5 Days Cairo and Alexandra Package Tour

Upon arrival to Cairo International Airport, you will be met and assisted by Egypt Key Tours representative who will help you during passport control, luggage area. Then, you will be transferred to you hotel in Cairo by a private air-conditioned vehicle for check in and overnight in Cairo.

At 08:00 am, you will be escorted by your Egypt Key tour guide to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops (the only one of seven ancient wonders still remaining on earth), Chephren, Mekerinus and the famous Sphinx, the Valley Temple facing the great statue.

Optional: Enjoy a terrific camel ride around these magnificent structures.

Visit the ancient step pyramid of Djoser in Sakkara archeological site, as you learn about the evolution of pyramid design. The step pyramid is the world’s oldest major stone structure built around 2630 BC and the only one of its kind.

Moving on towards Memphis, Egypt’s former capital and once the cultural center of the ancient world, and was a cult center for god Ptah god of creation and artworks.

Optional: In the evening, our Egypt Key Tours representative will assist you to attend sound& light show for around 1 hour.

After that, you will drop back to your hotel, Cairo overnight.

In the early morning, you will be escorted by Egypt Key Tour guide to visit the Catacombs, which are the largest Roman cemetery consisting of three levels cut in the rock. The Catacombs of Kom Al Shoqafa is considered one of the wonders of the middle Ages.

Then you drive to visit the Library of Alexandria, one of the biggest in the world (visit open court+free museum) the largest and most significant library in ancient world. The library is famous for having been burned, and was very famous all over the ancient world for its huge books capacity of different sciences and literature.

Then go to visit the Roman Amphitheater,which  is considered to be one of the most famous monuments belonging to Greco-Roman.

Then you will stop to take photos at Qaitbay fort, which is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds not only in Egypt but also along the Mediterranean Sea coast. The fort erected on the exact site of the famous lighthouse of Alexandria, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Then you will be transferred back to the hotel at Cairo, and overnight in Cairo hotel.

At 08:30 am, you transfer to visit The Egyptian Museum, which is the world’s greatest repository of ancient Egyptian treasures including those belong to the child King Tutankhamun along with many other fascinating artifacts , as well as additional visit to the mummies room at the museum.

And then you will visit Old Cairo (Coptic Cairo)“Hanging Church”, dating back to the 3rd Century AD and was dedicated to Virgin Mary. It’s called “Hanging” because of its location above the gatehouse of the ancient Roman fortress “Babylon”. It contains 110 Holy icons depicting beautiful religious scenes.

Then visit “Saint Serguis and Bacchus Church“, which is believed to have been built on the spot where the holy family rested at the end of their journey into Egypt.

Then, visit the “Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra“, which gained its importance from its Geniza (Storeroom) was found during the 19th century containing a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts.

Then visit one of the most stunning constructions in Cairo, the Citadel of Saladin Al- Ayouby. It was built in the 12^th century AD to fortify Cairo against the Crusaders. Inside the Citadel, you will visit the Great Alabaster Mosque of Mohammad Ali pasha, which consider is one of the most renowned historical and touristic landmarks in Egypt. The Great Mosque along with the citadel is one of the landmarks and tourist attraction of Cairo.

Then go to Back to the hotel to stay overnight Cairo.

Checking out from your hotel after breakfast and transfer to Cairo Airport to fly back to your home.