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Day 1 - Cairo
Arrived at Cairo airport where our representative will welcome
you and assist in the various approaches. You'll be accompanied
by private car to your hotel. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 2 - Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the Giza plateau with the three major
pyramids: Cheops, and Chefren Mykérinos and the Sphinx,
lion-headed human embodying the king or the god as a vengeful.
Lunch. Then visit the necropolis of Sakkarah with the famous
pyramid of King Djoser degrees, the pyramids royal funerary
texts, the mastabas .... And to finish the day visit Memphis, a
colossus of Ramses II in alabaster beautiful dimensions. Dinner
and overnight at hotel.
Day 3 - Cairo / Luxor
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the Citadel of Saladin, with his
pregnant mosque of Mohamed Ali. Then the Coptic district, this
district is older than the city itself must be seen to get an
idea of the atmosphere in which the early Christians living in
Egypt. Coptic churches, Coptic museum, church of Saint Serge.
Lunch. Finish with a visit to the Museum of Egyptian
Antiquities, founded in 1857 by French Egyptologist Auguste
Mariette, which houses more than 250,000 rooms including the
fabulous treasures of Tutankhamen. The night, transfer in pivate
vehicle to Train Station for catch sleeper train in direction of
Luxor. Dinner and Overnight in train.
Day 4 - Luxor
Breakfast in train. in the morning, Arrived to Luxor, welcome by
our representative and discovered the Valley of the Kings, where
most of the Pharaohs of the XVIII dynasty to the twentieth
burial took place and the Valley of the Queens, is the
necropolis of the royal wives, daughters Sometimes the son of
Kings of the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties. Then on to the
imposing Colossi of Memnon, the last vestiges of the gigantic
funerary temple of Amenhotep III that no longer exists today.
And finally visit the Temple of Hatshepsut, the funerary temple
of Hatshepsut, dedicated to the god Amon, but also to the gods
Anubis and Hathor. The Theban temple is unique and different
from other temples because it is partly carved into the rock of
the mountain Thebain to which they are set, and stands on three
terraces connected by ramps. private car transfer to your cruise
ship. Installation in your cabin. Lunch on board. Visit the
Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the main worship to the glory of
the god Amon, but like many other Egyptian temples, other gods
and goddesses were venerated. It is the religious site known
oldest in the world. And the Temple of Luxor, was devoted to the
god Amon dynastic in its two aspects of Amun-Re and heavenly god
Ithyphalle. The oldest parts date back to being visible
Amenhotep III and Ramses II. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 5 - Luxor / Esna / Edfu (navigation on Tuesday,
Friday,Sunday)
Breakfast on board. In the morning, the beginning of navigation
in the direction of Edfu. Lunch on board. After passing the Esna
Lock, navigation and arrival at Edfu in the evening. Dinner and
overnight on board.
Day 6 - Edfu / Kom Ombo
Breakfast on board. Departure by coach to visit the Temple of
Edfu, the Holy City of Horus and the temple built in his honor.
This temple extravagant dimensions is the best preserved of all
Egypt. Lunch on board. Sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the Temple of Kom
Ombo, whose particularity is to be dedicated to two gods: Sobek
(crocodile head) and Horus (falcon-headed). Navigation to Aswan.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 7 - Aswan
Breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Philae, dedicated to
worship of the goddess Isis, then the career of granite obelisk
with Uncompleted and the High Dam Nasser giving birth to Lake
Nasser. Lunch on board. Walk in Felucca around Elephantine
Island is the best way to experience the Nile and relax in
sandstone of the wind. Dinner on board followed by an evening
Eastern (evening dress with oriental show: dancer and
traditional music). Overnight on board.
Day 8 - Aswan /Abu Simbel/Aswan/Cairo
Breakfast on board. Starting morning in private vehicle to Abu
Simbel (by convoy), visit the temple dedicated to Ramses II and
his beautiful wife Nefertari. Lunch box. After visit, back to
Aswan (in convoy). The night, transfer in private car to train
station for catch sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner and
overnight in train.
Day 9 - Cairo/Alexandria/Cairo
Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning departure to Alexandria in
private vehicles, the city built in 332 BC by the Greek
architect Dinocrates on the orders of Alexander the Great. First
visit to the fortress of Qayet bai recently restored. Switching
to the column Pompey, then visit the Roman amphitheater Egyptian
el-Dick, reached in 1963, witness the many unique places of
entertainment built in Alexandria. Lunch. Visit the famous
library of Alexandria building futuristic architecture (library
and interesting archaeological museum), visits the catacombs of
Kom El Shuqqaffa (first and second century. AD.) And its hypogea
on several levels, which are among the most important Roman
tombs in Egypt. End of visit, back to Cairo. Dinner and
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 10 - Cairo/ El Fayum Oasis/Cairo
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart by private car to the oasis of El
Fayoum, visit the pyramid and the surprising Meidoum Lake
Quaroni open desert and its seven wells. Visit the Roman ruins
of Karanis and Monatere of the Virgin Mary. Lunch. And of course
visit the oasis one of the largest and fertile oases of Egypt
where you can admire the villages which have not changed for
centuries. Back in Cairo in the late evening visit. Dinner and
overnight at the hotel.
Day 11 - Cairo
Breakfast at the hotel and private car transfer to Cairo
international airport for your departure.
The price includes
- All received by our representatives and all transfers in
air-conditioned private vehicle provided throughout your stay
- 4 nights in a 3-stars* hotel in Cairo, 1 double room with
breakfast and dinner (All rooms are equipped with private
bathroom, air conditioning, minibar, TV and Telephone)
- 4 nights on board a cruise ship 5 stars Standard *, 1 double
cabin with full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner (beverages
not included) and Tea / Coffee 16.00)
- An evening Oriental Show
- Felucca Ride in Aswan (Gift)
- Visit Of Abu Simbel Temples, includes : air-conditioned
private vehicle and individual Spanish Egyptologist guide
(entrance not include)
- OverDay visit to Alexandria, includes : air-conditioned
private vehicle, individual Spanish Egyptologist guide and lunch
(entrance not include)
- OverDay visit to El Fayum Oasis, includes : air-conditioned
private vehicle, individual Spanish Egyptologist guide and lunch
(entrance not include)
- All transport in air-conditioned private vehicle and private
air-conditioned Spanish Egyptologist guide during yourdays
visits and lunch
- First Class* Sleeper Train, in 1 double cabin Cairo/Luxor and
Aswan/Cairo (dinners and breakfasts included in the train)
- All taxes and fees
The price does not include :
- International flights
- The visa (15 US Dollars per passport)
- All entrances fees
- Assistance and repatriation insurance
- Drinks, phone calls, laundry and other personal expenses
- Tips for staff and guides are at your sole discretion
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