptian Museum / Citadel of Saladin / Mohamed Ali Mosque / Coptic Cairo

Alexandria And Cairo.

Excellent

4.6/5
Duration

12 Hours aprox.

Type

Private

Run

Everyday

Location

Alexandria And Cairo

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Overview

If you are visiting Alexandria stay in a hotel or on one of the overseas cruise docking in Alexandria. Where would you go if you only have one day? Nile Dream tours offers a number of itineraries to do, and it's really going to depend on your interests. For today, we offer a day tour to Cairo visiting Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Saladin, Mohamed Ali Mosque and Coptic Cairo

Itinerary

Day 1

Our tour guide will pick you up from Alexandria port, waiting by the cruise exit door holding a double sign Nile Dream / your name. After that, you will be transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle about 200 km to Cairo to visit the following

The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities which was built in 1902, and it exhibits a large number of items and treasures (exceeding 170,000 masterpieces) dating from the Prehistoric Period to the end of the Roman era, arranged in chronological order, exhibited in 42 rooms on the ground floor contains the largest of the exhibits, such as a massive statue pair of Amenhotep III and his wife Tiye, the colossal statues of Ramses II, the super famous pieces like the Narmer Palette, diorite statue of Khafre, bedroom furniture of Queen Hetepheres and the exhibits of the Amarna collection which include a colossal statue of the ‘heretic’ king Akhenaton. The upper floor there are 47 rooms housing about 3000 pieces of the treasure of Tutankhamun the boy-king’s tomb, discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, including the shrines and tomb furniture the famous gold mask and sarcophagi.

Then will go to visit “The Citadel of Saladin Al Ayouby”. It was built in the 12th century to fortify Cairo against the Crusaders. The citadel was used as the seat of the king and his government in Egypt for many centuries and many dynasties including the Ayyubids, the Mamluks, and even some Ottomans ruled over Egypt from the Citadel and the Great Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha which stands proudly on the highest point inside the courtyard of the Citadel of Saladin. It’s one of the landmarks in Cairo with its huge space, the beautiful decorations on its walls, and its remarkable domes and minarets, after lunch in a local restaurant you will visit Old Cairo where The Holy Family arrived, and they took refuge in a cave beneath the ground, adjacent to the fortress of Babylon, and they lived in this cave for three months. Eventually, this cave was turned into a small church, and another larger church was built above it. known as Abu Serga Church. This is a famous church that is visited by many people from around the world, as they seek the blessings of the place where the Holy Family lived for some time. It is considered one of the oldest churches that were built in Egypt. Adjacent to this church is a church similar in antiquity, namely, the Moualaqa Church or the ‘Hanging Church’.’. This church is named the ‘hanging church’ because of the way that it is situated – over the gatehouse of Babylon’s Roman And ending Coptic Cairo tour with a visit to the "Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra" which gained its importance from its Genizah (Storeroom) was found during the 19th century containing a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts, after the tour, you will go back to your hotel or cruise ship in Alexandria

Included/Excluded

- English-speaking tour guide during your excursions
- Transfers in private vehicle with air conditioning.
- 1 Bottled Mineral Water
- Main Entrance Fees
- This itinerary could be changed in order according to the circumstances of service not to be canceled
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- Tourism Police Permission
- Tax

- Accommodation
- Personal spending
- Any Beverages
- Tipping
- Anything not mentioned above

Package

Price,Terms & Conditions

1 Person

$390

2 to 4 Person

$240

5 to 8 Person

$185

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