Soak up all the best of Cairo with this 5 day Itinerary sure to leave you with lasting amazing memories.
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Meet & greet at Cairo International Airport. Transfer to Hotel for check-in and Dinner.
Hotel: Marriott Mena House, Cairo
Early breakfast before heading off to visit to the Giza Pyramids. Arrive at 8am. The largest is the great Cheops Pyramid which was built around 2690 B.C.
See the 20m high and 80 ton alabaster Sphinx and then the Valley Temple.
Enjoy a light lunch with a view of the pyramids at 'The 9 Pyramids Lounge'. After lunch, visit the Papyrus factory and The Cleopatra Palace Perfumes.
Drive to Sakkara, 27 km from Cairo to see the Step Pyramid. Then head over to Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt to visit the Mit Rahina Museum! See the colossal statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx. Memphis dates back to 3100 B.C
End your evening watching the "Sound and Light Show' at the pyramids followed by dinner at Abu Shakra.
HOTEL: Marriott Mena House, Cairo
After breakfast, visit The Grand Egyptian Museum which was inaugurated in June of 2021 and is the home to a collection of over 120,00 ancient Egyptian antiquities including the Mask of Tutankhamun, a gold mask of a famous boy Pharaoh.
After the museum, enjoy lunch at the 'Kheristo Restaurant' before some relaxation time at your hotel. You can opt to visit a local Egyptian cotton store during this time.
Whirling Dervish Show starts at 4:30pm followed by dinner at Khan El Khalili Restaurant.
HOTEL: Marriott Mena House, Cairo
After breakfast, depart the hotel at 7:30 am. Visit to the Cairo Cave Churches in the area of Moqqatam, known as Garbage Village because the “garbage people” live there. Some caves are thought to be used for worship by the early church in Egypt.
Visit 'The City of the Dead', which has been used for over 1000 years, where tombs have been transformed into houses for the living.
Visit the Khan El Khalili Bazaar, a major souk in the historic centre of Islamic Cairo and have lunch at Khan El Khalili Restaurant.
After lunch, visit the Al-Azhar Mosque, where the oldest university in the world is built around this ancient mosque!
Visit the Mosque of Ibn Tulun Mosque and Cairo Citadel.
At 6:30 pm, depart the hotel for a 5-star deluxe Nile Cruise taking in the ancient Egyptian city by night. Savor a special open buffet dinner while enjoying a belly dance show, Arabic songs and music, along with a Tanoura show while you dine. After your Arabian night experience, return to the Mena House .
HOTEL: Marriott Mena House, Cairo
After breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport.
