Sakkara Memphis with Coptic and Islamic Cairo
■ General briefing
- Enjoy a Private, comfortable, worry-free round trip and guided day tour with an experienced tour guide.
- Pick-up and drop-off from/to your accommodation inside Cairo or Giza.
- Coordinated start time.
- Private tour and Private transportation.
- Private experienced tour guide.
- Duration (6-8 hours).
■ Day tour description:
- Meet the tour guide at your hotel inside Cairo or Giza for pick-up. Start the trip to Sakkara. Enjoy a cultural day tour visiting different sightseeings belongs to variant eras of the Egyptian history. Enjoy discovering the history and the original story of every place.
- Visit Sakkara Step Pyramid. Reveal the secrets of the first pyramid built in Egypt with the guide. Walk through the corridors and between the walls of the first stone funerary complex built in Egypt 2700 BC. Watch the magnificent daily life scenes reliefs over tombs walls (the depicted tombs) of the ancient Egyptians life time. Watch the desert landscapes around the area and take the best photos everywhere.
- Visit Memphis. Memphis is the name of the first Capital of Egypt 3150 BC, more than 5000 years old. Discover the history and watch the statues found at the place of the first Capital, the great statue of Ramses II and the alabaster Sphinx the second biggest in Egypt. Take all the photos you wish.
- Visit Ibn Tulun Mosque, belongs to Ahmed Ibn Tulun the ruler of Egypt at the 9th century. The Mosque is considered to be the oldest and the biggest in Egypt that keeps its original construction dimensions. The first Mosque supported upon Pillars with a unique Minaret. Discover the original story and take the best photos.
- Visit Coptic Cairo churches, the Hanging church built upon an old Roman tower of the 1st century, Saint Bacchus church where the holy family have stayed for three months. Saint George Church a Grec Orthodox church built above the Roman tower and St Barbara Church. All the Churches are of the 4th and 5th centuries AD. Here we get to know more more about the beginning of Christianity in Egypt. Watch the oldest churches ever found in Egypt and the holy family crypt.
- AT the end of the day tour, we drive back to your hotel for drop-off.
■ Inclusions:
- The visits mentioned above
- Hotel Pick-up & drop-off
- Private tour and A/C Vehicle
- Private Professional tour guide
- All taxes and Parking fees
- Bottled water
■ Exclusions:
- Entry tickets Sakkara 600 Egy / Person, Memphis 200 Egy / Person
- Tipping
■ Pricing
One Person 50 USD
(2 - 25) Persons, 30 USD / Person
■ Add-ons (extra optionals)
Lunch (BBQ) 10 USD / Person
Camel ride 30 min (outside) of Giza Plateau 20 USD / Person
ATV ride (60 min around outside of Giza) 30 USD / Person
Cairo Airport Pick-up or drop-off 25 USD / transfer
Long Range pick-up (New Cairo Hotels, October City Hotels and Cairo Airport Hotels) 20 USD for pick-up and drop-off
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