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Splendors Of Egypt 11-days
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Tour Includes:Meet and airport assistance through immigration formalities, Transfer to hotels by private A/C bus, Visit in Cairo as per itinerary, Visits during the Nile Cruise between Luxor and Aswan as per itinerary, Accommodation 6-nights in Cairo, Accommodation 4-nights on board Nile Cruise, Cruising dinner & Folkloric show in Cairo, Private escort English speaking guide, Domestic flights within Egypt, Meals indicated Tour Price Does Not Include: International flight to Egypt, travel insurance, visa fees, gratuities
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| Details | | Palace Travel Inc | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Cairo | On arrival in Cairo , you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel for overnight. Meal(s) Included: Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar | | Day 2 | Cairo | After breakfast, we drive through the scenic streets on our way to the great pyramids of Giza, where we get to see the 3 gigantic pyramids and the Sphinx and also the whole of the Giza Plateau with the royal, private tombs and the village of the workers who built the pyramids dating back to 3000 years B.C. We also see the sphinx and the valley temple and if we want we can visit the amazing Solar Boat that is discovered and dug out from the side of the pyramid and was used for the burial of the King about 5000 years ago. ? After lunch, Continue to Memphis, capital of the pharaohs during the Old Kingdom. Visit the gigantic recumbent statue of Ramesses II and the 80-ton alabaster sphinx. Continue to Sakkara to see the prototype of the Pyramids the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep. The amazing decorated tombs , with the many preserved murals of the afterlife and the daily life in Ancient Egypt Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar | | Day 3 | Cairo | After breakfast, drive through the streets of Cairo on your way to downtown Cairo to visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities and get an amazing detailed guided tour, with it's amazing collection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt dating back to 5000 years before the birth of Christ, especially all the golden items of the tomb of the young king Tut-Ankh-Amen including his golden Mask and his pure solid 220Lbs gold coffin, have some free time at the museum for photos, the mummies room with at least 12 mummies that are very well preserved and that are 4 thousand years old. ? After lunch, A visit to the famous Citadel of Saladin the Hero in (the Kingdom of Heaven) and the Amazing and Gigantic Alabaster-Mosque of Muhammad Ali to explore the History of Islam and the Crusaders in the middle ages. End the tour by visiting Khan El Khalili Bazar , which is an Oriental Bazaar that go back to the 10 th Century just like the one heard of in (A thousand and one nights) and a neighborhood of the draughts men who spend their life crafting art-work on Jewelry, metals and Furniture, and we stroll through the streets of the Bazaar and set at it's nice Oriental Caf's to drink exotic traditional drinks and enjoy the traditional Hookas (water-Pipe) with apple-flavored tobacco. Then back to hotel, dinner & overnight Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar | | Day 4 | Luxor | After breakfast in the hotel you will be transferred to the airport to board the short flight to Luxor . On arrival in Luxor airport you will be met and transferred to the cruise ship for embarkation. To the north of Luxor visit the Karnak Temple , called by some " the Temple of Temples " It is the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means "the most sacred of places." The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over a two thousand-year period by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great Hypostyle Hall is an incredible forest of giant pillars covering an area larger than the entire of Notre Dame Cathedral. We then proceed to the graceful Temple of Luxor , built by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun. Observe the gigantic statues and obelisks. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar | | Day 5 | Edfu | Cross to the West Bank of the Nile and visit the wondrous Valley of the Kings , a vast city of the dead, where the magnificent tombs of 62 pharaohs have been discovered. The tombs were carved deep into the desert mountains, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs. Visit several of the tombs. Next, visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut ,This beautiful monument to the reign of the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. On the way back to your Nile Cruise Ship, stop at the famed Colossi of Memnon, two 66-foot, one- thousand ton statues of Amenhotep III. These colossal statues were known by the ancient Greeks to emit haunting voices at dawn. Though damaged by nature, the statues are still impressive. Return to the cruise ship and sail to Esna. Cross the Lock of Esna and sail to Edfu. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar | | Day 6 | Aswan | After breakfast on board the ship, set out by horse-drawn carriage to visit the Temple of Horus , the most perfectly preserved of all the Nile temples. Horus, also known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god. Return to the cruise ship then sail to Kom Ombo and visit the Temple of Sobek , the crocodile-headed god of fertility and creator of the world. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank. Sail to Aswan . Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar | | Day 7 | Aswan | Galabeya party. OPTIONAL (additional cost) Abu Simbel Excursion by plane to visit the 2 temples of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Overnight at Domina Prestige Emilio Nile Cruise Or Similar | | Day 8 | Cairo | After breakfast, take a tour of Aswan High Dam, Egypt 's contemporary example of building on a monumental scale. Then proceed to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used to build the pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the Unfinished Obelisk, possibly intended as a companion to the Lateran Obelisk, originally at Karnak but now in Rome . It would have weighed over 1,100 tons and would have been the world's largest piece of stone ever handled. Continue by a short motor-boat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka . The temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule. Sail around Elephantine Island on a felucca, the traditional Egyptian sail boat. Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is the site of some of the most ancient remains in Egypt , with artifacts dating to pre-dynastic periods. Elephantine is Greek for Elephant. In ancient times, the island was called Abu or Yabu, which also means elephant. The name may indicate that the island was once a center for the trade of ivory. This afternoon, transfer to Aswan airport and fly back to Cairo . Overnight at the Hotel. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar | | Day 9 | Cairo | Day at leisure, or an Optional Tour: Cruising dinner on the Nile in the Golden Pharoah including folkloric show and belly dancing, sailing on the Nile, etc. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar | | Day 10 | Cairo | Day at leisure or optional trip to Alexandria. The most interesting sites to be visited there are" the Greco-Roman Museum, Catacombs, Pompey's pillar, Kaitbay Fortress Plus, the Famous Library of Alexandria inaugerated in October 2002. During the tour, you can enjoy a seafood lunch at a seafood restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner Overnight at Intercontinental pyramids park Or Similar | | Day 11 | Cairo | Decide on your activities with the assistance of your guide. Transfer to Cairo international airport for your onward flight. Meal(s) Included: Breakfast |
| | | Single Supplement $430 Special children and group rates available. |
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