Best of Cairo day tour from Alexandria

At the time we mentioned, our expert tour guide will pick you up and drive you to Cairo, about 220 km from Alexandria, to start your tour experience.

Start your tour at the Giza Pyramids. Once you arrive, begin with the Great Pyramid, one of the seven ancient wonders, which was built by order of King Cheops. It is 146 meters high, covers 1000 square meters, and contains more than 2.4 million stones weighing seven million tons. Enjoy walking around, then drive to the panoramic viewpoint, where you can see all the pyramids in one line and take memorable pictures. While driving to the Great Sphinx, you can stop in front of the Pyramid of Chefren, which is 139 meters high, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, which is 66 meters high. After this, you will have a moment of majesty standing in front of the Great Sphinx, which has the body of a lion and the head of a man and lies behind the Valley Temple of the second pyramid.

Then drive to the National Egyptian Museum. It is one of the oldest and most important museums in the world and was built in 1901. It is the mirror of ancient Egyptian history, from the prehistoric period to the Greek-Roman period. It has 120,000 pieces of antiquities. It also holds the most important treasure ever found in the world, the Tutankhamun tomb, which was found in 1922 by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings.

The treasure collection includes more than 3500 masterpieces of antiquities.

After that, you will get your lunch at a good-quality local restaurant.

Then enjoy the felucca, a unique Egyptian sailboat without a motor. Enjoy the quietness and relaxation in the middle of the River Nile.

Finish your day at Khan El-Khalili Bazaar, a major souk in the historic center of Islamic Cairo. The bazaar district is one of Cairo’s main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike.  

After finishing, return to your start point.