Cairo City @48 hours - from Sokhna

Cairo City @48 hours - from Sokhna

Cairo And Soknha.

Excellent

4.9/5
Duration

2 Days

Type

Private

Run

Everyday

Location

Cairo And Soknha

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Overview

If you are visiting Sokhna, resident in a hotel or on one of the overseas cruises docking in Sokhna. What's the best plan to enjoy 2 days of your holiday? Nile Dream tours offers you a very well organized and intensive program, 1night 2 complete days in Cairo, sightseeing Pyramids, Egyptian museum, Alabaster Mosque and the Bazaars

Itinerary

Day 1

Nile Dream tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Sokhna or from Sokhna 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 Giza plateau where the 4th dynasty pyramids were constructed Khufu (Cheops) pyramid, it is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one that stands until now, it is the most attractive monument on the plateau 146.59 meters high and its sides at the base reached 230.37 meters in length. The tilt of their faces was 52 degrees. It is the greatest monument in Egypt and has almost 2,300,000 stone blocks. As an Arab proverb says: "man fears time, but time fears pyramids."

Khafra (Khefern) pyramid is 136.4 meters high, each side measures 215.25 meters and the inclination of its faces is just over 53 degrees. Its estimated volume is more than 1.6 million cubic meters. On its vertex remains of the old original shiny limestone covering can still be seen.

The pyramid of Menkaura (Mykerinos) whose base measures 103.4 meters on each side and its original height was 65.5 meters, with a slope on all four sides of 51 degrees. It conserves at the base 16 courses of red granite that corresponded to the lower cladding of the monument. We will continue to visit the Valley Temple and the Great Sphinx built by Pharaoh Khafra (Khefern) it is 73 meters long, and almost 20 meters high.

Lunch in a local restaurant

Visit The step pyramid complex of king Zoser 2700 B.C. This is one of the places where the challenging experiment of copying natural materials in stone is most evident. It is the first stone pyramid, built for a king of Dynasty III The pyramid structure rises above the plateau in a series of six stepped ‘mastabas" and was built in several stages, beginning with an initial square mastaba and that its plan was changed several times during construction and finally was surrounded by a complex of dummy buildings enclosed within a niche limestone wall over 10 m high. The burial chamber has been closed for restoration for decades but recently was opened

The Mastaba of kagmni 2340B.C. who was Chief Justice and Vizier, Overseer of the Pyramid town of Teti, Overseer of the Priests of Teti’ and was married to a daughter of King Teti, discovered by Karl Lipsius in 1843, The tomb is famous for its beautiful depictions of birds and animals.

The funerary complex of king Tity 2340 B.C. It is the second known pyramid containing pyramid texts, it was opened by Gaston Maspero in 1882 the burial chambers and corridors are very well-preserved.



The Khan Khalili today is occupied by local merchants and traders and is significantly geared towards tourists where it is considered as one of the most popular souqs in the region. Shops typically sell souvenirs, and jewelry, many craftsmen' workshops manufacturing some products sold here In addition to shops, there are several coffee-houses, restaurants, and street food vendors distributed throughout the market. The coffee shops are generally small and quite traditional, serving Arabic coffee. One of the oldest and most famous coffee houses is El Fishawi's, established in 1773. After finishing the tour will be transferred your hotel en cairo .
Day 2

Our tour guide will pick you up to visit 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 Rameses 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. Also, the royal mummy rooms, which were closed for several years, are now open with 27 mummies.

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 the tour, you will go back to your cruise in Sokhna

Included/Excluded

- Meet and greet service by our representatives upon your arrival Al Sokhna port .
- Transfers in private vehicle with air conditioning.
- English-speaking tour guide during your excursions
- Main Entrance Fees
- 2 meal during the visit at a local restaurant
- Accommodation in Cairo for 1 night in hotel 5* including daily breakfast.
- Tourism Police Permission
- Tax

- Personal spending.
- Extra Entry Ticket to inside one the Pyramids.
- Drinks
- Tipping.
- Anything not mentioned above.

Package

Price,Terms & Conditions

1 Person

$650

2 to 4 Person

$400

5 to 8 Person

$310

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