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Cairo & Gizathen Luxor

6 nights · 7 days · As a couple

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Cairo & Giza

Days 1–4 · 4 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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  1. Day 1Arrival in Cairo & GizaTime reserved for arrivalSee day
  2. Day 2Historic Cairo on FootSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe street the Fatimid caliphs laid out as the spine of their new court city.See day
  3. Day 3Royal 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
  4. 4

    Cairo & Giza

    Our suggestion for this day

    Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids

    • Saqqara
    • Serapeum of Saqqara
    • Imhotep Museum
    • Memphis
    • Bent Pyramid

    About 6 hours · Moderate

    from USD 45
    More about this tour
    In a vehicle
    Saqqara is about 25 km south of Cairo; short drives between the three sites
    At the sites
    Most of the 6 hours across three sites
    Format
    Private
    Best time
    Morning; Saqqara's open ground is hot by early afternoon
    Published departure window
    Morning pickup

    Our tip Do this before Giza if you can: the Great Pyramid makes more sense once you have seen the attempts that came first.

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    Compatible tours for day 4 (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

      Half day · about 4 hours · Moderate

      from USD 30Add to day 4
    • 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 4
    • 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 4
    • Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum
      • The Giza pyramids
      • The Sphinx
      • The Grand Egyptian Museum

      Full day · about 7 hours · Moderate

      from USD 60Add to day 4
    • Giza Pyramids Half-Day Private Tour
      • The Giza pyramids
      • The Sphinx

      Half day · about 4 hours · Easy

      from USD 55Add to day 4
    • Inside the Great Pyramid: Giza Private Tour
      • The Giza pyramids
      • The Sphinx

      About 5 hours · Active

      from USD 60Add to day 4
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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.

      Add to this day
    • 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.

      Ask us to arrange
    • 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
    Next: day 5

Luxor

Days 5–7 · 2 nights
What to know about Luxor
How long
2–3 nights recommended. Stay in Luxor and you reach the West Bank tombs in the cool of the morning, with Karnak in the afternoon light.
What deserves priority
Valley of the Kings, West Bank and Karnak.
  • Colossi of Memnon

    Two seated colossi of Amenhotep III, the gatekeepers of a temple the flood once filled.

  • Karnak

    Not a temple. A temple city.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • Luxor Temple

    The temple the god came to visit.

    Open 06:00–20:00 · checked 15 September 2026

  • Medinet Habu

    Ramesses III's temple and fortress, where the builders of the royal tombs came to demand their pay.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026

  • Temple of Hatshepsut

    Hatshepsut's terraced temple against the cliffs, facing Karnak across the river.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

  • The Ramesseum

    The temple and grain store of Ramesses II, where the fallen colossus of Ozymandias lies.

    Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 17 October 2026

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  1. Day 5Travel to LuxorFlight option: about 1 hour by air. Allow extra time for airports and transfers.See day
  2. Day 6Luxor's Other West BankSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe New Kingdom hid its kings in the Valley of the Kings.See day
  3. Day 7Departure dayPlanned around your flight
6 nights · 2 places0 chosen · 6 days openShow the trip so far
Egypt from orbit · NASA Terra/MODIS · positions approximate
  1. Cairo & Giza4 nights
  2. Luxor2 nights

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