EGIPTO Y EL RÍO NILO CON VISITA A ALEJANDRÍA

DAY 1 ARRIVAL IN CAIRO

Arrival at Cairo International Airport. Reception by a Spanish-speaking assistant and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

DAY 2 CAIRO – PYRAMIDS – MEMPHIS AND SAKKARA (D, A)

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will take a panoramic tour of the Three Pyramids of Giza: Cheops, Chephren and Menkaure, the architectural complex considered the most important of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. We will admire the Great Sphinx with a human head attributed to King Chephren and a lion's body and visit the Temple of Chephren. Lunch in a typical restaurant. In the afternoon visit to Memphis, (open-air museum where we can admire several colossal statues of Ramses II, a great sphinx and other archaeological remains). We will continue our visits today by visiting the Necropolis of Sakkara (an important cult centre where a large number of animal mummies were produced) and the Step Pyramid, the first large pyramid designed by Imnotep, the first known architect in the world who designed this pyramid for Pharaoh Zoser and revolutionised the architecture of the time. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.

DAY 3 CAIRO – CITY TOUR (D, A)

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will take a cultural tour of the city to visit the Citadel of Saladin, declared a World Heritage Site and which has the Mohamed Ali Mosque or “alabaster mosque” and the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities where we can see the treasures of Tutankhamun. We will continue our visits today by visiting the Coptic quarter and the Church of St. Sergius, where the Holy Family took refuge. We will take a break for lunch at a typical restaurant and have free time to do some shopping at the famous Khan El Khalili market. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.

DAY 4 CAIRO – LUXOR CRUISE (D, A, C)

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Cairo Airport to take a flight to Luxor. Arrival in Luxor. Visit to the Karnak Temple or Karnak Temples considered the largest temple in Egypt with its avenue of rams and its hall of 132 columns, the Luxor Temple dedicated to the god Amun - Ra where the avenue of sphinxes stands out, the Obelisk with more than 25 meters of height and the statues of Ramses II and the Naos. Transfer to the motor ship and boarding. Lunch on board. Dinner and night on board in Luxor.

5 DAY CRUISE - LUXOR – ESNA – EDFU (D, A, C)

Full board on board. Visit to the Valley of the Kings, where the tombs of the kings of the New Kingdom are located when Thebes was the capital of Egypt, and visit to the mortuary temple of Hatchepsut. In the enclosure, we can admire the chapels dedicated to Amenardis I, Shepenupet II and Nitocris I. Then, we find the Colossi of Memnon, two seated colossi of Pharaoh Ramses II, of which only fragments of the base and the 17-metre-high torso remain. Sailing to Esna and passing through the lock. Sailing to Edfu. Dinner and overnight on board in Edfu.

DAY 6 CRUISE - EDFU – KOM OMBO - ASWAN (D, A, C)

Full board on board. Visit to the Temple of Horus. It is the best preserved temple in Egypt and the most important after Karnak. One of its most curious features is the lighting of the temple, with increasingly smaller rooms that prevented the passage of light gradually until reaching the dark sanctuary, which receives light only from the axis. Sailing to Kom Ombo. Visit to the temple dedicated to the gods Sobek and Haroreis. In this temple, the relief of the medicinal instruments stands out above all. Over the years, the people of this town did not like to be associated with a god who represents evil (Sobek), so they added another god, Haroreis, as his brother and partner in the temple cult. Legend has it that Sobek, the evil brother, plotted against his brother Haroreis and the population when he saw his beloved god leave the town, and he also left until the town was completely deserted. Sailing to Aswan. Dinner and night on board in Aswan.

DAY 7 CRUISE - ASWAN (D, A, C)

Full board. Visit to the High Dam, considered the largest dam in the world at the time, with a body of 3,800 meters and 111 meters high, visit to the Unfinished Obelisk with its height of 42 meters and weight of 1,176 tons in the pink granite quarries and visit to the Philae temple or temple of the goddess ISIS built in the Greek era and transfer to Egelikia Island to save it from the waters of the Nile after building the dam. Felucca ride around the islands of Aswan. Night on board in Aswan.

DAY 8 DISEMBARKATION IN ASWAN – CAIRO (D)

Disembarkation after breakfast. Free morning with the possibility of taking the (Optional) excursion to Abu Simbel. At the scheduled time, transfer to Aswan Airport to take the flight to Cairo. Reception with assistance, transfer to the hotel and accommodation.

DAY 9 CAIRO – ALEXANDRIA (D, A)

We will take our picnic breakfast bag and early in the morning we will leave for the city of Alexandria. Once we arrive in Alexandria we will visit the Montazah Palace Gardens. We will continue to visit Pompey's Pillar and stop for lunch at a typical restaurant. In the afternoon, we will take a panoramic tour of the Quitbey fortress and then we will head towards the Library of Alexandria and the Greco-Roman Catacombs. Return to Cairo by the desert road. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.

DAY 10 CAIRO – AIRPORT (D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out and transfer to Cairo International Airport.