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PROGRAM BEST OF EGYPT:
Day
1 - Friday, Sunday or Tuesday- 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. Overnight at hotel.
Day
2 - Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the
Giza plateau with the three major pyramids: Cheops, and
Chefren Mykerinos and the Sphinx, lion-headed human
embodying the king or the god as a vengeful. Then visit the
necropolis of Sakkara 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. Overnight at
hotel.
Day
3 - Cairo
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. Hanging Church &
Ben-Ezra Synagogue. 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 to Train Station for catch the sleeper train in
direction of Aswan. Dinner and overnight in train.
Day
4 - Aswan
Breakfast in train. Morning
arrive to Aswan, welcome by our representative and Visit of
the Temple of Philae, dedicated to the worship of the
goddess Isis, then the granite quarry with the Unfinished
Obelisk and finally the High Dam Nasser giving birth to the
Lake Nasser. Transfer to your boat, installation in your
cabin. Lunch on board. Departure of the boat for Luxor.
Dinner on board followed by an oriental evening (with
oriental entertainment: Nubian dancer and traditional
music). Overnight on board.
Day
5 - Kom Ombo Ombo/Edfu/Esna
Breakfast on board. Visit of
the Temple of Kom Ombo, the peculiarity of which is to be
dedicated to two divinities: Sobek (in head of crocodile)
and Horus (in head of hawk). Navigation towards Edfu. Lunch
on Board. Departure in carriage for the visit of the Temple
of Edfu, the holy city of Horus and the temple built in its
honor. This temple in the extravagant dimensions is the best
preserved wide Egypt. Navigation until Luxor. Dinner and
Overnight on board.
Day
6 - Esna/Luxor
Breakfast on board. Free
morning. Lunch on board. Visit of the Temple of Karnak,
dedicated of the worship in the glory of the god Amon, but
as the other numerous Egyptian temples, the other gods and
the goddesses were worshipped there. It is the oldest known
religious site to the world. And the Temple of Luxor, It was
dedicated to the dynastic god Amon under its two aspects of
heavenly Amon-Re and ithyphallique divinity. The most
ancient at present visible parts go back up to Amenhotep III
and to Ramses II. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day
7 - Luxor/Cairo/Sharm El Sheikh
Breakfast on board. Discovery
of the Valley of Kings, where most of the Pharaohs of the
XVIIIth in the XXth dynasty were interred and the Valley of
the Queens, is the necropolis of the royal wives, the girls,
sometimes the sons) of kings of the XIXth and XXth
dynasties. Then continuation towards two impressive Giants
of Memnon, last vestiges of the gigantic funeral temple of
Amenhotep III which does not exist any more nowadays. And
finally the visit of the Temple of Hatshepsut, the funeral
temple of Hatshepsut, dedicated to the god Amon, but also to
the gods Anubis and Hathor. This Theban temple is unique and
distinguishes itself from the other temples because it is
partially dug in the rock of the Theban Mountain in which it
leans, and amounts on three terraces connected by slip
roads. Check out room before noon. Afternoon, transfer to
domestic airport for catch the flight to Sharm El Sheikh
(stop in way to Cairo). Flight Luxor/Cairo/Sharm El Sheikh.
Arrive to Sharm El Sheikh, welcome and transfer to your
hotel. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.
Day 8
- Sharm El Sheikh (Sinai-red Sea)
Breakfast at hotel. The day is
free to enjoy the beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
9 - Sharm El Sheikh (Sinai-red Sea)
Breakfast at hotel. The day is
free to enjoy the beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 10 - Sharm El
Sheikh (Sinai-red Sea)
Breakfast at hotel. The day is
free to enjoy the beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
11 - Sharm El Sheikh (Sinai-red Sea)
Breakfast at hotel. The day is
free to enjoy the beaches. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day
12 - Sharm El Sheikh / Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Today we
will be transferred to the airport for your flight back to
Cairo. Flight Sharm El Sheikh/Cairo. Arrive to Cairo,
welcome by our representative and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at hotel.
Day
13 – Cairo/Alexandria/Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Early the
morning, departure towards Alexandria in the vehicle, this
city built into 332 before JC by l' Greek architect
Dinocrates on order Alexander the Great. Visit initially
fortress of Qayet bay recently restored. Cross to the Column
of Pumped, then Visit of the amphitheatre Roman of Egyptian
women el-Dick, released in 1963, pilot single of the many
places of spectacles built in Alexandria. Lunch at local
restaurant. Visit famous library of Alexandria building with
the futurist architecture (library and interesting
archaeological museum), visits of the catacombs of Kom El
Shuqqaffa (I and II century. a. J. - C.) and its hypogean on
several levels, which are among the most important Roman
burials in Egypt. At the End of visit, the return to Cairo.
Overnight hotel.
Day
14 - Cairo
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer
from the hotel to Cairo airport for final departure.
(End of Service)
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, in a double room, with breakfast (All rooms are
equipped with private bathroom, air conditioning, minibar,
TV and Telephone)
- 5 nights in a 3-stars* hotel
in Sharm El Sheikh, in a double room, with breakfast and
dinner (All rooms are equipped with private bathroom, air
conditioning, minibar, TV and Telephone)
- 3 nights on board a cruise
5-stars Standard*, in a double cabin, with full board
(breakfast, lunch and dinner (beverages not included) and
Tea / Coffee 16.00)
- An evening Oriental Show on
board
- All transport in
air-conditioned private vehicle, private air-conditioned
English Egyptologist guide during your day visits
- 1 Night in First Class*
Sleeper Train Cairo/Aswan, in double cabin (dinner and
breakfast include in train)
- Domestic Flight
Luxor/Cairo/Sharm El Sheikh and Sharm El Sheikh/Cairo
- Overday to Alexandria,
include: transport in air-conditioned private vehicle,
private air-conditioned English Egyptologist guide and lunch
(entrance fees not include)
- All taxes and fees
The
price not includes:
- International flights (NB:
we not do international flights)
- The visa
- All entrances fees
- Travel insurance
- Lunch (without in Cruise &
at Alexandria) and dinner (without in Cruise & at Sharm El
Sheikh), All beverages, phone calls, laundry and other
personal expenses
- Tips for staff and guides
are at your discretion
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