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Fayoumthen Cairo & Gizathen Alexandria
6 nights · 7 days · As a couple
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Fayoum
Days 1–3 · 3 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.
Cairo & Giza
Days 4–7 · 3 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 4Travel to Cairo & GizaTravel estimate: about 2 hours by road.See day
- Day 5Saqqara, Memphis and DahshurSuggested · About 6 hoursSee how pyramid building developed before Giza, on a day out from Cairo.See 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 6More 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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- Day 7Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Fayoum3 nights
- Cairo & Giza3 nights
- AlexandriaA visit from Cairo & Giza
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