Cairo Stopover Tour with Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum, and Old Cairo

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1. At any Time from 7:00 am or earlier Pickup from Cairo airport by our Expert Tour guide and transfer from Cairo international airport to Giza City to Start your Cairo layover Day Tours from Cairo airport Visit Giza Pyramids & Sphinx spend around 3 hours exploring giza pyramids and sights around ,also the trip includes short Camel ride around the great Pyramid

   2 h

2. The Giza Plateau (Arabic: هضبة الجيزة‎) is a plateau in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, site of the Fourth Dynasty Giza Necropolis, which includes the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex.

   30 min

3. The only completely preserved portrait of the king is a three-inch high ivory figurine found in a temple ruin of a later period at Abydos in 1903. All other reliefs and statues were found in fragments, and many buildings of Khufu are lost. Everything known about Khufu comes from inscriptions in his necropolis at Giza and later documents. For example, Khufu is the main character noted in the Westcar Papyrus from the 13th dynasty.

   30 min

4. Khafre's pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, the Sphinx temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple and the king's pyramid. The valley temple yielded several statues of Khafre. Several were found in a well in the floor of the temple by Mariette in 1860. Others were found during successive excavations by Sieglin (1909–10), Junker, Reisner,

   30 min

5. Menkaure's pyramid complex consists of a valley temple, a causeway, a mortuary temple, and the king's pyramid. The valley temple once contained several statues of Menkaure. During the 5th Dynasty, a smaller ante-temple was added on to the valley temple. The mortuary temple also yielded several statues of Menkaure.

   30 min

6. Then visit The Sphinx - The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren.

   30 min

7. Then drive from Giza to Cairo to Visit the Egyptian museum in Cairo where you see the treasures of King Tutankhamen

   2 h

8. Then drive to Old Cairo to visit the ancient and oldest Christian part of Cairo and Visit the Churches that Includes The Hanging Church in Cairo,Abu Sergha Church,Jewish Synagogue of Benazra Private Guided Layover Tours

   30 min

9. After the end of the Tour you will be transferred back to your Hotel

   1 h

Annulation

Annulation gratuite jusqu’à 24 heures avant le début de l’expérience, avec remboursement intégral.

Avis

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How it compares in Le Caire

• Its from-price is 51% above the median of the 2673 excursions d'une journée we list in Le Caire.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 391 of 2673.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Le Caire

Le Caire, capitale tentaculaire de l'Égypte sur le Nil : pyramides de Gizeh, mosquées médiévales, bazars animés et trésors des pharaons.

À la lisière ouest de la ville, les pyramides de Gizeh et le Grand Sphinx s'élèvent sur le plateau désertique, avec la pyramide à degrés de Saqqarah et les ruines de Memphis plus au sud. Les grands musées du Caire, le musée égyptien de la place Tahrir et le vaste Grand Musée égyptien près du plateau, abritent des objets qui couvrent des milliers d'années.

Top-ranked sights in Le Caire: Egyptian Museum (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities), Saqqara (Sakkara), Khan El-Khalili.

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