Full-Day Tour Giza Pyramids and Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

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Day Trip
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8 hr

This tour is a journey through the past and present of Egypt and the Egyptians, a mix of culture, joy and loads of pleasant memories, we will pick you up from your hotel by our air-conditioned vehicle for a full day / 8 hours' sightseeing tour, you will start your day traveling with your Egyptologist/guide to 2500 years BC, visit the famous Giza Pyramids and learn its complete story while you walk and drive the whole area around them, ride a Camel and have photos with the Pyramids, visit its Guardian Sphinx and its funeral Temple. Drive to down town Cairo where your guide will travel with you further as far back as 5000 years BC when you visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. roam the Museum and ask all the questions you have in mind. then travel again to 2021 while you walk to Tahrir Square; the center of Cairo and learn its interesting story as a revolutionary site to liberation. Drive to Khan El-Khalili area and enjoy a drink at an Egyptian coffee shop, Drive back to your hotel.

Itinerary Details

Operated by: Wanderlust Travel

This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Pyramids of Giza

The Egyptian Pyramids at Giza are usually on top of the "must-visit list" of worldwide travelers, they are the most impressive structures built by humans in ancient times, and they were built to be tombs for the Kings of the Pharaohs. They believed that Pharaohs would need their treasures and precious objects to succeed in the afterlife, so they were buried with all their belongings. The Egyptian Pyramids at Giza are one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, till today there are different theories of how were they built, however this is still a mystery. The admission to visit the complex site of the 3 giant Pyramids and the Giza plateau is included, but to go inside the Pyramid itself you need to pay extra fee locally

Duration: 2 hour

Stop At: Great Sphinx

The 66-foot-tall (20-meter-tall) Sphinx of Giza is an icon of ancient Egypt, and the subject of continued debate regarding its meaning, age, and original builder. With the head of a human and the body of a lion, the Sphinx—one of the world’s largest and oldest statues—is said to symbolize strength, power, and wisdom.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo -at Tahrir Square- contains the world's most extensive collection of Pharaonic antiquities, no visit to Egypt is complete without a trip through its galleries. The collection was established in 1902, which is the first purpose-built museum edifice in the world. Designed in the Neoclassical style by Marcel Dourgnon, the Egyptian Museum boasts 107 halls filled with artifacts dating from the prehistoric through the Roman periods, with the majority of the collection focused on the Pharaonic era. The museum houses objects covering 5,000 years of Egypt's past. The ground floor takes the visitor on a chronological tour through the collections, while the objects on the upper floor are grouped according to tomb or category.

Duration: 2 hour

Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili

With a history dating back to the 14th century, the Khan Al-Khalili bazaar is Cairo’s signature shopping destination. It’s an intoxicating warren of streets, houses, and merchants of all colorful goods, selling everything. Having a cup of Egyptian tea or Coffee at one of the famous Egyptian traditional coffee shops at Khan Al-Khalili is such an enjoyable experience that should not be missed.

Duration: 1 hour