Cairo Tours

Arrival in Cairo, reception, assistance with customs formalities and support, accompaniment and installation in your hotel.

 Departure for the wonderful site of the Giza Plateau. Composed of the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos as well as the mysterious Sphinx. Then, departure to join the eastern cemetery. After that, visit the tomb of the Great Dignitary of King Cheops, where you will be almost the only ones!

Then you will enter the small pyramid of the mother of King Cheops. Then, visit the temple of King Khephren whose walls and ceilings are made of granite, and the floor is covered with white alabaster. In the middle of the room is the famous “well”. It is here where the statue of Khephren was discovered more precisely. One of a kind in 1860 by Auguste Mariette. 

Barbecue lunch in a typical restaurant. 

Departure off the beaten track to reach the typical village of Dahshour for the discovery of beautiful and lesser known pyramids of Dahshour, discovery of the exterior of the rhomboidal pyramid – the only one in Egypt which still retains its exterior covering, then you enter the pyramid rhomboidal open very recently for the first time to the public. Continuation with a visit to the Red Pyramid, entry into the Red Pyramid. 

Departure for Alexandria, visit of Roman tombs catacombs crossing the popular district from Koum el Choukafaa. Continuation with the visit the famous mosque square, especially the famous mosque of el Sheikh el Morsy, the most appreciated among the Alexandrians. You will experience real contacts with the Alexandrians. Departure for the visit of the citadel of Qaitbay, supposed to be built on the site of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria. Lunch at a fish restaurant in town. 

Continuation with the visit from one of the oldest streets in the world, which dates back to the time of the Ptolemies, located in the centre of Alexandria, there is a police station which was the main British guard post in Alexandria, and the "Muhammad Ali" club which was the most in Egypt at the beginning of the 19th century, of which the British writer Forster made him a member, a meeting place for foreign communities, especially the Greeks who lived in the city.

Its buildings are distinguished by the Greek style mixed with Italian (Florentine) architecture, some of which are still alive. One of its features is the only opera house in Alexandria, built by the French engineer Georges Park. Continuation with the visit of the Library of Alexandria. Return to Cairo and transfer to your hotel.

Departure for the discovery of the Daily life, We will visit the heart of the Old Town. You will start with a superb hike to discover the South Cairo completely unknown to mass tourism with its picturesque alleys.

Then departure for the visit of one of the most beautiful and ancient mosques in Egypt, It is a true masterpiece of world architecture. One of the most grandiose and beautiful Islamic architectures in the world, renowned for its high walls and its magnificent prayer courtyard, its Iraqi-style minaret. With its play of light and geometric shapes, the mosque inspires spirituality, respect, silence and above all peace.

Continuation with the discovery of the typical souk, It is a mandatory passage for all families of future married women for the purchase of clothes, fabrics, curtains etc. You discover local life, which allows you to approach the traditions and customs of the local population.

Lunch in a restaurant on the banks of the Nile, (grilled chicken marinated in Italian herbs served with your chosen sauce (mushrooms – lemon butter).

Departure off the beaten track, we start with a superb discovery walk of the North Cairo with its narrow and picturesque alleys, unknown to mass tourism. You will visit one of the oldest and most popular districts of Cairo.

You continue with the discovery of the exterior of the monumental entrance from the gate of victories, and the wall of the ancient city of Cairo, walking tour in the oldest street in egypt, you will experience the atmosphere of 1000 nights and nights, among the magnificent mosques, Turkish hammams, Cornish schools, public fountains which distributed water until the last century etc. You will also discover certain disappearing trades as well as old districts of Cairo.

Departure to join the oasis / deserts of el Fayoum (280 km round trip). Discovery of a part of the immense Lake Qarun located in the middle of the desert and which is approximately 40 km2, then departure for the visit of the famous ecological village of Tunis located in the middle of a beautiful typical setting, you will relax, in peace away from the modern world, the village is renowned for its beautiful natural landscapes and the manufacture of pottery, having a beautiful view of Lake Qarun, it was built in a part in the Nubian style in the 60s, but it became famous when the Swiss artist Evelyne Porret settled in the 80s, and she created a pottery school.

Departure to the deserts for the visit of the modest ruins of the Greco-Roman city Karanis, was founded in the 3rd century BC, most likely under Ptolemy II Philadelphus. It was occupied for about seven centuries. Built near Lake Qaroun (the ancient Lake Moeris), this city was home to some 3,000 inhabitants in its most prosperous period. Continue with a visit to the small Kom Ochim Museum, a typical fish lunch on the lake shore, then return to Cairo. 

Departure for the visit if it is open of the new Grand Egyptian Museum.

 If it is not yet open During your trip, visit the current National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, and its lesser-known rooms including, among others, the treasure of the high priests and the daily life of Ancient Egypt, the room of mummified animals without forgetting the fabulous treasure of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun as well as the last great unknown treasure of mass tourism discovered in the 90s, departure off the beaten track, continued with a visit to the hall of King Akhenaton, considered one of the great mystics in the history of humanity.

Lunch in the Coptic quarter. Visit of the Coptic Quarter inhabited by the Christians of Cairo, where there are very old and beautiful churches, you visit there, the hanging church (Mouallaqa), the church of Saint Serge, and the church of Saint George, departure off the beaten track, you are visiting the message room to the saints, Christians who come to make vows to the saint following in the same footsteps of the Egyptians at the time of the pharaohs, and who left them at the temples 'the famous Ostraqa''.  

Transfer to Cairo airport, and assistance with customs formalities.