Tour Cairo from Hurghada

Highlights

• Visit great Pyramids, Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum
• Enjoy shopping at Khan El Khalili souk (marketplace)

Itinerary

In the morning, we pick up the travelers from their hotels and head to the Airport to fly to Cairo. On arrival, meet your Egyptologist guide and drive to explore Giza and Cairo attractions. Begin with visits to the great pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, and enter the universe of “Absolute Grandeur”: the Giza plateau, the symbol of Ancient Egypt with its pyramids: Cheops, the largest of the pyramids and last of the seven wonders of Ancient world. You will continue to explore the rest of the Giza plateau including the sight of Khafre’s (Khephren) Pyramid – Khufu’s son, the second-largest pyramid on the Giza site, the remains of the funeral temple, the Pyramid of Menkawra (Mykerinus).

Proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion’s body, which dates from the time of Chephren, still the unanswered secret of who built it and why. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramid of Chephren. This temple was used for making the Mummification process of the king. After visiting the pyramids, you’ll then continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands, with the Cairo skyline in the background, Lunch at a local restaurant, enjoy a guided visit to the Great Egyptian Museum, one of the richest in the world, in the heart of Cairo. It contains the largest and most precious collection in the world of archaeological antiquities from ancient Egypt. The Museum houses 120,000 antiquities, including the treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun as well as most of the mummies discovered. Continuing to the colorful Khan El Khalili Bazaar, one of the major souks (marketplaces) where gold, jewelry, spices, vegetables, rugs, textiles, and lanterns have been sold for centuries.
You will then be transferred to Cairo airport for a flight to Hurghada and transfer to your hotel.