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Cairo & Gizathen Alexandria
16 nights · 17 days · As a couple
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- Day 2 Giza Pyramids Half-Day Private Tour · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 3 Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 4 Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo · Half day · about 5 hours
- Day 5 Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids · About 6 hours
Cairo & Giza
Days 1–7 · 7 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
Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum
- The Giza pyramids
- The Sphinx
- The Grand Egyptian Museum
Add to day 2More 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.
The full tour pageCompatible tours for day 2 (6)
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
Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids- Saqqara
- Serapeum of Saqqara
- Imhotep Museum
Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Royal Mummies Hall
- The Hanging Church
Historic Cairo Private Day Tour: Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Khan el-Khalili- The Citadel
- The Hanging Church
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
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- Day 3Historic 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 4Royal 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 5Saqqara, Memphis and DahshurSuggested · About 6 hoursSee how pyramid building developed before Giza, on a day out from Cairo.See day
- Day 6A free day in Cairo & GizaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 7Another free day in Cairo & GizaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
Alexandria
Days 8–17 · 9 nightsWhat 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
- Day 8Travel to AlexandriaTravel estimate: about 3 hours by road.See day
- Day 9A free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 10Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 11Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 12Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 13Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 14Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 15Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 16Another free day in AlexandriaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 17Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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