EGYPT – THE GRAND TOUR
19 NIGHTS / 20 DAYS
Day 1: Arrival Cairo Airport.
Transfer
to hotel.
Day 2 (B L
D): Late breakfast. Visit the world famous Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. Lunch.
Attend this evening the spectacular Sound
& Light show
at the foot of the Great
Sphinx & Pyramids of Giza! Dinner.
Day 3 (B L D): Full day tour - lunch included - to Memphis,
Sakkara, and Giza Pyramids & Sphinx.
Dinner.
Day 4 (B L D): Visit the Citadel,
Mosques, and Khan El Khalili Bazaars.
Lunch. PM Leave for Alexandria by train. Check in
at hotel. Dinner.
Day 5 (B L D): Full day excursion in Alexandria,
with lunch included, featuring visits to the Greco-Roman
Museum, the Catacombs, Pompey’s Pillar, the
Roman Amphitheater, Abu El Abbas Mosque, Qait Bey Medieval
Fortress and
the Montaza Royal Palace Gardens. Dinner.
Day 6 (B L): Drive to Alamein for
a full day tour of World War II Battlefields.
Lunch. Return to Alexandria.
Day 7 (B L): Half day tour visiting the recently
inaugurated Alexandria International Library. Seafood
lunch in Abu Qir. Afternoon drive back to Cairo
through the Desert Road, a modern highway.
Check in at hotel.
Day 8 (B):
Fly to Abu
Simbel
to visit the Temple of Ramsis II. Fly to Aswan,
check in at hotel. This afternoon tour the Nubian Museum, and
the Spice Market
by Horse carriage.
Day 9 (B L D): Check
out from hotel and embark your luxury Nile Cruise.
From Day 9 To Day 12 (B L D): Four
nights aboard Nile Cruise sailing from Aswan to Luxor,
with all shore excursions in the cities of Aswan, Kom Ombo,
Edfu, and Luxor included.
Day 13 (B D):
Disembark. Check into hotel. PM Sound &
Light Show at Karnak Temples in Luxor.
Dinner.
Day 14 (B D):
Drive
(3 hours) from Luxor to Hurghada.
Check in at hotel. Dinner at hotel.
Day 15 (B):
Full
day Hurghada. Enjoy amenities and facilities of
your luxury hotel, swimming, snorkeling, etc.
Day 16 (B D):
Cross
by ferryboat (90 minutes) from Hurghada to Sharm
ElSheikh. Check into hotel. Dinner.
Day 17 (B L): Visit Ras Mohammed National Park. Picnic
lunch. Drive to Neama Bay, where you’ll have
time to stroll in and around the beach area, make souvenirs
shopping, etc.
Day 18 (B L):
AM
Drive
to Saint
Catherines at the foot of Mount Sinai, to visit the
Monastery, the museum, and the library of Saint Catherine.
After lunch we drive back to Sharm El Sheikh in the afternoon.
Day 19 (B D): AM Fly back to Cairo. Transfer
& check into hotel. Balance
of day at leisure. Farewell dinner.
Day 20 (B): Say good-bye to Egypt as we drive you to the
airport, assist & check you in for your flight home!
Luxury Accommodations in Egypt:
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Nights 1,2,3
Nights 4,5,6
Nights 7,19
Night 8
Nights 9-12
Night 13
Nights 14,15
Nights 16,17,18
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Hotel in Cairo
Hotel in Alexandria
Hotel in Cairo
Hotel in Aswan
Nile Cruise Ship
Hotel in Luxor
Hotel in Hurghada
Hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh
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