Following the steps of Alexander the Great

Cairo

Gathering at El. Venizelos Airport for our flight to Egypt. Arrival at Cairo International Airport, meeting with our representatives and transfer to our hotel.

Κάιρο

After our breakfast we have a full day of Guided Tours. First we visit the Pyramids in Giza: The imposing Great Pyramid of Giza is the only Wonder of the Ancient World still resisting time. The Great Sphinx is thought by most Egyptologists to represent King Khafra (also known by the Hellenised version of his name, Chephren), but the matter is still questionable. The rest of the body of the statue is one of a lion.

We proceed with visiting Sakkara and Memphis: Memphis, once the glorious Old Kingdom Capital of Egypt, is almost completely destroyed by the annual overflows of the river Nile for approximately 4500 years. It is believed the city was founded around 3100 BC. Today what remains is some statues in a garden and a partly open-air museum exhibiting a huge limestone statue of Ramses II, an alabaster sphinx wheighing 8 tons, the sarcophagus of Amenhotep and the alabaster beds on which sacred Apis bulls were mummified before being placed in the Serapeum at Sakkara.

Today we are also visiting the Egyptian Museum. The Cairo Archaeologica Museum is a huge building with more than 100,000 relics and antiquities from all periods of ancient Egyptian history; of main interest are the artifacts made of pure gold, retrieved from the only undesecrated Royal tomb found, the one of Tutankhamun, unearthed in 1922.

We return to our hotel to rest.

Alexandria, a modern city with the charms of the Orient

Today, after breakfast, we drive by bus to Alexandria. On the way, we visit the Wady Natrum Monasteries, a most important religious center of the Egyptian Christians. In the afternoon, we check into our hotel in Alexandria, where we shall overnight.

Alexandria: Qaitbey's Fort, built exactly on the spot the Pharos of Alexandria pre-existed

Today we shall visit the Alexandria Bibliotheca (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), the El Montazah Palace and Garden, the Qaitbey's Fort, the Pompey's Pillar and the Catacombs of Al-Shuqqafaa(to be also written as Shoqafa). To see a description of the Alexandria Sightseeing Monuments please click HERE.

After our long tour we ride back to Cairo and overnight here.

Κάιρο

Today it is our departure day from Cairo, so we get transferred to Cairo International Airport for our flight back to Greece.

Egypt Air

MS 748 Athens-Cairo 13.35-15.30

MS 747 Cairo-Athens 10.25-12.35

• Air return tickets to Egypt
• Transfers from/to airports and hotels
• Breakfast daily and 2 lunches
• Guided tours as per the detailed itinerary
• Professional tour leaders and guides
• Printed material (maps and iformatiin)
• Third Party Insurance

• Airport taxes (approx. € 105)
• Egypt Visa Drinks Tips (approx. € 12)
• Anything not mentioned in the 'Included' section or referred to as 'suggested'