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Fayoumthen Cairo & Giza
13 nights · 14 days · As a couple
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- Day 7 Giza Pyramids Half-Day Private Tour · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 8 Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 9 Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo · Half day · about 5 hours
- Day 11 Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids · About 6 hours
Fayoum
Days 1–5 · 5 nightsWhat to know about Fayoum
- How long
- A day from Cairo, or a night. About two hours from Cairo each way. A day covers Wadi El Rayan or the Valley of the Whales; a night by Lake Qarun lets you see both without rushing.
- What deserves priority
- Wadi El Rayan's lakes and waterfalls, and the whale fossils of Wadi El Hitan.
- Wadi el-Hitan
A desert valley of fossil whales with legs, from a sea that covered Egypt forty million years ago.
- Day 1Arrival in FayoumTime reserved for arrivalSee day
- Day 2A free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 3Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 4Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 5Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
Cairo & Giza
Days 6–14 · 8 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 6Travel to Cairo & GizaTravel estimate: about 2 hours by road.See 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 7More 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 7 (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 8Historic 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 9Royal 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 10Saqqara, Memphis and DahshurSuggested · About 6 hoursSee how pyramid building developed before Giza, on a day out from Cairo.See day
- Day 11A free day in Cairo & GizaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 12Another free day in Cairo & GizaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 13Another free day in Cairo & GizaOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 14Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Fayoum5 nights
- Cairo & Giza8 nights
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- 13 nights · 14 days
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