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Day 16 Giza Pyramids Half-Day Private Tour · Half day · about 4 hours
Day 17 Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla · Half day · about 4 hours
Day 18 Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo · Half day · about 5 hours
Day 19 Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids · About 6 hours

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Alexandria

Days 1–14 · 14 nights

What to know about Alexandria

How long: A long day from Cairo, or a night. Catacombs, a Roman theatre and the Mediterranean seafront. A day trip from Cairo is about six hours on the road in total; a night gives you an evening on the Corniche.
What deserves priority: The catacombs, the Roman theatre and Qaitbay Fort.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Alexandria's modern library, built as a successor to the most famous library of the ancient world.
Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa
A tomb built for the rich that grew into a city of the dead.
Kom el-Dikka
Roman Alexandria at street level, uncovered in the middle of the modern city.
Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Pompey's Pillar
A single column of red granite, standing alone among the ruins of one of Alexandria's great temples.
Qaitbay Fort
A Mamluk fortress built on the ruins of the Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders.
Open 09:00–20:00 · checked 3 September 2026

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Cairo & Giza

Days 15–29 · 14 nights

What to know about Cairo & Giza

How long: 3 nights recommended. Give Giza and the museum a full day together, then a second day for historic Cairo's mosques, churches and bazaar.
What deserves priority: Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Al-Mu'izz Street
The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.
Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026
Ben Ezra Synagogue
The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.
Open 09:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Cairo Citadel
A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Dahshur
Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Giza Plateau
Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.
Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Grand Egyptian Museum
A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.

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Day 15Travel to Cairo & GizaTravel estimate: about 3 hours by road.See day
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Cairo & Giza
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Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum
- The Giza pyramids
- The Sphinx
- The Grand Egyptian Museum
Full day · about 7 hours · Moderate
from USD 60
More about this tour
In a vehicle
Short drives within Cairo and Giza
At the sites
Most of the 7 hours, split between the plateau and the museum
Format
Private
Best time
Start early: the plateau is coolest and quietest in the first hours after opening
Published departure window
Morning pickup from your Cairo or Giza hotel
- Giza pyramids area Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 19 September 2026
Our tip Do the plateau first while it is cool, and give the museum the afternoon rather than the last hour of the day.
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- Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla
  - Bab al-Futuh
  - Mosque of al-Hakim
  - Mosque of al-Aqmar
  Half day · about 4 hours · Moderate
  from USD 30Add to day 16
- Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids
  - Saqqara
  - Serapeum of Saqqara
  - Imhotep Museum
  About 6 hours · Moderate
  from USD 45Add to day 16
- Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo
  - National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
  - Royal Mummies Hall
  - The Hanging Church
  Half day · about 5 hours · Easy
  from USD 40Add to day 16
- Historic Cairo Private Day Tour: Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Khan el-Khalili
  - The Citadel
  - The Hanging Church
  - Ben Ezra Synagogue
  Full day · about 6–7 hours · Moderate
  from USD 60Add to day 16
- Giza Pyramids Half-Day Private Tour
  - The Giza pyramids
  - The Sphinx
  Half day · about 4 hours · Easy
  from USD 55Add to day 16
- Inside the Great Pyramid: Giza Private Tour
  - The Giza pyramids
  - The Sphinx
  About 5 hours · Active
  from USD 60Add to day 16
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- An Egyptian lunch without leaving the museum
  Lunch · 45–75 minutes · Grand Egyptian Museum. Use it between the plateau and the galleries, not after a rushed final room.
  Fits this day at its usual time.
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- The Tanoura show in Islamic Cairo
  Evening · About 90 minutes, plus arriving early · Wekalet El Ghouri, Islamic Cairo. On its performance evenings only, usually a few nights a week; we confirm the night.
  We ask for it; the time is confirmed in your quote.
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- The Sound and Light show at the pyramids
  Evening · About an hour · Giza plateau, the Sphinx terrace. Evenings, with sessions in different languages; start times change with the season.
  We ask for it; the time is confirmed in your quote.
  Ask us to arrange
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Day 17Historic Cairo on FootSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe street the Fatimid caliphs laid out as the spine of their new court city.See day
Day 18Royal Mummies and Old CairoSuggested · Half day · about 5 hoursThe pharaohs built for eternity, and here, three thousand years later, they lie in a new museum on the edge of Old Cairo.See day
Day 19Saqqara, Memphis and DahshurSuggested · About 6 hoursSee how pyramid building developed before Giza, on a day out from Cairo.See day
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