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Cairo & Gizathen Abu Simbelthen Alexandria
3 nights · 4 days · As a couple
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Cairo & Giza
Days 1–2 · 2 nightsWhat 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.
- Day 1Arrival in Cairo & GizaTime reserved for arrivalSee day

Our suggestion for this day
Alexandria Day Tour from Cairo
- Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa
- Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria
- Pompey's Pillar
- Citadel of Qaitbay
- Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi
Add to day 2More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- About 2.5–3 hours each way by road
- At the sites
- A few hours in the city; about 6 of the 12 hours are driving
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- Any day except Friday if you want the Bibliotheca
- Published departure window
- Early morning pickup
Our tip Tell us the two or three sites you most want, from the catacombs to the Bibliotheca, and your guide builds the day around them.
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Abu Simbel
Days 3–4 · 1 nightWhat to know about Abu Simbel
- How long
- From an Aswan base. Ramses II's colossal temple on Lake Nasser, reached from Aswan by an early road trip of about six hours there and back, or by a short flight.
- What deserves priority
- The temples of Ramses II and Nefertari.
- Abu Simbel
Two temples cut into a cliff above the Nile, taken apart and rebuilt higher to save them.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
